Posted on Monday, September 7th, 2015 at 5:49 pm.
If we didn’t know any better, we would never have guessed that the current pound for pound king of boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr, is fighting this weekend and reportedly his last fight, no less. Set for Showtime Pay-Per-View, Mayweather Jr takes on former welterweight champion Andre Berto this Saturday night. With absolutely no buzz whatsoever, :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, September 7th, 2015 at 8:58 am.
Former WBA Junior Middleweight champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout (29-2, 16KOs) returns to action this Tuesday. Trout will face former world ranked contender Joey “Twinkle Fingers” Hernandez (24-3-1, 14 KOs)) in a 10 round Junior middleweight main event. The bout will take place at the famed Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California. This will be another :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, September 5th, 2015 at 5:13 am.
Timothy Bradley said it best in an interview with renowned boxing scribe Steve Kim, “all good things come to an end this one has come to end.” The current WBO welterweight champion was speaking of his recent split from his long time trainer Joel Diaz. Bradley and Diaz worked together out of the Inland Empire :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, September 4th, 2015 at 11:56 am.
Former WBC Super middleweight champion of the world Anthony Dirrell (27-1-1, 22KOs) will look to get back on the championship trail this Sunday. Dirrell will face former two-time division world title challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (59-7-1, 51KOs). The bout will be a part of another edition of Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Championship series (PBC). CBS :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 at 8:19 am.
Our debate last week was who would have won in a showdown between hall of famer Ricardo “Finito” Lopez (51-0-1, 38KOs) of Mexico and future Hall of famer Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon (35-3-1, 6KOs) of Puerto Rico. The idea was both fighters squaring off in their primes. In the case Lopez he actually seem :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 at 4:09 am.
Things are heating up for the second half of 2015 and here are the latest stories in the latest edition of “Around the Ring”: Rios Against Bradley is On – Maybe not officially but it looks like everything is pointing for this mega fight between Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios and Timothy “Desert Storm” is ready :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 at 5:10 am.
The highly anticipated matchup last week between unbeaten Leo Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 KOs) a and former three-division world champion Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15 KOs) truly lived up to the hype. We starting a new win streak as we picked Santa Cruz to win which he did by majority decision. One judge scored the fight :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 at 8:43 am.
Former two-division world champion Zab Judah will return to the ring. He will have his first fight in nearly 2 years on September 10. The location will be the Space at Westbury in Westbury, New York. Colombian journeyman Hevinson Herrera has been selected as the opponent for Judah. Herrera is not supposed to be in :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 at 8:21 am.
In boxing, anything can happen. From a fifty to one heavyweight beating the “baddest man on earth” to a fighter earning more than one hundred million dollars for a single fight. That is why it is called the theatre of the unexpected. This Saturday night, we saw a little of that when Mexico City’s Julio :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, August 31st, 2015 at 6:38 am.
There are so many fights in boxing that have a huge built up but don’t live up to the hype. You can officially exclude the world title fight between Leon Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 KOs) and Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15 KOs) from being on that list. The two fighters gave all the fans in attendance :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…
