Featherweight Boxing

Following Gabriel Tolmajyan's eye-opening decision victory against the previously undefeated Daulis Prescott, the Glendale boxer's manager, George Bastrmajyan, said the goal going forward was to have Tolmajyan fight nothing but undefeated fighters. At...

CABAZON — Gabriel Tolmajyan and his Glendale Fighting Club camp walked away from his co-main event on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" feeling they had earned a victory. But the only opinions that mattered were those of the trio of ringside judges who...

GLENDALE — Art "Lionheart" Hovhannesyan ventured north to Santa Ynez looking to further his unbeaten boxing career and take another step up. Instead, the Glendale fighter came away with a dissatisfying split draw after an incidental head butt by...

GLENDALE — The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene. GLENDALE FIGHT SCENE HEATS UP The coming week will see the bell rung on an exciting span of local fights in both boxing and mixed martial arts. Perhaps the biggest bout will...

More than just another fighter training center, at a time when one seems to be springing up on every other corner, the Glendale Fighting Club has transcended that status and become a hub of activity and a touchstone of significance in the fighting scene,...

LOS ANGELES — With a packed luncheon and press conference Wednesday at the Wilshire Grand Los Angeles and a weigh-in to follow Friday at Staples Center's Star Plaza, the countdown has begun for Vanes "Nightmare" Martirosyan's much-anticipated...

GLENDALE — Anatoliy Dudcehnko, who's had some of his best fights in Glendale, and Gapo Tolmajyan, who trains in the Jewel City, will add some local flavor to tonight's "War at Woodland Hills 4," which is co-promoted by Glendale's own resident...

WOODLAND HILLS — Avoiding a loss was of little solace to Gabriel Tolmajyan. Putting on the most action-packed fight to grace the Woodland Hills War 4 card at the Warner Center Marriott, the Armenian-born fighter — who trains at the Glendale...

TARZANA — An hour after his victory in the cage, Alberto Crane took a break from an intense night of action at King of the Cage's Turning Point card and realized something. "We're creating something special here," said the mixed-martial-arts...

GLENDALE — For Alberto Crane, a veteran of 18 mixed-martial-arts bouts and countless grappling tournaments, his next fight — a three-round welterweight tilt against veteran Gabe Rivas at King of the Cage's Turning Point card today —...

GLENDALE — The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene. GFC COMES OUT SWINGING IN 2011 The year that has passed was quite a successful one for the Glendale Fighting Club in the boxing ring. Head trainer Edmond Tarverdyan and...

GLENDALE — Editor's Note: The following is a recap of the 2010 local sports scene from the summer and fall seasons. The second half of 2010 brought numerous headlines, ranging from a former Glendale Community College baseball standout helping the...