Colombia boxing legend Rodrigo ‘Rocky’ Valdez dies
Rodrigo “Rocky” Valdez, the legendary Colombian boxer and two-time world champion died...
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Beyond the Olympics: Colombia medalist Yuberjen Martinez lays 1st brick of mother’s dream home
With the same hands and perseverance that delivered him silver at the Olympics, Colombia...
Colombia’s Yuberjen Martinez wins Olympic silver in boxing
Colombia light fly boxer Yuberjen Martinez won silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Sunday after...
A Colombian-born woman is conquering the boxing world
Colombian-born Cecilia Breakhus is the world champion of welterweight boxing and a knock-out success in Europe. Born in Colombia’s Caribbean city of Cartagena in 1981, Cecilia Carmen Linda Braekhus has risen rapidly in the...
Colombia boxer wins super bantamweight title
Colombia’s Jonathan “El Momo” Romero (23-0-0, 12 KO) on Saturday night beat Mexico’s Alejandro Lopez (24-3-0, 7 KO) to win the vacant IBF super bantamweight championship belt. The Cali-born Romero used...
Colombian boxing legend ‘Kid Pambele’ diagnosed with Parkinson’s
Colombia’s “fighter of the century”, former Jr Welterweight boxing world champion Antonio Cervantes, aka “Kid Pambele”, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease on Monday. Cervantes, who won the...
Medellin organizes ‘Night of the Gladiators’
Medellin is hosting “Night of the Gladiators” Friday, according to the organizers a major boxing event in which Newton “El Martillo” Villareal makes his return to the ring. The Colombian Villareal will be...
