Posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 at 8:27 am.
Last week we went with the junior middleweight showdown between former world title challenger Vanes Martirosyan and former world champion Ishe Smith. The bout was on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather vs Andre Berto main event in Las Vegas this past Saturday night. It turned out to be a more exciting fight than many :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 at 9:40 am.
Unbeaten IBF welterweight champion Kell Book (35-0, 24 KOs) of the United Kingdom will defend his world title versus former world title challenger Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) of Argentina. The main event will take place October 24th in at the Sheffield Arena, in Brook’s native Sheffield, Yorkshire. This will be the third defense of :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 at 2:38 am.
For all his big talk, Floyd Mayweather Jr sure went out with a whimper. In a fight that left much to be desired, Mayweather Jr took a lopsided unanimous decision over former welterweight champion Andre Berto on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. If we are to believe Mayweather Jr, :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, September 14th, 2015 at 9:36 am.
The highly anticipated rematch between WBO junior lightweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs) and four-time world champion Orlando “Siri” Salido (42-13-3, 29 KOs) definitely lived up to the hype this past Saturday. In fact to many it easily outshined the main event between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Andre Berto. The two took turns :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, September 12th, 2015 at 3:43 am.
Unfortunately for Floyd Mayweather Jr a story by the great Thomas Hauser posted this week is getting more spins on the boxing turntable than his fight this weekend against Andre Berto. In the extensively investigated story Hauser revealed that prior to his last fight back in May against Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather Jr was administered an :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, September 11th, 2015 at 9:06 am.
WBC World Light Heavyweight champion of the world Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (26-1, 21 KOs) returns to the ring tonight. His opponent will be former world title challenger Tommy “kryptonite” Karpency (25-4-1, 14 KOs). The fight card will take place at the Ricoh Coliseum, in Toronto, Ontario. Spike television will air the event. The moment this :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2015 at 1:00 pm.
Our debate last week was on whether a trainer should have a contract with a fighter. A manager and a promoter for years have had contracts with fighters. The trainer for the most part usually has in reality an unwritten understanding with the fighter. Many times a change is made when the fighter suffers their :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2015 at 5:36 am.
Big fight week is upon us but by the lack of buzz going on, you would never know that Floyd Mayweather Jr is fighting this Saturday night. The fact that he keeps tooting that this is his last fight ever makes it even stranger. Here is the latest Around the Ring focused strictly on Mayweather :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 at 7:45 am.
Last week we decided to go with the rematch between WBA Bantamweight world champion Jamie McDonnell (27-2-1, 12KOs) of the United Kingdom and former world champion Tomokoi Kameda (31-3, 12KOs) of Japan. The would again square off in Texas like in their first encounter. In that fight which was closely contested, McDonell won by the :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 at 11:13 am.
Former United States Olympian Errol Spence Jr. (17-0, 14 KOs) has an opportunity to show that he is as good as advertised or even better. He has been mowing down the competition that has been put in front of him thus far. There is been no not worthy names he has beaten as of yet :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…
