Posted on Saturday, June 27th, 2015 at 6:59 am.
A matchmaker is a person that proposes, selects and arranges boxers in a professional boxing match. Many consider the legendary Teddy Brenner the greatest matchmaker that has ever lived. Working for the mecca of boxing, Madison Square Garden in New York City, Brenner was in charge of making the best fights out there. He didn’t :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, June 26th, 2015 at 11:53 am.
IBF Cruiserweight world champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14 KOs) will make his long awaiting return to the ring. Hernandez has been inactive for nearly a year due to an elbow injury. His return will see him in a very tough fight against former world champion Victor Ramirez (22-2, 17 KOs). The bout will also :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, June 25th, 2015 at 9:29 am.
Unbeaten former unified junior welterweight world champion Danny Swift Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) will officially move up to the welterweight division. He has vacated his Junior Welterweight titles. His first fight at the weight will be against former two-time division world champion Pauli Malignaggi August 1st. The bout will take place in Malignaggi’s native Brooklyn, :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 at 2:32 pm.
Last weekend was a busy one in the boxing world and this one coming up will be almost as busy throughout the globe. Here is the latest and greatest news swirling around this big green and blue marble: 1. DeMarco Announces Retirement – Former lightweight WBC champion Antonio DeMarco, originally of Los Mochis, Mexico, but :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 at 5:52 am.
Our pick last week was Errol Spence Jr. to defeat Roberto Garcia. The problem was that Garcia pulled out of the fight for an undisclosed reason just days before the fight. Spence Jr. went on to fight late substitute Phil Lo Greco and stop him in round 2 but it doesn’t count as a win :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 at 5:32 am.
With an impressive over the top performance, newly crowned IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux put his name on the top of the list to face the most feared fighter in boxing Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. On Saturday night, Lemieux sent former title challenger Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam to the canvas four times en route to a lopsided :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 at 5:10 am.
The last time boxing fans saw WBA Super Middleweight champion Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) in the ring prior to this past Saturday was November 2013. A drawn out promotional dispute was a big part of this. Ward has since signed with a new promotional company Roc Nation Sports earlier this year. It’s a fresh :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 22nd, 2015 at 7:40 am.
The welterweight matchup between former world champions Shawn “Showtime” Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) and Adrien “The Problem” Broner (30-2, 22 KOs) was a highly anticipated fight. Both fighters are advised by powerful boxing advisor Al Haymon. It was by far on paper the biggest fight of Haymon’s Premiere Boxing Champions series (PBC) that kicked off :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, June 20th, 2015 at 6:25 am.
Not all that glitters is gold. It is not secret that the Mexican and Hispanic market in boxing is very important for the health of the sport. Unlike like the United States where after nearly twenty years we have gone back to Saturday night prime time terrestrial network boxing, in Mexico boxing has been broadcast :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, June 19th, 2015 at 7:22 am.
Unbeaten heavyweight Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (21-0,18 KOs) returns to the ring this Saturday. He will take on journeyman Byron Polley (27-18-1, 12 KOs) in an 8 round bout. It will be his first fight in 9 months. The bout will be on the undercard of the IBF middleweight world title fight between local David :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…
