Posted on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 at 11:02 am.
There has been much talk of an anticipated unification showdown between WBC champion Adonis Stevenson and IBF,WBA super champion & WBO champion Sergey Kovalev. The fight doesn’t seem any closer to being made now as it was a year ago. Meanwhile in Germany the local favorite and WBA regular light heavyweight champion Jurgen Brahmer (46-2, :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 at 5:22 am.
Humberto Soto just can’t catch a break. It’s as if he is scheduled to fight on a major network, a major catastrophe, at least in boxing terms, might happen. The latest came this past weekend when it was reported by some respectable websites that former title challenger Ray “Sugar” Beltran came up positive for a :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 1st, 2015 at 8:33 am.
Unbeaten Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) has officially put the heavyweight division on notice. This past Saturday Joshua became the first to stop former world title challenger Kevin Johnson inside the distance. It was a dazzling display of power by Joshua. There were three world title fights on the card but it was Joshua’s stoppage :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2015 at 8:11 pm.
In a move reminiscent of Japanese boxing, Al Haymon’s PBC on CBS when it presents a fight card on a Sunday, June 21st, from the MGM Grand Arena in the city of sin, Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, former world champions Antonio DeMarco (31-4-1, 23KO) will face Rances Barthelemy (22-0, 13KO) in a :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2015 at 7:58 am.
IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (20-0, 14KOs) has joined the growing list of fighters that are advised by Al Haymon. The signing just happens to be coming off of the heels of two United Kingdom (UK) fighters having recently won in world title fights in the United States (U.S.) hose fighters were Jaime McDonnell :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, May 28th, 2015 at 7:39 am.
Former world champion Chris Algieri (20-1, 8 KOs) enters his fight vs former champ Amir Khan (30-3, 19 KOs) this Saturday a decisive underdog. This is nothing new for Algieri who is in his third consecutive fight where the odds were against him to win. Algieri has a true fighter’s heart and feels that he :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, May 28th, 2015 at 6:48 am.
In hopes of bringing you, our readers, the latest news and insights, along with the new Pick of the week feature, we will also be bring you the latest news in this new weekly installment called, cue the trumpets, “Around the Ring”. Here we will share some interesting news that caught our eye but necessarily :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 at 7:27 am.
Boxing360 is launching its first pick of the week. This is something our team is doing strictly for entertainment purposes only. We pride ourselves on being knowledgeable on the sport of boxing and its fighters. So we are going to put this knowledge to a test. Each week we will look to select at least :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 at 8:07 am.
WBC #1 world ranked Alexander Povetkin (29-1, 21 KOs) impressively stopped world ranked Mike Perez (21-2-1, 13 KOs) in less than one round this past Friday. It was an impressive display of explosive offense by Povetkin doing what no one has done to Perez. He stopped him inside the distance. Povetkin was a decisive favorite :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 at 7:46 am.
Just this weekend, a Mexican showdown was announced when former three-divisional champion Humberto “Zorrita” Soto (65-8-2, 35KO) will face fellow Los Mochis, Mexico, native Ray “Sugar” Beltran (30-7-1, 18KO) on Saturday, June 27th, at the Stub Hub Center in Carson, CA. The twelve-round fight will be the support bout for the Timothy Bradley vs Jessie Vargas :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…
