Posted on Friday, December 11th, 2015 at 3:24 pm.
Earlier this week it was the third anniversary of the shot heard around the world. No, not the Bobby Thompson home-run to win the 1951 National League pennant but the right hand Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez landed in the sixth round at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 8th, 2012, to the :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, December 11th, 2015 at 8:12 am.
Former two time world title challenger Chris Arreola (36-4-1, 31KOs) of Southern California looks to get his career back on track this Saturday. Arreola will take on Travis Kauffman (30-1, 22KOs) of Pennsylvania this Saturday at the AT&T Center, in San Antonio, Texas. The bout will be on the undercard of the main event featuring :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, December 10th, 2015 at 8:23 am.
Last week we chose the topic of who you think wins the rematch between newly crowned heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury and Wlad Klitschko. Fury ended Klitschko’s more than 11 year unbeaten streak with a dull but clear victory. Klitschko could not solve the Fury defensive puzzle almost all night long. When Klitschko :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, December 9th, 2015 at 2:22 pm.
Fight fans, the boxing year is almost coming to a close but there is still some fights on the docket and news coming down the pipeline so with that said, here is the latest edition of your weekly news post, Around the Ring: Fury in Hot Water – Just like his namesake, Mike Tyson, newly :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, December 9th, 2015 at 8:50 am.
Our selection from last week came from the match up between WBA featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar (28-1, 21 KOs) of Argentina and challenger Jonathan Oquendo (26-5, 16 KOs) of Puerto Rico. It was featured on the undercard of the main event between WBA middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs and former world champion Peter Quillen. The :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, December 8th, 2015 at 2:29 am.
Former multi divisional world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (35-3, 23 KOs) of the Philippines returns to action this Saturday. Donaire will take on WBO #1ranked Cesar Juarez (17-3, 13KOs) of Mexico. The matchup is scheduled for 12 rounds with the WBO International super bantamweight title at stake. The bout will take place at :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, December 7th, 2015 at 1:00 pm.
Usually fighters at twenty-nine years old are in the middle of their prime but Tijuana, Mexico’s Antonio DeMarco (31-5-1, 23KO) might be on the verge of retirement. This Saturday night, he faces fellow former lightweight champion Omar “Panterita” Figueroa (25-0-1, 18KO) at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The fight will be broadcast live :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, December 7th, 2015 at 4:22 am.
Former world champion Omar Figueroa Jr. (25-0-1, 18KOs) will be in the main event this Saturday. His opponent will be former world champion Antonio Demarco (31-5-1, 23KOs) . The main event bout will take place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. NBC will televise the match. Mike Battah (Leija Battah Promotions) will promote :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, December 4th, 2015 at 6:01 pm.
Mark Taffet, who is retiring as HBO Pay-Per-View czar, announced the numbers for his last hurrah at that post this last week. Last November 21st Saul “Canelo” Alvarez of Mexico dominated Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto to capture the WBC middleweight title at a catch weight of 155 pounds. According to Taffet, the fight sold nine-hundred :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, December 4th, 2015 at 7:02 am.
Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs (30-1, 27 KO) will defend his WBA middleweight title against former WBO champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (32-0-1, 23 KO) this Saturday. The scheduled for 12 round main event bout will take place at the Barclays Center in both men’s resident city Brooklyn, New York. The contest will be aired :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…
