Billings, Montana's "JoJo" Martinez knocked it out. The soon-to-be 8th grader at Ben Steele Middle School just earned the gold medal at the USA Boxing National Junior Olympics.
She doesn't lose. She eithers wins, or she learns. I haven't forgotten what JoJo Martinez, now a 6th grader at Ben Steele Middle School in Billings, first told us about her career in the sport of boxing. One year later, JoJo Martinez is heading to nationals.
She's 11 years old, a 5th grader at Big Sky Elementary, and she's number one in her weight class in the entire nation- in boxing. Meet Billings, Montana's "JoJo" Martinez.
Boxing great Muhammad Ali has passed away at the age of 74. He died at a Phoenix hospital from respiratory issues related to Parkinson's disease, which Ali contracted in 1984.
This weekend a bit of a scar was left on the Boxing world when two top fighters exchanged blows at a post-fight press conference. Following a title fight between Dereck Chisora and Vitali Klitshko, in which Klitchko was the victor, a third boxer through verbal challenges to the defeated Chisora which lead to the brawl.