Posted on Monday, January 20th, 2014 at 8:24 pm.
Controversy abounds the proposed rematch between newly crowned WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez and three-time divisional belt holder Abner Mares. After Gonzalez shocked the boxing world with a first round knockout of the fast rising Mares last August, Mares proved to be the warrior everybody knew he was by asking for an immediate rematch. Despite :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, January 16th, 2014 at 8:43 pm.
Events moved rapidly in the latest saga of the Robert “Ghost” Guerrero story. Last week, it was announced by Team Guerrero that his lawyer Bruce Zabarauskas had served Golden Boy Promotions with papers stating that Guerrero wanted out of his contract with the company and that the “term sheet” he signed in January of last :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 at 6:23 am.
Mixed feelings welcomed the news that the legendary Tijuana four divisional world champion Erik “Terrible” Morales will climb into the ropes and into the squared circle for the sixty-second time as a professional on March twenty-second of this year against Jorge “Maromerito” Paez Jr in a twelve round welterweight contest. No word yet if the :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, January 10th, 2014 at 9:04 pm.
Well, it is official. After suffering his first pro fight last September against one of the best fighters in any era, former WBC super welterweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is coming back to the squared circle on March 8th. Across from him inside the ring will be Alfredo “Perro” Angulo in the New Year’s first :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, January 9th, 2014 at 3:52 am.
The $64,000 question on top of the pyramid and on any other structure in boxing is if the pound for pound and PPV king Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr will ever climb into a ring and stare down Filipino congressman Manny Pacquiao before either one of them hangs up the gloves in the next couple of :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, January 3rd, 2014 at 6:47 am.
With the first big boxing event of the year scheduled for May when Floyd Mayweather Jr once again steps in between the ropes, no word just yet of who his next opponent might be. For months, ever since his drubbing of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez last September in Las Vegas, the name of England’s Amir “King” :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, January 3rd, 2014 at 6:38 am.
After all the holiday treats, boxing fans were licking their chops for Saturday, February 15th, when from the majestic Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, CA, one of the most anticipated rematches of the New Year was expected to take place. After shocking the boxing world in August with one perfectly placed left hook, veteran :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, December 27th, 2013 at 10:05 pm.
With the dawn of a new year upon us, boxing is ready for a new crop up and comers to take center stage and carry the sport. With that said here is a list of five up and coming fighters who are on the cusp of breaking it big in 2014. Some of them have :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, December 26th, 2013 at 10:34 pm.
“Chepo” Reynoso, former WBC 154 lbs. champ Saul “Canelo” Alvarez trainer and close advisor, has revealed that his young charge’s next opponent has been whittled down to either the IBF junior middleweight champion Carlos Molina or former interim WBO lightweight title holder Alfredo “Perro” Angulo. Ever since his disappointing loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr, Alvarez :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, December 23rd, 2013 at 10:12 pm.
Many boxing pundits have been screaming from the roof tops that this year, 2013, that is winding down is one of the best in recent memory. Even Al Bernstein, long-time boxing analyst for Showtime, recently went on record during a broadcast to say as much. Like any other year, upsets are what makes the twelve :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…
