Posted on Thursday, February 11th, 2016 at 8:14 am.
Our debate last week was the recently announced bout between WBC and Lineal Middleweight World Champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) and Amir “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) for May 7th. The showdown will take place at the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Alvarez’ WBC middleweight title will be at stake. The match :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 at 3:32 pm.
February tends to be a slow month for the sport of boxing with fewer fight cards scheduled throughout the month. Regardless the boxing world keeps turning and the news keeps churning out so because of that, here is your latest edition of Around the Ring: 1.Arreola Gets Beat by Mary Jane – Southern California heavyweight :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 at 10:13 am.
We went with the matchup between former USA Olympian Jamel Herring (15-0, 8 KOs) and hard punching Colombian Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17KOs). The two squared off yesterday at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The show’s promoter was Marshall Kauffman (King’s Promotions) while FOX Sports 1 aired the event. Herring entered as :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 at 5:34 am.
Unbeaten WBA interim heavyweight world champion Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz (24-0, 21 KOs) has had his March 5th HBO date set for some time now. The problem has been there was no opponent for Ortiz. The reasons varied from opponents asking for an amount money over the budget or just not wanting to :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, February 8th, 2016 at 1:58 pm.
Every year the Boxing Writers Association votes for their winners in different categories within the boxing world. From fighter of the year, to fight of the year to even one of their own, writer of the year, another category is trainer of the year. For the first time in twenty-seven years a Mexican has been :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, February 8th, 2016 at 6:17 am.
Former Olympian Mcjoe Arroyo of Puerto Rico will make the first defense (17-0, 8 KOs) of his IBF super flyweight title February 20th. Arroyo will take on world ranked Jerwin Ancajas (24-1-1, 16 KOs) of the Philippines. The bout will take place in Puerto Rico with Puerto Rico Best Boxing promoting the event. Arroyo won :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, February 5th, 2016 at 5:08 pm.
A bombshell was dropped earlier this week by Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya when he announced his star fighter and current WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez would be defending his title against former super lightweight and current WBC Silver welterweight champion Amir “King” Khan at the new Las Vegas, Nevada, venue, :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, February 5th, 2016 at 7:11 am.
Undefeated Frankie “Pitbull” Gomez (19-0, 13 KOs) of East Los Angeles, California returns to the ring tonight. Gomez will take on journeyman Silverio “Chamaco III” Ortiz (29-16, 15 KOs) of Yucatan, Mexico. The scheduled for 10 round welterweight bout will take place at the Fantasy Springs Resort & Casino Events Center in Indio, California and :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, February 4th, 2016 at 3:29 am.
Last week are debate of the week was which division was more exciting at the moment. The divisions we chose were the welterweight division vs. the heavyweight division. A few months ago it really would not have been much of a contest. The welterweight division by far had the much more anticipated matchups. The odds :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 at 3:01 pm.
Greeting fight fans, big news is in the pipeline with the biggest being the announcement of the May fight for 2016 on Pay-Per-View. With that said, here is the latest edition of Around the Ring: 1.“Canelo” Chooses Opponent – Earlier this week it was announced WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will defend his title :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…
