Posted on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 at 5:10 am.
The last time boxing fans saw WBA Super Middleweight champion Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) in the ring prior to this past Saturday was November 2013. A drawn out promotional dispute was a big part of this. Ward has since signed with a new promotional company Roc Nation Sports earlier this year. It’s a fresh :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 22nd, 2015 at 7:40 am.
The welterweight matchup between former world champions Shawn “Showtime” Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) and Adrien “The Problem” Broner (30-2, 22 KOs) was a highly anticipated fight. Both fighters are advised by powerful boxing advisor Al Haymon. It was by far on paper the biggest fight of Haymon’s Premiere Boxing Champions series (PBC) that kicked off :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, June 20th, 2015 at 6:25 am.
Not all that glitters is gold. It is not secret that the Mexican and Hispanic market in boxing is very important for the health of the sport. Unlike like the United States where after nearly twenty years we have gone back to Saturday night prime time terrestrial network boxing, in Mexico boxing has been broadcast :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, June 19th, 2015 at 7:22 am.
Unbeaten heavyweight Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (21-0,18 KOs) returns to the ring this Saturday. He will take on journeyman Byron Polley (27-18-1, 12 KOs) in an 8 round bout. It will be his first fight in 9 months. The bout will be on the undercard of the IBF middleweight world title fight between local David :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, June 18th, 2015 at 6:02 am.
It had been speculated for a while now that former five-time world champion Mikkel “Viking Warrior” Kessler (46-3,35 KOs) was going to retire. It now appears that it is official. We stress the word appears because retirements in boxing can happen as quick as an un-retirement. Kessler seems to have done well for himself financially :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 at 4:39 pm.
Boxing is beginning to pick up for the summer while everybody is gearing for the big fights in the fall. Here are the most interesting stories of this current week: 1. “Iron” Mike Says No – A crazy rumor came out earlier this week that former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was thinking of doing :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 at 11:42 am.
We have gotten off to rocky start since beginning our weekly pick of the week but this happens sometimes. We won’t complain when we have correct predictions and the same goes for if were incorrect. Last week we picked WBA Featherweight Champion Nicholas Walters to stop unbeaten challenger Miguel Marriaga of Colombia. Walters won the :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 at 6:05 am.
This Saturday’s IBF middleweight world title fight between David Lemieux (30-1, 18 KOs) and former world champion Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (33-2, 31 KOs) seems evenly matched. The slight advantage it would seem to be for Lemieux with the fight landing in his hometown of Montreal,Canada. This gets overlooked a bit because both of Lemieux’s losses :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 at 5:35 am.
As expected this past Saturday night from the smaller Theatre at the legendary Madison Square Garden on the island of New York, Puerto Rico crowned a new king in Felix Verdejo as the twenty-two year old put together an impressive performance against the tough as leather Ivan “Bam Bam” Najera over ten rounds. With the :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 15th, 2015 at 11:42 am.
Boxing History: June 15, 1984 Thomas (Hitman) Hearns KO 2 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains World Super Welterweight Title. Hearns gains universal acceptance as the World Super Welterweight Champion…. Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer. Nicknamed the “Motor City Cobra” and more famously “The Hitman,” Hearns became the first :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…
