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Upcoming Fight Club OC Show / Thursday, August 29, 2024

THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT IN ORANGE COUNTY !!!

Three Orange County fighters, a BIG heavyweight bout, and two good MMA bouts are what fight fans will get at the Thursday, August 29th Fight Club OC show in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

That’s the good news ….. the bad news is that the show is already SOLD OUT and only a limited number of Standing Room tickets are being sold for $30. This marks the 21st consecutive sellout for Fight Club OC and a huge thank you to the fans that have made Fight Club OC “the most fun you can have on a Thursday night in Orange County”. Your fights for the upcoming August 29th show are listed here.

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Happy Anniversary #17

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

This past July 15, 2024 ”www.dmboxing.com” officially celebrated a milestone, of 17 years of existence.

The website started back in 2007 and since then I have published over 2,000 articles and features world-wide for viewing.

It’s absolutely a delight to bring you boxing, as I have produced this site to be the best that I can provide.

Along the way, I have been blessed to become acquainted with a wonderful array of fans, and with some to becoming the closest of friends to me, and that I consider the greatest gift of their friendship.

I am also grateful to have a special core group of people that have enhanced the success of the website. First off is John Boitnott, who had the vision to believe in me and was the first webmaster. After serving a trial period learning the mechanics of a website, I am now a proud producer.

There are others who have certainly contributed to the continuing success, and I’ll start with a trio of individuals that are no longer with us (R.I.P.) – may their souls rest peacefully in heaven – Rusty Rubin, Harold Lederman, and Jim Amato. These three provided a wealth of boxing knowledge to the website.

Rusty was my first writer and featured his monthly column, “In Rusty’s Corner”, and also “Glove2Glove” which offered prayers for the sick, needy, and deceased.

Harold provided his own video shorts called “Hey Harold!” which previewed upcoming major fights to be shown on HBO World Championship Boxing.

Jim was nothing less than brilliant with featured stories on boxers of the past and present. His expertise as a true boxing historian was priceless.

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www.dmboxing.com / UPDATE

I want to thank everyone for your patience the past 10 days while dmboxing website was unavailable for viewing during technical difficulties and while our support computer team was conducting major maintenance issues and plus security safety updating.

We’re back on line today and moving forward, my apologies for any inconvenience.

Your continued support is always so much appreciated.

                                  Respectfully, David Martinez

Upcoming Fight Club OC Show / Set for Thursday, June 20, 2024

Costa Mesa: There is an old saying that says “it isn’t bragging if it is true”, and that really rings true for the Thursday, June 20th Fight Club OC show. Promoter Roy Englebrecht isn’t bragging when he says that the featured bout on the card may be the best matchup in the past 10 years.

8-0 Jordan Panthen set to face 8-2 Victor Toney

“Without a doubt most every promoter, matchmaker, trainer, and booker will be watching this bout which will feature 8-0 Jordan Panthen vs 8-2 Victor Toney,” said Englebrecht. “Panthen, a former national amateur champion, has 7 knockouts and is coming off a second round knockout over tough 19-5 Ravshan Hudaynazarov on the April Fight Club OC show.  Victor Toney with six knockouts, and the cousin of former world champion James Toney, is coming off a big upset win over 13-1 Jahyae Brown on a DAZN show, plus he went the distance with current WBC world champion Sebastian Fundora. You do not want to miss the fight.”

The six bout fight card will feature the return of 3-0 Dorian Mendez as he faces 1-2 Raymond Benavides5-0 Jamie Cerna returns to Fight Club OC and fights for the Tequila Mandala Young Champions Belt against 2-2 Simon Aristegui from Oxnard. We have one light weight MMA matchup in the middle of the show set with Adam Garcia facing Curtis Hill. Plus, two fighters making their boxing pro debuts will be Billy Jamal Timmons from Cypress as he faces Nesly Trezile from Los Angeles. Our opening boxing bout will see Steven Shareef debuting against Julian Baez a veteran of one pro fight.

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Seven Pro Bouts Set For Fight Club OC

Fight fans will certainly get their money’s worth at the Thursday, April 4th Fight Club OC show as five pro boxing bouts and two pro MMA bouts are featured that will have The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa rock’en and rolling!

Fans will see the return of one of the top middleweight prospects in the country as 7-0 Jordan Panthen meets tough Uzbekistan star 19-5 Ravshan Hudaynazarov in an eight round matchup. 

The Tequila Mandala Young Champions Bout will see former Marine Sean Sharaf take his 2-0 record vs Lancaster’s Chadricc Kindle.

The April 4th show will also see recently signed SOCA Fights prospect Dorian Mendez facing Ezra Rabin out of Oakland, CA. 

Plus many more of the best local up and coming talent Southern California has to offer will be featured on this April 4th show. Less than 40 tickets remain online at www.socafights.com so don’t delay as this show is guaranteed to sell out! This is Fight Club OC, where we will sell you the whole seat, but you’re only going to need the edge!

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Fight Club OC Upcoming Show ~ Opening Night

Opening Night of the 14th year of Fight Club OC shows, set for Thursday, February 15th, will showcase one of the nation’s top middleweight prospects, as undefeated 6-0 Jordan Panthen continues his climb up the rankings meeting Philippine’s tough Adam Abdulhamid, who brings a solid 18-14 record with 9KO’s into the six round featured bout. And if either fighter needed more incentive, the winner will take home the Tequila Mandala Young Champions Belt.
The Hangar at The OC Fair & Event Center will be rocking with fans enjoying five other solid pro boxing and MMA bouts that even feature several OC athletes.
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Upcoming Fight Club OC Show / Thursday, December 14, 2023

What a way to end the 13th year of Fight Club OC shows and give the best fight fans in Southern California an early Christmas present. 

How about two heavyweight bouts…six undefeated fighters… a potential Title Bout and 10 total bouts!!

NOTE – For this show and because of the number of bouts the FIRST BOUT begins at 6pm, with doors opening at 5:30pm

11-0 Austin Brooks in a potential WBA America’s Title fight vs. an opponent TBA. Top heavyweight and former world challenger 29-3 Kubrat Pulev vs. Chicago’s 34-2 Andrzej Wawrzyk – OC’s 13-1 Luke SantaMaria vs. tough Cameron Krael – 17-1 Tervel Pulev vs. 6-3 Dionardo Minor in a second heavyweight battle – LA’s 14-2 Viktor Spavinskyl vs. veteran Darel Harris – undefeated 8-0 Samuel Arnold vs. 3-0 Andres Martinez – MMA action sees 2-0 Daniel Park vs. Tucson’s Humberto Duarte – undefeated 10-0 Rene Moreno battles veteran Diuhl Olguin – Riverside’s Dan Hernandez faces Parley Jessop – and for the Tequila Mandala Young Champions Title bout it will be Riverside’s Nate Palencia vs. LA’s Dorian Mendez

*** Again this show starts at 6pm with doors at 5:30pm. 

Can’t make it in person, watch the entire show live on Fite.tv for $14.99 by visiting this link, https://www.fite.tv/watch/fight-club-oc-dec-14/2pe24/

Tickets are available at $55 and $65 online at www.socafights.com

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USC Boxing: Bringing A Whole New Dimension To The Words “Fight On”

On Thursday November 9th boxers from the University of Southern California blew into the Windy City to compete in an Intercollegiate Boxing Show, featuring five Universities. The event was sanctioned and approved by USA Boxing and The United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association. That’s right… Trojan Boxers! Along with all its other fabled sports, boxing is alive and well at USC.

Front Row Left to Right: YC, Noah “Sting” Ng, Parker Chang, Jade Brewer

Back Row Left to Right: Coach Cesar Lopez, Assistant Coach Brian Robillard, Ring Announcer and USC Alumnus Steve Corbo, Head Coach Omar Lopez and Patrick Carbone

Together with boxers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Xavier University in Cincinnati, the University of Illinois Chicago, and the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, four USC fighters stepped into the ring to compete against some of the best collegiate boxers in the Midwest. The event took place at the magnificent Union League Club in the heart of downtown Chicago. Initially, it was hard to find anybody cheering for Cardinal and Gold. But fighting in this environment only seemed to motivate the Trojans on to victory.

First to fight for USC was Patrick Carbone. He took on Kobe Rogers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Being amateur boxing, all the bouts were scheduled for three rounds of action, with this one being in the 176-pound weight division. Carbone used his superior reach and height to dominate a very tough Rogers, who threw everything he had and never quit trying to find the key to get to Carbone. In the end it was Carbone who won on every judge’s scorecard to take home a unanimous decision victory.

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“The Big Switch” Happening At Fight Club OC October 26th Upcoming Show

“A mixed martial artist fighting a boxer in an MMA fight gives the MMA fighter a huge advantage, and the same goes true for MMA fighters engaging in a boxing match with a boxer. It’s really not a fair fight,” said Hall of Fame promoter Roy Englebrecht. “On October 26, Lisa Mauldin and Angel Blackwell will get their chance to test the waters in boxing without having to do so against someone with a huge stylistic advantage. These two ladies know how to fight. Now they want to box, and I’m expecting a barnburner.”

Currently 6-3 as an MMA pro with three finishes, Irvine’s Lisa Mauldin has been on a tear in the PFL promotion, where she’s won two straight, including a third-round stoppage of highly regarded Helen Peralta in February and a first round submission of Desiree Yanez in August. Now she’ll look to close out 2023 in the boxing ring with a win over Blackwell.

Fighting out of San Diego, Angel Blackwell not only has a long amateur background in MMA, but she turned pro last year on a Combate Global Exclusivo card and even has experience as a professional wrestler. But now it’s time to step between the ropes for what she expects to be the biggest fight of her career thus far.

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