KJ Noons the boxer defeats Alejandro Bogarin

by James Iannotti on Nov 17, 2008 10:21 AM EST

Former Elite XC Lightweight Champion KJ Noons made his return to the boxing ring a successful one with a unanimous decision victory over Alejandro Bogarin (8-6-3) last Thursday night at the Expo Center in El Monte, California.

Noons actually dropped Bogarin in the first frame, but could not finish him off. He did, however, dominate most of the match en route to the decision win, which was his first in the sport since defeating Anthony Cannon at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, Calif., in June 2007 (also by unanimous decision).

Bogarin wasn't necessarily the stiffest test for Noons in his return. He had previously been knocked out six times and was coming into this bout fresh off a first round knockout suffered at the hands of Francisco Santana in July.

Nonetheless, with the win Noons moves his professional boxing record to an impressive 8-1 with five knockouts.

It's unclear at this time whether he'll continue to box or make the move back to mixed martial arts following the demise of his previous employer, Elite XC. Even before the demise of Elite XC he was taking a break from MMA after being stripped of his 160-pound title because he and the organization couldn't come to terms on a rematch with Nick Diaz.

But now that the promotion is no more it might not be long before he's back in a cage fighting MMA. Clearly, whatever happens with the fighter contracts from Pro Elite Inc. will have a lot to do with the next step for KJ.

Regardless, it seems very likely we haven't seen the last of him in either sport.

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wow. i thought he was gonna lose. kj is a guy who lokes to compete

by mikeybear on Nov 17, 2008 10:27 AM EST reply actions

lol I could have beat the guy he fought…fuck KJ Noons!!!

by kevin on Nov 17, 2008 10:36 AM EST reply actions

I doubt that.

by Bill Maher on Nov 17, 2008 11:20 AM EST up reply actions

WE should all ban kJ threads from this site or any other mma site! He does not DFESERVE to be known by any of us!

We will all be smarter as a whole after we forget that he exsists!

by john on Nov 17, 2008 11:36 AM EST up reply actions

What reason do you have for banning KJ noons? I don’t like the guy but he is a legit fighter none the less. Give the guy a break and let him fight for a promotion that isn’t as bad and EXC, I personally think he should have fought Diaz but Noons was actually asking for a tougher fight. Noons went about it the wrong way but honestly wouldn’t you feel gip’d if you were getting paid less than half the money the guy you beat is making? Then on top of that asked to rematch the guy with no raise? Noons made a bad call cause he would have gotten huge publicity from a Diaz fight but the guy wasn’t looking to build up his name by fighting a guy he was clearly beating before a cut stoppage, not really all that big to me. He successfully helped put a nail into the coffin that EXC now rests in. Good for him

by Cogito Ergo Sum on Nov 17, 2008 12:10 PM EST up reply actions

Champions have NO SAY in who the organization deems worthy of being the #1 contender!

KJ was given a title shot after being ko’ed by crazy HOrse. He never deserved to fight for the title in the 1st place. So I cant agree that he should feel; jipped at all!

This guy isnt even fighting in mma anymore. why are we talking about him?

by john on Nov 17, 2008 12:44 PM EST up reply actions

Fair enough, good reasons I guess I don’t need to protect him any further. I’d still like to see him fight a couple of people just to see how he’d do however.

by Cogito Ergo Sum on Nov 17, 2008 1:11 PM EST up reply actions

A lot of people bash him but i still think he’s a good fighter. He had a point about the contract but i think Mark Dion is the person to blame. Look at what he did to Vera (Even though i always thought he just hype).

by NameNotRequired on Nov 17, 2008 3:32 PM EST up reply actions

Agreed!

by JV on Nov 17, 2008 3:43 PM EST up reply actions

same thing i was thinking…to me this is a poor performance because he didn’t knock the guy out!! it seems they picked some bum off the street to fight Noons

by Breton on Nov 17, 2008 11:31 AM EST up reply actions

I like how people say “i could have beat the guy he fought” as if they know anything at all about his opponent or could even pick him out of a lineup. People amaze me with their arrogance.
Commenting on subjects they know nothing about just so they can take a shot at KJ Noons.

by Robert on Nov 17, 2008 7:01 PM EST up reply actions

not impressed the guy he beat was a patsy

by matthew on Nov 17, 2008 10:53 AM EST reply actions

I’d like to see KJ fight some real boxing talent! Margarito, Cotto, Mosley, and Paquiao! Or even B-level fighters like Judah or Cintron!

by JV on Nov 17, 2008 10:54 AM EST reply actions

yes, he is going to face top 10 boxers with over 30 wins for his 10th pro-fight.

by Bill Maher on Nov 17, 2008 11:21 AM EST up reply actions

Well, he was calling out DeLaHoya right?

by JV on Nov 17, 2008 11:26 AM EST up reply actions

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

by O damn he got caught on Nov 17, 2008 10:56 AM EST reply actions

CIntron and Judah are no B level fighters, COtto and Margarito are just that damn good, and please dont put mosley in the mix with those guys, Cotto whooped that ass, and margarito would do the same.

by Josh on Nov 17, 2008 2:09 PM EST reply actions

Cotto did not whoop Mosley! It was a pretty close and competitive fight. And Cintron & Judah have not been able to beat any top guys! Which in turn makes them B-class fighters!

by JV on Nov 17, 2008 4:19 PM EST up reply actions

The thing I never understood was if he really thought he could beat Diaz then why wouldn’t he want the so called easier fight? I am sure he got paid more from EliteXC than he did for his boxing match. I wouldn’t mind seeing Nick fight him again other than that he has no place in mma

by mike on Nov 17, 2008 4:21 PM EST reply actions