Posted on Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 at 8:05 am.
Last week we debated on if open scoring should be used in boxing. The overall feedback we got for the most part a resounding no. The majority felt that it would affect the flow of the fight a bit too much. The WBC actually announces the official scores after rounds 4 and 8 of some :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 at 6:58 am.
There is a strong rumor that sometime in October Adrien Broner will face the “Siberian Rocky” Ruslan Provodnikov in an either junior welterweight or welterweight showdown. More than likely it will be on NBC, CBS or ESPN as part of the Premier Boxing Champions series. The news only leaves one question: Is Al Haymon finally :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, August 3rd, 2015 at 7:55 am.
Former world unified 140 pound champion Danny “Swift” Garcia (31-0, 18KOs) successfully made his welterweight debut as expected this past Saturday night. He stopped former two-division world champion and local favorite Paulie Malignaggi (33-7, 7KOs) in round 9. The main event bout took place at Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. ESPN aired the fight :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, August 1st, 2015 at 9:04 am.
There are many running themes in boxing. Two of the most prominent ones are that the sport is dead and the other is that other combat sports, mainly Mixed Martial Arts, are eating boxing’s lunch as far as winning new fans. This fall there are two major fights that could help resurrect the sport (although :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, July 31st, 2015 at 7:06 am.
Former world champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (28-3-2, 9 KOs) will look to upset WBA middleweight champion of the world Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs ( 29-1, 26KOs) this Saturday. The main event bout will take place in Jacob’s native Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center. It will be another edition of Al :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 30th, 2015 at 10:01 am.
The rematch between Sugar Shane Mosley (47-9-1, 39 KOs) and Ricardo Mayorga (31-8-1, 25 KOs) has been a hot topic of late in the social media networks. In fact this is where the fight actually drew up enough interest to be made. They will officially clash on August 29th at the historic Forum in Inglewood, :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 30th, 2015 at 4:23 am.
Boxing360.com brings you the latest news in the world of boxing in the latest edition of Around the Ring: Cotto vs Canelo Finds a Home – With a reported offer of $12 million dollars as a site fee, the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, has won the right to host the :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 at 7:23 am.
Last week we correctly chose former light heavyweight champion of the world Beibut Shumenov (16-2, 10 KOs) to defeat BJ Flores (31-2-1, 20 KOs). Flores had actually began his career as a heavyweight before dropping down to the cruiserweight division. This natural size advantage was a major question ahead of this bout in terms of :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 at 10:31 am.
Last week we debated on how legendary Rocky Marciano would have fared in a previous or future era. Marciano retired with an unbeaten record of (49-0, 43 KOs) in 1955. There have been a few close calls of the record being tied but yet nearly 60 years later and it still stands alone. Many who :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 at 4:27 am.
Over the weekend it was announced that IBO, WBA and interim WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (33-0, 30KO) will face newly crowned IBF belt holder David Lemieux (34-2, 31KO) at the mecca of boxing, Madison Square Garden, on Saturday, October 17th. Obviously the fight will be broadcast live by HBO but there are talks :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…
