Posted on Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 at 5:44 am.
In a surprising move, the World Boxing Organization actually made the right move when it announced earlier that in fact they had stripped the current pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr of the WBO welterweight title that he captured in his last fight. If we remember correctly, Mayweather Jr picked up the strap to :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, July 6th, 2015 at 6:48 am.
Highly world ranked unbeaten super middleweight Gilberto Ramirez (32-0, 24 KOs) seems on the brink of a world title fight. Ramirez is ranked no lower than third by any of the major four world sanctioning bodies. Ramirez completely dominated veteran Derek Edwards in his last fight this past June 26th in route to a 10 :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2015 at 8:50 am.
WBA “regular” welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) will defend his title vs former two-time world champion Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 KOs). The main event bout will take place July 11th at the USF Sundome in Tampa, Florida. ESPN will air the fight as part of Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions Series :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2015 at 8:20 am.
In the first part of “The Aura of the Stub Hub” we went over the great fights that have transpired in the nearly classic venue when it was named the Home Depot Center. Fights like the first and third battles between Vazquez and Marquez, the welterweight record setter Williams vs Margarito and the war waged :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 at 6:40 am.
WBO middleweight champion of the world Andy Lee (34-2-1, 24 KOs) will defend his world title September 19th at home in his native Ireland. Thomond Park Stadium, in Limerick, Ireland will host the event which is home to the local Rugby team. Lee will defend his title for the second time against his mandatory challenger :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 at 6:29 am.
Big things are happening in the world of boxing, here is a quick run down: 1. Punches Thrown in Court – Today it was announced that Top Rank has filed an anti-monopoly suit against Al Haymon and others for 100 million dollars. This lawsuit goes along with the $300 million dollar one that Golden Boy :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2015 at 4:13 am.
We got back on the winning track with our pick of Timothy Bradley to give unbeaten Jessie Vargas his first loss. http://www.boxing360.com/boxing360s-pick-of-the-week-6242015/ It was a really good fight as we thought it would be but Bradley controlled the action for the majority of the fight. The final seconds saw some drama when the referee thought :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2015 at 3:41 am.
There are many venues in boxing that have become historic, legendary. Obviously Madison Square Garden in New York City is considered the mecca of boxing but every boxing town has their stories about the hallowed ground where the fights take place. On the west coast, many a tales of have been told about the LA :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 30th, 2015 at 7:44 am.
Newly crowned IBF Super middleweight world champion James DeGale (21-1,14KOs) appears to be headed for a ring return in October according to reports in the media. Initially names such as match room boxing promotional stalemate Carl Froch and former world champion Mikkel Kessler were being considered. Kessler just recently announced his retirement from boxing and :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 29th, 2015 at 5:57 am.
Former two-division world champion Timothy Bradley Jr. (32-1-1, 12KOs) clearly defeated unbeaten former world champion Jessie Vargas (26-1, 9 KOs) this past Saturday night by unanimous decision. It was Bradley’s first win in his last three fights. There were questions entering the fight whether Bradley was still the same elite fighter as he was following :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…
