Posted on Friday, August 28th, 2015 at 6:08 am.
Maybe his methods weren’t what everything wanted or expected but at least in the arena of social media, “Sugar” Shane Mosley might have upped the Premier Boxing Champions series. As everybody should already know, this Saturday night Mosley vs. Mayorga II will be going head to head with Abner Mares vs Leo Santa Cruz not :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, August 27th, 2015 at 10:01 am.
The debate last week was which heavyweight champion had the more dominant reign. The two options of choice were Larry Holmes and current champion Wladimir Klitschko. Holmes posted some very impressive numbers during his reign from 1978-1985. Klitschko has been heavyweight champion of the world since 2006. He has already surpassed Holmes in terms of :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, August 27th, 2015 at 5:34 am.
The boxing world is back in the swing of things after a slow August. No HBO or Showtime until October but that doesn’t stop the sweet science from rolling along. Here is the latest: Mosley vs Mayorga II Will Happen –After veteran promotor Don King tried to sink his teeth into Ricardo Mayorga’s purse for :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 at 6:03 am.
We saw our current unbeaten streak come to an end last week. We chose Russian based Ukranian Stanislav Kashtanov (31-2, 19 KOs) to defeat unbeaten Dominican Felix Valera (13-0, 12KOs). The bout took place last Sunday at the Open-Air Bike Show, in Sevastopol, Crimea. It was a closely contested bout that ended in a split :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 at 8:19 am.
WBO Junior welterweight champion of the world Terrance Crawford (26-0, 18 KO) will return to action October 24th. His opponent will be former world title challenger Dierry Jean (29-1, 20 KO). The bout will take place in Crawford’s native Omaha, Nebraska. The main event will be aired live on HBO. Crawford had a huge 2014 :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 at 7:54 am.
Mexican lightweight Antonio De Marco first became a champion in October of 2011 with a fabulous come from behind knockout of Venezuelan stylist Daniel “Niño de Oro” Linares in front of a healthy crowd at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. By the end of fight both warriors face were beaten and bloody but :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, August 24th, 2015 at 7:33 am.
The WBC super-middleweight world title fight between champion Badeau Jack (19-1-1, 12 KOs) and mandatory challenger George Groves (21-2, 16 KOs) will take place September 12th . The bout lands on the televised undercard of the main event between unbeaten pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. and former 2-time world champion Andre Berto. The :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, August 21st, 2015 at 12:44 pm.
In 2005 both Bernard Hopkins (55-7-2, 32 KOs) and Arthur Abraham (42-4, 29 KOs) were 160 pound world champions. Hopkins would lose his title to unbeaten Jermain Hopkins that same year. Abraham would win the world title that Taylor vacated at the end of that year. Ironically Hopkins failed in his attempt to become champion :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, August 20th, 2015 at 11:50 am.
Our unbeaten streak continued last week with the fight between unbeaten former world champions Antonio Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KOs) and Steve Cunningham (28-7-1, 13 KOs). Our pick was Cunningham to win the fight. The bout ended in a draw so it wasn’t a victory or a loss for us. The fight itself was not very :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 at 3:46 pm.
Some comebacks and big fights planned for the fall have been announced this week so fight fans, here is the latest edition of Around The Ring: 1. Margarito on the Warpath – Longtime former welterweight champion, the thirty-seven year old Antonio Margarito announced earlier this week that he is looking to come back to the :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…
