Posted on Friday, January 15th, 2016 at 4:49 pm.
In part one; we gave a quick run-down of both the fights that have already been made for the first half of the New Year and some of the ones that have been talked about. Now we go towards the second half of the year. Unlike the first half, all these fights are only rumors :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, January 15th, 2016 at 5:51 am.
Unbeaten prospect Rob Gant (18-0,11KOs) of Minnesota returns to the ring Friday January 23rd. Brant will take on upset specialists Decarlo Perez (15-3-1, 5 KOs) of New Jersey. The televised main event will take place at the Casino Del Sol, in Tucson, Arizona. The two will square off for a scheduled 10 rounds with the :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, January 14th, 2016 at 6:57 am.
Our topic last week was the overall feeling of if former world champion Jean Pascal (30-3-1, 17 KOs) of Canada has any chance of beating unbeaten unified Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1,25 KOs) of Russia. Pascal had some success during the fight. He without a doubt gave Kovalev his toughest fight to date. Kovalev still was in :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 at 1:38 pm.
After a short hiatus to give you the end of the year awards, your weekly news blog is back. With the year gearing there is some news down the pipeline the world of boxing: WBC Announces Tourney – They have been threatening about it for months but now the World Boxing Council has announced their :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 at 6:09 am.
Our last selection came from the rematch between WBA interim world champion Vincent Feigenbutz (21-2, 19KOs) of Germany and Giovanni De Carolis (24-6, 12KOs) of Italy this past Saturday. The first fight saw what some felt was a hometown decision awarded to Feigenbutz. De Carolis even dropped Feigenbutz in round one but found himself on :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 at 6:24 am.
2016 could not have started off better for unbeaten Cuban former world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0,10 KOs). The WBA recently announced that the winner in the upcoming unification between unbeaten world champions Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg will be mandated to fight Rigondeaux in their next fight. Rigondeaux has had issues with activity of late :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, January 11th, 2016 at 1:34 pm.
The general consensus in the boxing world is that 2015 was pretty much a bust. We had the much anticipated face-off between arch rival Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao which turned out to be money grab more than an actual fight. We had to wait until near the end of the year to get :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, January 11th, 2016 at 6:34 am.
Unbeaten Dominic Breazeale (16-0, 14KOs) will face Amir Mansour (22-1-1, 16KOs) January 23rd. The heavyweight bout is scheduled for 10 rounds. They will square off on the undercard of the main event featuring former world champions Danny Garcia (31-0, 18KOs) and Robert Guerrero (33-3-1, 18KOs). The location of the fightcard will be the Staples Center, :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, January 9th, 2016 at 5:21 am.
In this the last installment of our 2015 awards, we come to the most coveted by those that lace up the gloves, Fighter of the Year. Even though there are no seasons in boxing, you can measure a fighter’s success by what he did in the last calendar year. Many, if not all, elite level :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, January 8th, 2016 at 5:33 am.
Former multi-divisional world champion Roberto “The Ghost” Guerrero (33-3-1,18 KOs) will face former world champion Danny Garcia (31-0, 18KOs) January 30th. The main event bout will take place at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. It will be scheduled for 12 rounds and fought in the welterweight division. Fox will broadcast the event live :READ MORE…
Boxing History: November 10, 1983 Marvelous Marvin Hagler W 15 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title. Record won 62 (KO 52) + lost 3 + drawn 2 = 67 Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 in Newark, NJ) was Undisputed World Middleweight Champion from 1980 to 1987. Hagler made :READ MORE…
