Posted on Wednesday, December 30th, 2015 at 3:41 am.
Our last selection came from the match up between now three-division world champion Akira Yaegashi (23-5, 12 Kkos) of Japan and then IBF world champion Javier Mendoza (24-3-1, 19kos) of Mexico. Mendoza fighting for the first time as a professional outside of Mexico entered the fight as the favorite. Yaegashi had been knocked out in :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, December 29th, 2015 at 3:27 am.
WBC Heavyweight champion of the world Deontay Wilder makes a quick return to the ring January 16th. He will defend against world ranked Artur Szpilka of Poland. The bout will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and be aired live on Showtime. This will be the third defense for Wilder in :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, December 28th, 2015 at 2:55 pm.
Next up in our end of the year Boxing360.com awards is Trainer of the Year. This is a sneaky subject with some trainers with only one pupil under their wing and others with a large stable of fighters. One nominee is Peter Fury, uncle of Tyson Fury, whose 6”9’ undefeated champ is his only fighter. :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, December 28th, 2015 at 4:37 am.
Mark de Mori (30-1-2, 26 KOs) will be a huge underdog when he takes on former two division world champ David Haye (26-2, 24 KOs) . The two will square off January 16th at the O2 Arena (Millennium Dome), in Greenwich, London. It will be Haye’s first fight in nearly 3 and half years. de :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, December 26th, 2015 at 5:26 pm.
As we close out a rather lackluster 2015, from here until the end of the year we will be unveiling the best of the year for Boxing360.com. In this first one we will write about what we believe was the Upset of the Year. The boxing landscape wasn’t what we expected this year and truthfully, :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, December 25th, 2015 at 6:35 am.
World ranked Artur Szpilka will challenge WBC Heavyweight champion of the world Deontay Wilder Januar 16th. The main event will take place at the Barclays Center in Brookyln, New York and be aired live on Showtime . The bout is scheduled for 12 rounds and the third defense of Wilder’s title in six months. This :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, December 24th, 2015 at 8:04 am.
We chose the topic last week of whether newly crowned WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez should fight Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in his very next fight. It was announced by the WBC that both sides would be allowed and have agreed to take an optional fight prior facing each other. The majority of the feedback :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015 at 12:45 pm.
As the year comes to a close, the news in the boxing world slows down but there is still some new tidbits to share. With that said, here is the latest edition of Around the Ring: Maidana Doesn’t Make Up Mind – Argentinean Marcos Maidana hasn’t stepped into a ring since September 2014 when he :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015 at 9:47 am.
Our selection from last week came from the match up between former world title challenger Bryant Jennings (19-2, 10 KOs) and unbeaten WBA World interim heavyweight champion Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz (24-0, 21 KOs). The bout was the main event at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York this past Saturday night. :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015 at 2:15 pm.
We all expected that by now we would be lamenting the fact that Manny Pacquiao would be facing Timothy Bradley Jr for the third time in April of 2016. In case you haven’t heard, Manny Pacquiao, the recognized fighter of the last decade, the Filipino super star, one of the biggest names in the sport :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…
