Posted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2015 at 2:48 am.
Boxing fans have short memories. Here we are again at a major fight week. It happens about two or three times a year. The excitement starts on Monday and it simmers until Thursday when we have the final press conference and it begins to boil on Friday with the official weigh in with it finally :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, November 16th, 2015 at 12:53 am.
The subject of boxing versus Mixed Martial Arts is a hot topic in the social networks. Many boxing fans have grown tired of hearing MMA fans saying how MMA is taking over boxing. The reality is that both sports seem to be doing okay for themselves. When there is matchup between a boxer and an :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, November 13th, 2015 at 2:02 pm.
Words, words and more words from Oscar De La Hoya. Considered one of the best fighters of his time, winning titles in multiple divisions, De La Hoya now is a renowned promoter. One way or another, he knows how to keep his name in the news. Some of times have not been according to plan :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, November 13th, 2015 at 9:42 am.
World ranked light heavyweight contender and former world title challenger Edwin Rodriguez (27-1, 18 KOs) of Worcester, Massachusetts returns to the ring tonight. Rodriguez will take on unbeaten Michael Seals (19-0, 14 KOs) of Atlanta, Georgia. The main event bout will take place at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. The fight :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, November 12th, 2015 at 6:29 am.
Last week Our debate topic last week was if you thought the Saul Alvarez versus Miguel Cotto winner would indeed fight Gennady Golovkin in their next fight. It is a valid question has there are no contracts saying obligated the winner to face Golovkin in their next fight. Cotto will be defending his WBC world :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, November 11th, 2015 at 1:10 pm.
With one of the biggest fights of the year, Miguel Cotto vs Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, looming over us, there is still other news not involving those two in the boxing world, for that here is your latest edition of Around the Ring: He Wants It Again – After Timothy Bradley made easy work of Brandon :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, November 11th, 2015 at 5:23 am.
Last week we went with a bout between previously unbeaten Freddie Lawson (24-1, 20 KOs) of Ghana and Kevin Bizier ( 25-2, 17 KOs) of Canada. The two squared off in an IBF welterweight world title eliminator. It was another edition of Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions series. The bout took place at the Miccosukee :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, November 10th, 2015 at 7:59 am.
World ranked cruiserweight Ola Afolabi (22-4-4, 11 KOs) once again has punched himself into the thick of things in the cruiserweight division. Afolabi is fresh off of his upset of Rakhim Chakhkiev (24-2, 18 KOs) of Russia who he defeated last week by knockout. In true Afolabi fashion he was trailing on the scorecards :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, November 9th, 2015 at 6:52 pm.
It looks like lately, there are more auditions in boxing than on Broadway. This past Saturday night Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley defended his WBO welterweight title against Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios with a masterful performance. The bout took place at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas and it was broadcast live on HBO. :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, November 9th, 2015 at 6:01 am.
Unbeaten IBF welterweight world champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24KOs) of the United Kingdom did not fight this weekend but oddly enough there were certain indirect links to him following the fight results Saturday. WBO welterweight world champion Timothy Bradley stopped former world champion Brandon Rios in round 9 of their main event bout televised on :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…
