Posted on Monday, July 27th, 2015 at 8:43 am.
There has been a lot of speculation over the weekend that a showdown between WBC flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (43-0, 37 KOs) and former multi-divisional world champion Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria (36-4, 22 KOs) could take place in the fall. The possible date could be October 17th at the famed Madison Square Garden in :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, July 25th, 2015 at 3:11 am.
A couple of weeks ago, the boxing world saw a nearly unprecedented move by the World Boxing Council. In a ten round female fight between multi-time champion Mariana “Barbie” Juarez of Mexico City and Argentinean Vanesa Lorena Taborda in a ten rounder for the vacant WBC International female super flyweight title. The title fight, which :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, July 24th, 2015 at 7:01 am.
Most fans last saw former multi- divisional world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (35-3, 23 KOs) being TKO’d and losing his world title to unbeaten Nicholas Walters. It was a devastating loss in every sense of the word. It was the first time that Donaire had ever been stopped as a professional. Donaire took :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 at 8:37 am.
There has been a lot of talk of late of a possible rematch between former world champion Jean Pascal (27-0-1, 24 KOs) and current unified light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (29-3-1, 17 KOs). Each guy is fighting this weekend with Kovalev in the main event and Pascal is in the co-feature. Kovalez is heavily favored :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 at 6:00 am.
Here we go fight fans, another edition of Around the Ring with all the latest news going down in the boxing world: Mosley Talking Crazy – Not only did Shane Mosley announce earlier this month that he will be coming back to the ring but he would be doing it in a rematch of his :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 at 7:59 am.
Last week we went with the bout between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Marco Reyes. We picked Chavez Jr. to win inside the distance since he was such a heavy favorite. Things got off to a bad start for Chavez Jr. when he did not make weight for the fight. Chavez Jr. went on to :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 at 8:57 am.
Last week we debated who went on to have the more successful professional careers overall as a group. The 1992 or 1996 United States Olympic boxing team. There was a bit of confusion initially on the subject as some who weighed in were comparing their successes as an amateur. In the in the end I :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 at 7:11 am.
Boxing is as global sport but one nationally that really excels at the sport above any other that they participate in his Mexico. Mexico’s national pastime is futbol or soccer to the U.S. but boxing is a close second. With a number of world champions in the record books, Mexico is one of the top :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, July 20th, 2015 at 5:27 am.
Unified Light heavyweight Champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (27-0-1, 24 KOs) will be back in action this Saturday. He will be defending his world titles against his mandatory challenger Nadjib Mohammedi (37-3, 23 KOs) of France. The Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada will be the site of the fight. HBO will air :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, July 18th, 2015 at 6:44 am.
With the current pound for pound king, WBC welterweight and super welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr announcing that he has returned to get ready for his next fight, everybody is putting on their case of why they should face him next. Mayweather Jr has said that his fight slated for September 12th will be his :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…
