Posted on Saturday, August 1st, 2015 at 9:04 am.
There are many running themes in boxing. Two of the most prominent ones are that the sport is dead and the other is that other combat sports, mainly Mixed Martial Arts, are eating boxing’s lunch as far as winning new fans. This fall there are two major fights that could help resurrect the sport (although :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, July 31st, 2015 at 7:06 am.
Former world champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (28-3-2, 9 KOs) will look to upset WBA middleweight champion of the world Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs ( 29-1, 26KOs) this Saturday. The main event bout will take place in Jacob’s native Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center. It will be another edition of Al :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 30th, 2015 at 10:01 am.
The rematch between Sugar Shane Mosley (47-9-1, 39 KOs) and Ricardo Mayorga (31-8-1, 25 KOs) has been a hot topic of late in the social media networks. In fact this is where the fight actually drew up enough interest to be made. They will officially clash on August 29th at the historic Forum in Inglewood, :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 30th, 2015 at 4:23 am.
Boxing360.com brings you the latest news in the world of boxing in the latest edition of Around the Ring: Cotto vs Canelo Finds a Home – With a reported offer of $12 million dollars as a site fee, the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, has won the right to host the :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 at 7:23 am.
Last week we correctly chose former light heavyweight champion of the world Beibut Shumenov (16-2, 10 KOs) to defeat BJ Flores (31-2-1, 20 KOs). Flores had actually began his career as a heavyweight before dropping down to the cruiserweight division. This natural size advantage was a major question ahead of this bout in terms of :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 at 10:31 am.
Last week we debated on how legendary Rocky Marciano would have fared in a previous or future era. Marciano retired with an unbeaten record of (49-0, 43 KOs) in 1955. There have been a few close calls of the record being tied but yet nearly 60 years later and it still stands alone. Many who :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 at 4:27 am.
Over the weekend it was announced that IBO, WBA and interim WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (33-0, 30KO) will face newly crowned IBF belt holder David Lemieux (34-2, 31KO) at the mecca of boxing, Madison Square Garden, on Saturday, October 17th. Obviously the fight will be broadcast live by HBO but there are talks :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, July 27th, 2015 at 8:43 am.
There has been a lot of speculation over the weekend that a showdown between WBC flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (43-0, 37 KOs) and former multi-divisional world champion Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria (36-4, 22 KOs) could take place in the fall. The possible date could be October 17th at the famed Madison Square Garden in :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, July 25th, 2015 at 3:11 am.
A couple of weeks ago, the boxing world saw a nearly unprecedented move by the World Boxing Council. In a ten round female fight between multi-time champion Mariana “Barbie” Juarez of Mexico City and Argentinean Vanesa Lorena Taborda in a ten rounder for the vacant WBC International female super flyweight title. The title fight, which :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, July 24th, 2015 at 7:01 am.
Most fans last saw former multi- divisional world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (35-3, 23 KOs) being TKO’d and losing his world title to unbeaten Nicholas Walters. It was a devastating loss in every sense of the word. It was the first time that Donaire had ever been stopped as a professional. Donaire took :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…
