Posted on Monday, March 28th, 2016 at 4:11 am.
2012 U.S. Olympian Robert Easter Jr. (16-0, 13 KOs) of Toledo, Ohio will attempt to take his career to that next level this Saturday. Easter will take on former world champion Argenis Mendez (23-3-1, 12 KOs) of the Dominican Republic. The two will square off in a 10 round lightweight co-feature. The bout will be :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, March 25th, 2016 at 7:02 am.
World ranked middleweight Chris Eubank Jr. (21-1,16 KOs) of the United Kingdom is steadily getting himself back in to serious world title contention. In 2014 and unbeaten Eubank Jr. faced fellow unbeaten British fighter Billy Joe Saunders. Eubank Jr. seemed very tentative the first half of the fight. He did come on strong in the :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, March 24th, 2016 at 9:04 am.
Our debate last week came from the famed world title unification between world champions Meldrick Taylor and Julio Cesar Chavez. The bout is celebrating its 20 year anniversary. Both fighters entered the mega showdown undefeated. It was a grueling bout which saw Taylor officially ahead entering the 12th and final round. Chavez dropped Taylor with :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 at 3:11 pm.
We are nearly closing the third month of the year and the boxing action has not been what we expected so far but there is still a lot of year left and boxing is heading into the busier months of April and May. With that said, here is your latest edition of Around the Ring: :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 at 9:19 am.
Our pick last week came from the matchup between unbeaten Jesse Hart (20-0, 16 KOs) and gatekeeper Dashon Johnson (19-19-3, 6 KOs). The main event bout took place Friday at the 2300 Arena, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bout was scheduled for 10 rounds with the WBO NABO & USBA Super middleweight titles on the line. :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 at 7:02 am.
All the boxing world is a buzz with the recent announcement of the Pay-Per-View undercard for the first mega fight of the year. On May 7th from the newly minted T-Mobile Arena in the capital of boxing, Las Vegas, Nevada, Mexican Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will be defending his WBC middleweight title at a catch weight :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 at 5:48 am.
Former amateur standout Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 KOs) of Cuba has a formidable task this Saturday. He will try to become the first to defeat Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) more than two decades including his amateur and professional career. If it were not tough enough to defeat Ward the fight will be held at :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, March 21st, 2016 at 11:21 am.
The buzz this week in the boxing world is the return of Andre Ward. The undefeated former champion at 168 pounds will be going up in weight to his new weight of 175 pounds, also known as the light heavyweight division, this upcoming Saturday night from the Oracle Arena in his hometown of Oakland, California. :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, March 21st, 2016 at 5:08 am.
When we last saw IBF world champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) in action he had just fought his second fight in months. This is rather unheard of in today’s boxing for a defending world champion. Brook scored stoppages in both of those defenses. Brook was then scheduled to face former world title challenger Diego :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, March 18th, 2016 at 4:57 am.
A long past rematch between former world champions “Vicious” Victor Ortiz (31-5-2, 24 KOs) and Andre Berto (30-4, 23 KOs) will finally take place April 30th. The site of the fight will be the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The main event bout will be aired as PBC on FOX and FOX Deportes. The bout :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…
