Posted on Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 at 3:46 pm.
Some comebacks and big fights planned for the fall have been announced this week so fight fans, here is the latest edition of Around The Ring: 1. Margarito on the Warpath – Longtime former welterweight champion, the thirty-seven year old Antonio Margarito announced earlier this week that he is looking to come back to the :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 at 10:46 am.
This past week our debate was whether there should be two separate heavyweight divisions. In recent years there had been many who felt that it was a logical step that should be made. A big reason the topic was brought up in recent years was due to the decade dominance of the Klitschko brothers Vitali :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 at 7:53 am.
Talks seem to be going well for a showdown between newly crowned IBF World featherweight champion Lee Selby (21-1, 8KOs) of the United Kingdom (UK) and 5-time world champion Fernando Montiel (54-4-2, 39KOs) of Mexico. The targeted date is October 17th at a venue to be determined in the UK. Selby just won his title :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 at 5:11 am.
If the upcoming Mosley vs. Mayorga II Pay-Per-View was headed towards disaster it might have put together a redeeming aspect to it. It was announced early this week that Mosley will feature a female IBF featherweight title fight when Maureen Shea challenges champion Yulihan Avila in a scheduled ten rounder. There is no gimmick here. :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, August 17th, 2015 at 11:41 am.
Heading into his bout this past Friday most of the talk was about WBO cruiserweight champion Marco “Käpt’n” Huck (38-3-1, 26KOs) and his United States debut. There was very little attention focused on his mandated WBO #1 ranked challenger Krzysztof Glowacki (25-0, 16KOs) of Poland. Huck was a heavy favorite and rightfully so. Glowacki had :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, August 15th, 2015 at 6:51 am.
So what are we doing here? On Saturday, August 29th, on Pay-Per-View no less, we will have the rematch between “Sugar” Shane Mosley and Ricardo Mayorga from the renovated LA Forum in Los Angeles, CA. In their first face-off Mosley stopped Mayorga in the 12th and final round. Why a rematch? Because apparently everybody needs :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, August 14th, 2015 at 11:01 am.
Roy Jones Jr. (61-8, 44 KOs) was considered by many the absolute best boxer in the decade of the 1990’s. He was virtually unbeatable. He had one loss on his record during that time which was by disqualification to Montell Griffin which he avenged by way of 1st knockout just months later of the same :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, August 13th, 2015 at 11:09 am.
Lucian Bute (31-2, 24 KOs) returns to the ring for the first time in 19 months this Saturday. He will face Andrea Di Luisa (17-2, 13KOs) of Italy. The light heavyweight bout will be the main event and is scheduled for 10 rounds. Jean Bedard (Interbox) and Yvon Michel (GYM Promotions) will promote the event :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, August 13th, 2015 at 6:29 am.
Here we go fight fans, your latest edition of our take on the latest news in the boxing world: If Khan Wants It, He can Get it – With Manny Pacquiao recuperating from his shoulder injury suffered in his last fight in May, his promoter Bob Arum is picking fights in his stead. The one :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 at 8:17 am.
Our win streak continued as we successfully picked unbeaten Ievgen Khytrov to defeat Nick Brinson. The bout was a very good fight. Brinson officially was in position to win the fight heading into the 8th and final round. Khytrov applied heavy pressure and got the stoppage in the round. This week we have decided to :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…
