No boxer from Alaska did more than Anchorage’s Cody Koch, whose rapid and remarkable rise to prominence in the 1990s was unlike anything we’ve ever seen in the sport. Koch broke into pro boxing in 1995 after winning a national Toughman Contest. He won his first 24 fights, with 20 of them coming by knockout…. Read more »
Anchorage’s Nino Delgado extended his unbeaten streak to eight fights after he scored a first-round knockout in Tijuana, Mexico. Delgado, 25, finished off Ricardo Coronado with a series of body shots for his fifth lightweight division win by KO. “Once I hit him with the first clean shot to the body, I knew he didn’t… Read more »
Now that football is in his rear-view mirror, former New Mexico State University linebacker Lui Fa’amasino of Anchorage has embarked on a new journey in the boxing game. The 23-year-old made his amateur debut in style, with the 6-foot, 225-pound Alaskan winning a unanimous decision in the heavyweight division over New Mexico’s 6-foot-5, 205-pound Chris… Read more »
Anchorage boxer Nino Delgado won his second career senior Golden Gloves title in Tacoma, Washington. The 23-year-old beat previously undefeated fighter Austin Mariscal of Washington in the men’s 141-point division. “Mariscal was 16-0, so the crowd was anticipating a good fight,” Delgado told me. “I took both the first and third round with a close… Read more »
