Posted on Saturday, June 6th, 2015 at 4:17 am.
Did Oscar De La Hoya fall and hit his head and somehow it didn’t get in the normal news cycle? Or God forbid, he fell off the wagon and is back on the sauce? The forty-two year old came out this week saying that he is considering a comeback to the ring, that he thinks :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, June 5th, 2015 at 6:13 am.
WBO light flyweight world champion Donnie “Ahas” Nietes (35-1-4, 21 KOs) of the Philippines may be one of boxing’s best kept secrets in boxing. He is fighting in the era of legendary countryman Manny Pacquaio and also Nonito Donaire. Nietes hasn’t garnered anywhere near that attention of either but has maintained a high level of :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, June 4th, 2015 at 9:29 am.
Unbeaten Vyacheslav Glazkov (20-0-1, 12 KOs) has ever so quietly moved himself into the top of the heavyweight world rankings. Glakov is from the Ukraine but resides in the United States. Glazkov is currently ranked in the top 15 of all four major sanctioning bodies. Glazkov is ranked currently number one by the International Boxing :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, June 4th, 2015 at 5:55 am.
News and opinion from around the boxing world: Close the Book on Soto – As we have reported here, former champion Humberto Soto wouldn’t have any luck if it wasn’t for bad luck. After his fight with Frankie Gomez went by the wayside after Gomez came up heavy on May 9th on HBO and then :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 at 5:10 am.
Last week was our inaugural Boxing360 pick of the week. The fight was between IBF world flyweight champion Javier Mendoza (23-2-1, 19 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico and former world title challenger Milan Melindo (32-1, 12 KOs) of the Philppines. Our pick was Melindo who went on to lose by a technical decision due to a :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 at 11:02 am.
There has been much talk of an anticipated unification showdown between WBC champion Adonis Stevenson and IBF,WBA super champion & WBO champion Sergey Kovalev. The fight doesn’t seem any closer to being made now as it was a year ago. Meanwhile in Germany the local favorite and WBA regular light heavyweight champion Jurgen Brahmer (46-2, :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 at 5:22 am.
Humberto Soto just can’t catch a break. It’s as if he is scheduled to fight on a major network, a major catastrophe, at least in boxing terms, might happen. The latest came this past weekend when it was reported by some respectable websites that former title challenger Ray “Sugar” Beltran came up positive for a :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 1st, 2015 at 8:33 am.
Unbeaten Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) has officially put the heavyweight division on notice. This past Saturday Joshua became the first to stop former world title challenger Kevin Johnson inside the distance. It was a dazzling display of power by Joshua. There were three world title fights on the card but it was Joshua’s stoppage :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2015 at 8:11 pm.
In a move reminiscent of Japanese boxing, Al Haymon’s PBC on CBS when it presents a fight card on a Sunday, June 21st, from the MGM Grand Arena in the city of sin, Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, former world champions Antonio DeMarco (31-4-1, 23KO) will face Rances Barthelemy (22-0, 13KO) in a :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2015 at 7:58 am.
IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (20-0, 14KOs) has joined the growing list of fighters that are advised by Al Haymon. The signing just happens to be coming off of the heels of two United Kingdom (UK) fighters having recently won in world title fights in the United States (U.S.) hose fighters were Jaime McDonnell :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…
