Posted on Friday, September 25th, 2015 at 10:04 am.
Our debate last week was who is most likely to replace Floyd Mayweather Jr. as boxing’s next pay per view star. There are many talented fighters coming up but again this was strictly ppv drawing potential. The name that was mentioned most was that of Saul Alvarez. He is still in his early 20’s and :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, September 24th, 2015 at 8:20 am.
Former-two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (49-4, 29 KOs) will take on countryman Przemyslaw Saleta (44-7, 22 KOs) this Friday. The bout is a scheduled for 10 round heavyweight main event. The site of the show will be the Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland. This will be the first fight for Adamek since November of :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015 at 1:08 pm.
With the fall season upon us big boxing news in the pipeline so without any further ado, here is this week’s Around the Ring: 1. Pacquiao Ready Soon – According to Bob Arum, head honcho for Top Rank and Pacquiao’s promoter, the Filipino should get the ok from his doctor to start training by the :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015 at 8:00 am.
We had a week off in a sense last week. The fight we chose between Caleb Truax and Fernando Guerrero was cancelled. Our fight we have selected for this week is between unified flyweight world champion Juan Francisco Estrada (32-2, 23 KOs) versus former world champion Tyson Marquez (39-5-1, 28 KOs). The fight will be :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 at 9:57 am.
Undoubtedly the biggest fight card of the second half of 2015 is the much-anticipated Miguel Cotto vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez championship fight slated for Saturday, November 21st. The Mexican Alvarez will be challenging the Cotto of Puerto Rico for the WBC middleweight title at a catch weight slightly bellow the middleweight limit of 160 pounds. :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 at 8:25 am.
The WBC heavyweight champion of the world Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) of Tuscaloosa, Alabama defends his title this Saturday. The opponent will be Johann Duhaupas (32-2, 20 KOs) of France. The venue location will be the legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. This is the second defense of his world title for Wilder and second :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, September 21st, 2015 at 5:25 am.
There was talk at one time that Adrien Broner (30-2,22 KOs) could be the heir apparent to pound for pound boxing king Floyd Mayweather Jr. Broner seemed to have the whole package. He had the skills, power, flash, gift of gab, and was unbeaten. He entered his bout in December 2013 versus Marcos Maidana as :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, September 19th, 2015 at 4:27 am.
If there is something eighty-three year old head of Top Rank Bob Arum knows how to do is promote. Despite having some attractive fights on the horizon like Nonito Donaire vs Scott Quigg and Timothy Bradley vs Brandon Rios, everybody in the boxing world knows that his main dish is none other than Manny “Pacman” :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, September 18th, 2015 at 9:03 am.
Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) of Argentina has held the WBC interim super lightweight title and challenged for the very same world title. He has yet however to win an absolute world title. He will get a second chance at a world title October 3rd when he faces unbeaten Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) of :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, September 17th, 2015 at 10:10 am.
Our debate last week was who would have been better versus each other in their primes. Marvelous Marvin Hagler or Gennedy “GGG” Golovkin. We chose to matchup the 30 year old Hagler versus the Golvkin of today. We felt both of them are in their primes at this point. Surprisingly and overwhelming amount of 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…
