Posted on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 at 6:22 am.
Here we are folks. A mere five day week and we will be smack down in the middle of quite possibly the most anticipated fight of all time. Yes, there have been other bouts that have been called the “Fight of the Century” but none of them enjoyed the world-wide up to the minute media :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, April 27th, 2015 at 7:06 am.
Unbeaten lightweight Felix “El Diamante” Verdejo (17-0, 13 KOs) easily dispatched of Mexico’s Marco Lopez (22-6, 13 KOs) this past Saturday night in his native Puerto Rico. Verdejo took his time to figure Lopez out and then stopped him in round 5. This kind of patience displayed by Verdejo will be needed as he continues :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, April 24th, 2015 at 8:44 pm.
Current WBC super-bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz finds himself in quite a predicament. He got the call a couple of weeks ago to participate on the Pay-Per-View portion of the most anticipated fight card in recent years, the Floyd Mayweather Jr Vs Manny Pacquiao set for Saturday, May 2nd, at the MGM Grand Arena in :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, April 24th, 2015 at 9:15 am.
Former unified middleweight world champion Daniele Geale (31-3, 16 KOs) has a major chance to redeem himself when he faces WBC world middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KOs). The two will meet June 6th at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. Cotto’s promoter Rocnation will promote the event. Geale will enter his fight :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 at 10:36 am.
Former two- divisional world champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi will make his return to the ring May 29th. Malignaggi (33-6, 7 KOs) will take on Danny O’Connor (25-2, 9 KOs). The bout will be a 10 round welterweight fight aired on Spike TV. It will be a major step up in class for O’Connor :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 at 8:02 am.
This Saturday night from the mecca of boxing ,Madison Square Garden in New York City, quite possibly the most dominating champion in the last ten years, heavyweight WBO/IBF/WBA world kingpin Wladimir “Dr. Sledgehammer” Klitschko, makes his long-awaited return stateside in yet another defense of his belts, this time against American Bryan Jennings. The fight will :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 at 9:13 am.
Former four- division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash ” Donaire (34-3, 22 KOs) successfully returned to the ring last month with a victory. Donaire easily dispatched Brazilian William Prado (22-5-1, 22 KOs) by way of 2nd round TKO. The outcome was no surprise but it did serve its purpose. This was the first time :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 at 12:05 pm.
WBC world Lightweight champion Jorge “El Niño de Oro” Linares (38-3, 25 KOs) has a tough title defense ahead of him on May 30th. Linares will take on mandatory challenger Kevin Mithchell (39-2, 29 KOs) of the UK. It will be the second attempt at a world title for Mitchell who failed in 2012 vs. champion :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2015 at 3:36 pm.
Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, CA, and live on Showtime a huge derailment in the plans of not only Julio Cesar Chavez Jr happened but also on his advisor and head of the Premier Boxing Champions, Al Haymon. After a thirteen month exodus from the ring, Chavez Jr came back against light :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2015 at 9:04 am.
The popularity of the 140 pound division continued its growth after this past Saturday night. There were two exciting victories in both fights on HBO. Terence “Bud” Crawford (26-0, 18 KOs) fought Thomas Dulorme (22-2, 12 KOs) for the vacant WBO junior welterweight Title and Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) fought Ruslan Provodnikov (24-4, 17 :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…
