Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2015 at 6:06 am.
Another edition of Around the Ring is here with the latest news that are swirling around the boxing world: Mayweather Jr Starts Camp – After his win over Manny Pacquiao last May and the biggest pay day of his career, current WBC welterweight and super welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr has begun his training for :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 at 7:51 am.
Last week we picked Henry Lundy to upset Mauricio Herrera. The fight was stopped in round 5 due to cuts suffered by Herrera from accidental head-butts. The bout went to the scorecards where the judges had Hererra winning by majority decision. These things happen in boxing sometimes and it was a loss for our team :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 at 10:48 am.
Last week we kicked off with our initial debate of the week topic. We chose to go with being worthy of Hall of fame induction as the subject of debate. We asked feedback on whether former world champion fighter and now successful trainer James “Buddy” McGirt should be in the Hall Fame. Many did not :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 at 5:49 am.
On Saturday night from the USF Sundome in Tampa, Florida, and live on ESPN, WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman defended his title against wily veteran Luis Collazo. Thurman forced Collazo to retired after the seventh round of a scheduled twelve. Collazo ended up bloodied and battered. The question of the hour is if :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, July 13th, 2015 at 2:58 am.
Mauricio Herrera, (22-5, 7 KOs) won a technical decision over Hank Lundy (25-5-1, 12 KOs) Saturday night in the main event. The fight took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Multiple clashes of heads in rounds one and two left Herrera with a cuts above both eyes. The bout was closely contested but :READ MORE…
Posted on Sunday, July 12th, 2015 at 6:18 am.
By the news that was released this week, it looks like finally the tale of Mares vs Santa Cruz will finally have its conclusion with the fight between the two announced for August 29th at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Tickets went out at the end of this last week and for all :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, July 10th, 2015 at 6:41 am.
Former world champion Luis Collazo (36-6 , 19KOs) will once again enter his next fight as an underdog. Collazo will challenge unbeaten WBA welterweight world champion Keith Thurman (25-0, 21KOs) this Saturday. The bout is scheduled for 12 rounds and will air on ESPN2. It will be another edition of Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 9th, 2015 at 9:46 am.
Unified heavyweight champion of the world Wladimir Klitschko and unbeaten mandatory challenger Tyson Fury will clash on October 24th in Germany. The bout was scheduled to go to purse bid but both sides were able to come to an agreement prior to the deadline. The bout will feature two of the tallest fighters to square :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 9th, 2015 at 5:09 am.
News keeps swirling around the boxing world; here is the most prominent in the latest edition of Around the Ring: Manny To Fight Again – Filipino super star Manny Pacquiao released a statement where he mentioned that he is recuperating nicely from the torn rotator cuff that he suffered to his prior fight against Floyd :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 at 9:20 am.
(Herrera-Lundy) We kept our win streak going following last week’s pick of WBC Light flyweight champion Pedro Guevara who retained his title over challenger Ganigan Lopez. (http://www.boxing360.com/boxing360s-pick-of-the-week-712015/) The fight did go the distance but Guevara won the fight clearly on the official judges’ scorecards. This week we have chosen the fight between Mauricio Herrera (21-5, :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…
