MMA: Holm s Oct 16 fight to be the main event - Albuquerque Journal abqjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abqjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It makes so much sense, who knows? It might actually happen.
Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate ended her 43-month retirement with a victory by third-round TKO over Marion Reneau.
Even before that fight was in the books, Albuquerque’s Holly Holm – who lost the title to Tate in March 2016 began lobbying for a rematch.
“You can dominate a fight and still let it slip through your fingers in the last remaining minutes,” Holm wrote, a reference to her fight with Tate. Holm appeared to be on her way to a victory by decision in defense of the belt she so spectacularly had won from Ronda Rousey the previous November.
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Isidro Castillo, 46, is in his own words the “poorest promoter in New Mexico … (who works) the hardest.” He helps fellow state promoters, and he has a card upcoming in Hobbs on Aug. 7. (Courtesy of Isidro Castillo)
In identifying a most valuable player on the New Mexico pro boxing scene, there are a lot of ways one could go.
One couldn’t go wrong, though, in selecting Hobbs’ Isidro Castillo.
“I’ve been promoting since 2010,” Castillo, 46, said in a recent phone interview. “… Not only do I promote, but I help out the (other) promoters in New Mexico, (Lenny) Fresquez, the Perez brothers, Pat Holmes, all those guys, with their matchmaking.
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Amanda Nunes could fight veteran bantamweight Julianna Pena, according to Dana White, after Holly Holm was reportedly scratched from a fight with Pena.