Posted on Friday, June 19th, 2015 at 7:22 am.
Unbeaten heavyweight Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (21-0,18 KOs) returns to the ring this Saturday. He will take on journeyman Byron Polley (27-18-1, 12 KOs) in an 8 round bout. It will be his first fight in 9 months. The bout will be on the undercard of the IBF middleweight world title fight between local David :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, June 18th, 2015 at 6:02 am.
It had been speculated for a while now that former five-time world champion Mikkel “Viking Warrior” Kessler (46-3,35 KOs) was going to retire. It now appears that it is official. We stress the word appears because retirements in boxing can happen as quick as an un-retirement. Kessler seems to have done well for himself financially :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 at 4:39 pm.
Boxing is beginning to pick up for the summer while everybody is gearing for the big fights in the fall. Here are the most interesting stories of this current week: 1. “Iron” Mike Says No – A crazy rumor came out earlier this week that former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was thinking of doing :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 at 11:42 am.
We have gotten off to rocky start since beginning our weekly pick of the week but this happens sometimes. We won’t complain when we have correct predictions and the same goes for if were incorrect. Last week we picked WBA Featherweight Champion Nicholas Walters to stop unbeaten challenger Miguel Marriaga of Colombia. Walters won the :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 at 6:05 am.
This Saturday’s IBF middleweight world title fight between David Lemieux (30-1, 18 KOs) and former world champion Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (33-2, 31 KOs) seems evenly matched. The slight advantage it would seem to be for Lemieux with the fight landing in his hometown of Montreal,Canada. This gets overlooked a bit because both of Lemieux’s losses :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 at 5:35 am.
As expected this past Saturday night from the smaller Theatre at the legendary Madison Square Garden on the island of New York, Puerto Rico crowned a new king in Felix Verdejo as the twenty-two year old put together an impressive performance against the tough as leather Ivan “Bam Bam” Najera over ten rounds. With the :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 15th, 2015 at 11:21 am.
WBC heavyweight champion of the world Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) was a heavy favorite entering this past Saturday’s fight with challenger Eric Molina. The fight lasted much longer than most expected as Molina extended the champ by showing a lot of heart during the fight. He actually even stunned Wilder during the fight but :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, June 12th, 2015 at 7:40 pm.
There are different reasons why fighters decide to comeback. It is a rarity that a fighter stays retired. Muhammad Ali came back although his were different circumstances since he was banned for a few years for refusing to fight in Vietnam. “Sugar” Ray Leonard returned to the ring after retiring due to an eye injury. :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, June 12th, 2015 at 3:56 am.
In January 2013 Mikey Garcia (34-0, 26 KOs) achieved the goal of most boxers by winning his first world title. Garcia defeated Orlando Salido that night by way of technical decision in round 8 winning the WBO Featherweight world title. Garcia suffered a a broken nose that was ruled to be caused by a head-butt. :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, June 11th, 2015 at 10:36 am.
WBA super welterweight champion Erislandy Lara (20-2-2, 12 KOs) will defend his title against former two- time world title challenger Delvin Rodriguez (28-7-4, 16 KOs) this Saturday. Lara is expected to have very little trouble with Rodriguez as the odds are heavily favored for Lara retaining his title. Boxing is a very tricky sport and :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…
