Posted on Friday, July 17th, 2015 at 9:50 am.
July 17, 1918 BoxingHistory Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KO 1 Fred Fulton, Harrison, NJ. Dempsey flattens the 6’ 3” Fulton in 23 seconds. When chronicling Dempsey’s rise to the heavyweight title, “historians” just loved giving the details of his first round KO! Fulton was a 2 to 1 favorite over Dempsey.… Fulton’s purse was $12,500 and :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, July 17th, 2015 at 9:43 am.
Several Social media networks have reported that a bout between WBO Featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (4-1, 2 KOs) of the Ukraine and WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs) of Cuba is in discussion. The proposed bout is being discussed for this coming fall possibly on the undercard of WBO Welterweight champion Timothy :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2015 at 6:28 am.
This Saturday WBO Super Middleweight world champion Arthur Abraham (42-4, 28 KOs) will defend his title against former world champion Robert Stieglitz (47-4-1, 27 KOs). The bout will be the fourth fight between the two fighters. Abraham holds a 2 victories to 1 edge over Stieglitz. The Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, in Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany will :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2015 at 6:06 am.
Another edition of Around the Ring is here with the latest news that are swirling around the boxing world: Mayweather Jr Starts Camp – After his win over Manny Pacquiao last May and the biggest pay day of his career, current WBC welterweight and super welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr has begun his training for :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 at 7:51 am.
Last week we picked Henry Lundy to upset Mauricio Herrera. The fight was stopped in round 5 due to cuts suffered by Herrera from accidental head-butts. The bout went to the scorecards where the judges had Hererra winning by majority decision. These things happen in boxing sometimes and it was a loss for our team :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 at 10:48 am.
Last week we kicked off with our initial debate of the week topic. We chose to go with being worthy of Hall of fame induction as the subject of debate. We asked feedback on whether former world champion fighter and now successful trainer James “Buddy” McGirt should be in the Hall Fame. Many did not :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 at 5:49 am.
On Saturday night from the USF Sundome in Tampa, Florida, and live on ESPN, WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman defended his title against wily veteran Luis Collazo. Thurman forced Collazo to retired after the seventh round of a scheduled twelve. Collazo ended up bloodied and battered. The question of the hour is if :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, July 13th, 2015 at 2:58 am.
Mauricio Herrera, (22-5, 7 KOs) won a technical decision over Hank Lundy (25-5-1, 12 KOs) Saturday night in the main event. The fight took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Multiple clashes of heads in rounds one and two left Herrera with a cuts above both eyes. The bout was closely contested but :READ MORE…
Posted on Sunday, July 12th, 2015 at 6:18 am.
By the news that was released this week, it looks like finally the tale of Mares vs Santa Cruz will finally have its conclusion with the fight between the two announced for August 29th at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Tickets went out at the end of this last week and for all :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, July 10th, 2015 at 6:41 am.
Former world champion Luis Collazo (36-6 , 19KOs) will once again enter his next fight as an underdog. Collazo will challenge unbeaten WBA welterweight world champion Keith Thurman (25-0, 21KOs) this Saturday. The bout is scheduled for 12 rounds and will air on ESPN2. It will be another edition of Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions :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…
