MEDFORD, Ore. – Only on NBC5 News, a local professional boxer is going to be fighting on one of the biggest fight cards of the year: Canelo Alvarez versus Jermell Charlo. A few weeks back, Ezequiel Fores got the call ...
EAGLE POINT, Ore. – A new local boxing gym had a grand opening celebration on July 8th. Southern Oregon Boxing located at 550 West Dutton Road, has been open for the last few months and has already gathered around 30-members. ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — A local 15-year-old girl is training hard to reach her dreams of becoming a professional boxer. Luckily for her, her coach is a former professional boxer and the owner of Spartan Boxing. He’s also her dad. North ...
“Transformer” Troy Isley came out swinging in his Olympic boxing debut, scoring a unanimous decision in his middleweight preliminary bout against Vitali Bandarenka of Belarus on Monday. Isley, 22, will now move onto the Round of 16, where he will clash with ...
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — ESPN named boxing the toughest sport in the world, so why is a Central Point gym using it to help people with Parkinson’s disease? Boxing may not seem like the best choice when it comes to ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – A boxing program in Medford is going beyond the ring to encourage kids to pursue their dreams and give them positive role models. Spartan boxing has been working with kids for about six years, some of them come ...
Portland, Ore. –Police responded to Floyd Light Middle School in Portland around 8:30 Thursday morning after they received a report of a man in a clown mask chasing kids and trying to fight with the school’s assistant principal. The Portland ...
Central Point, Ore. – Central Point resident Mike Wilson started boxing at 13-years-old. “Ali meant everything to me. He was what I grew up you know with the poster on my wall,” said Wilson. Now, he is a two-time amateur ...