Posted on Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 at 8:47 pm.
All hell broke loose in the boxing world earlier this week when former CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, Richard Schaefer, announced just that. That in fact he was the “former” and not the current chief executive officer of the company he helped found a little over ten years ago in 2003. In a statement released :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 2nd, 2014 at 8:42 pm.
With Richard Schaefer’s not that surprising resignation from Golden Boy Promotions this week, everything is up in the air for one of the most important dates of the boxing year. As it was announced a couple of weeks ago, the considered king of boxing, Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr, had announced that he would be :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, May 29th, 2014 at 5:55 pm.
The next big fight on the horizon after Martinez-Cotto a couple of weeks from now is a catch weight tilt, 155 pounds, between Mexican mega-star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and WBA junior middleweight champion Erislandy “American Dream” Lara. The twelve-round special attraction is set for Saturday, July 12th, from the city of sin, Las Vegas. Presented :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 at 5:56 am.
In a few months, on Saturday, September 13th, we might have a bigger fight on outside the ring than whatever we might see inside of one. Just last week Floyd Mayweather Jr announced that he will be fighting for the second time this year on Saturday, September 13th. The Saturday closest to the 16th of :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, May 24th, 2014 at 5:42 am.
If things would have gone the way HBO and Kathy Duva planned them, WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson would be defending his green and gold strap tomorrow night against Andrzej Fonfara on the Home Boxing Office network instead than live on Showtime from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The variable in the :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 at 5:52 am.
Manny Pacquiao pretty much put the last nail in the coffin of any hope for a possible fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr by finally making good of a threat to signing a contract extension with his current promoter Top Rank helmed by octogenarian Bob Arum. It was announced earlier this week that Pacquiao will fight :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 at 6:17 am.
With his dominating win this past Saturday Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez has opened up the flood gates once again on a possible fifth fight against Manny Pacquiao for later this year. In the week leading to Marquez’s fight vs former WBO light welterweight champion Mike Alvarado in the first boxing event at the Fabulous Forum :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, May 16th, 2014 at 6:32 pm.
Usually after a twelve round fight the future for the two fighters involved are changed. Tomorrow night when Juan Manuel Marquez faces Mike Alvarado at the newly renovated Forum in Inglewood, California, the result will actually affect a third fighter as well. Filipino star Manny Pacquiao waits anxiously for the winner since Bob Arum of :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, May 15th, 2014 at 4:07 am.
You almost don’t even bat anymore when it is announced through various boxing news outlets that hermit-like advisor Al Haymon has signed a new fighter to his ever growing stable. Just this week it was announced that not only he has signed east coast amateur standout Milton Santiago but also current IBF super welterweight champ :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, May 13th, 2014 at 6:34 am.
A sweeping right hand shot from the hip of Haiti-born Las Vegas-living Bermane “B.Ware” Stiverne to the temple of Chris “Nightmare” Arreola crushed the dreams of the latter to become the first Mexican-American heavyweight champion in history. Stiverne turned the tables since with the knockout win on Saturday night from the Galen Center in the :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…
