Posted on Thursday, August 13th, 2015 at 6:29 am.
Here we go fight fans, your latest edition of our take on the latest news in the boxing world: If Khan Wants It, He can Get it – With Manny Pacquiao recuperating from his shoulder injury suffered in his last fight in May, his promoter Bob Arum is picking fights in his stead. The one :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 at 8:17 am.
Our win streak continued as we successfully picked unbeaten Ievgen Khytrov to defeat Nick Brinson. The bout was a very good fight. Brinson officially was in position to win the fight heading into the 8th and final round. Khytrov applied heavy pressure and got the stoppage in the round. This week we have decided to :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 at 5:47 am.
Even though the anticipated Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse vs Viktor Postol match up for the vacant WBC junior welterweight title is the main event of the October 3rd HBO telecast from the StubHub Center I’m Carson, CA, the fight that might steal the show is Humberto “Zorrita” Soto against Antonio “Relentless” Orozco in the semi-main :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 at 9:54 am.
This past week our debate was on if instant replay should be used fulltime in boxing. The majority felt that it might be best to just leave things how they are. Some felt that it may take away from the live action of the fight with the delay. One reason being is that instant replay :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, August 10th, 2015 at 8:28 am.
WBO cruiserweight champion Marco “Käpt’n” Huck (38-2-1, 26KOs) of Germany was scheduled to make his U.S. debut this past June. He will now instead fight this Friday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. His original opponent will remain the same in unbeaten WBO #1 ranked Krzysztof Glowacki (24-0, 15KOs) of Poland. The :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, August 7th, 2015 at 1:09 pm.
With a little more than a month to go before September 12th, this week Floyd Mayweather Jr and team finally officially announced their next opponent. It was no surprise the name Andre Berto was called as Mayweather Jr’s forty-ninth opponent since despite everybody and their mother calling out Floyd, Berto was the name that was :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, August 7th, 2015 at 7:22 am.
The highly anticipated rematch between WBO super featherweight champion Rocky Martinez (29-2-2, 17KOs) and Orlando Salido (42-13-2, 29KOs) now has a date. It will take place September 12th in Las Vegas, Nevada. It will be on the undercard of the main event between Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto. Site location will be the MGM :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, August 6th, 2015 at 10:10 am.
It has been speculated for months who the next opponent would be for pound for pound unbeaten king Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs ) September 12th. It was made official that former 2-time welterweight world champion Andre Berto (30-3 23KOs ) would get the opportunity. The WBC welterweight and WBA Super world welterweight title will :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, August 5th, 2015 at 12:35 pm.
Big news in the latest edition of Around the Ring, let’s get started: It’s Official – As it was rumored for months, it is official. Former welterweight champion Andre Berto of Florida will face the undisputed current pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr on September 12th at the MGM in Las Vegas. Mayweather Jr :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, August 5th, 2015 at 8:17 am.
We decided to go with the rematch between Carson Jones and local United Kingdom favorite Brian Rose in our last fight. The bout was a rematch of their bout earlier in the year that Jones won by stopping Rose in the first round. Rose and his team felt the bout was stopped premature. We felt :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…
