Posted on Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 at 5:23 am.
Our pick last week was WBC Middleweight champion Miguel Cotto to defeat Former two- time world champion Daniel Geale. Cotto did so in decisive fashion winning by fourth round TKO. It was an impressive win by Cotto albeit predictable. Cotto was a heavy favorite entering the fight.. We only chose this fight because there were :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 at 5:42 am.
Former two-division world champion Acelino “Popo” Freitas (39-2, 33 KOS) reportedly will un-retire once again. Once again his opponent will be fellow Brazilian Michael Oliveira (20-2, 15 KOs). The two met back in June of 2012 in Uruguay. Freitas entered that fight having not fought in nearly 5 years. The two entered the fight as :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 at 5:16 am.
On Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto put together the missing piece for the next mega fight of the year in fall against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Cotto, who weighed in just under the junior middleweight limit of 154 pounds at 153.6 lbs while his opponent, Daniel :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 8th, 2015 at 7:42 am.
Former- two division world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (33-3-1, 18 KOs) had a much tougher time than expected this past Saturday. He narrowly escaped with an unpopular split decision victory over Aaron Martinez (19-4-1, 4 KOs). The bout was the main event and took place outside at the StubHub Center in Carson, California under :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, June 6th, 2015 at 4:17 am.
Did Oscar De La Hoya fall and hit his head and somehow it didn’t get in the normal news cycle? Or God forbid, he fell off the wagon and is back on the sauce? The forty-two year old came out this week saying that he is considering a comeback to the ring, that he thinks :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, June 5th, 2015 at 6:13 am.
WBO light flyweight world champion Donnie “Ahas” Nietes (35-1-4, 21 KOs) of the Philippines may be one of boxing’s best kept secrets in boxing. He is fighting in the era of legendary countryman Manny Pacquaio and also Nonito Donaire. Nietes hasn’t garnered anywhere near that attention of either but has maintained a high level of :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, June 4th, 2015 at 9:29 am.
Unbeaten Vyacheslav Glazkov (20-0-1, 12 KOs) has ever so quietly moved himself into the top of the heavyweight world rankings. Glakov is from the Ukraine but resides in the United States. Glazkov is currently ranked in the top 15 of all four major sanctioning bodies. Glazkov is ranked currently number one by the International Boxing :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, June 4th, 2015 at 5:55 am.
News and opinion from around the boxing world: Close the Book on Soto – As we have reported here, former champion Humberto Soto wouldn’t have any luck if it wasn’t for bad luck. After his fight with Frankie Gomez went by the wayside after Gomez came up heavy on May 9th on HBO and then :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 at 5:10 am.
Last week was our inaugural Boxing360 pick of the week. The fight was between IBF world flyweight champion Javier Mendoza (23-2-1, 19 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico and former world title challenger Milan Melindo (32-1, 12 KOs) of the Philppines. Our pick was Melindo who went on to lose by a technical decision due to a :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 at 11:02 am.
There has been much talk of an anticipated unification showdown between WBC champion Adonis Stevenson and IBF,WBA super champion & WBO champion Sergey Kovalev. The fight doesn’t seem any closer to being made now as it was a year ago. Meanwhile in Germany the local favorite and WBA regular light heavyweight champion Jurgen Brahmer (46-2, :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…
