Posted on Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 at 9:34 am.
Entering 2012 Lucian Bute (31-2, 24 KOs) was considered by many one of the top 168 pounders in the world if not the #1 guy. He was unbeaten in 30 fights and the IBF Super middleweight champion of the world. Bute was regularly packing venues in Canada. Bute was born in Romania has fought the :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 at 8:52 am.
There are a number of exciting fights headed our way in the next month or so. One of those fights that hasn’t really been talked about much is between WBO Super featherweight champion Orlando ‘Siri’ Salido and Former two-time world champion Román ‘Rocky’ Martínez (28-2-2, 17 KOs ). The two will clash this Saturday at :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 at 6:30 am.
This Saturday Puerto Rico will be waiving their flags and sitting at the edge of their seats watching one of their own in one tough fight. No, it is not WBC/WBA light welterweight champion Danny “Swift” Garcia, who fights IBF champ Lamont Peterson in a non-unification fight on NBC as part of the “Premier Boxing :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, April 6th, 2015 at 5:30 am.
Unbeaten Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10KOs) is just weeks away from his big world title opportunity April 25 vs. heavyweight champion of the world Wladimir Klitschko (63-3, 53KOs). Klitschko will be defending his IBF, WBO, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight titles. The famed Madison Square Garden, New York, New York will be the site for the :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, April 3rd, 2015 at 3:40 pm.
In a bit of a surprise move, former light welterweight champion Amir Khan announced that he will be facing Chris Algieri on May 30th at a venue to be determined. Quite possibly the one with the most shocked look on his face is one Kell Brook who after his domination of Jo Jo Dan this :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, April 3rd, 2015 at 6:18 am.
BOXING HISTORY: April 2, 1943 Beau Jack W 10 Henry Armstrong, NYC. Beau Jack fought in a swarming style in which he used his great upper body strength and volume of punches to wear down an opponent. During his career, he defeated such fighters as Sammy Angott, Henry Armstrong, Johnny Bratton, Tippy Larkin, Bob :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, April 3rd, 2015 at 6:10 am.
It was recently announced that WBA Super World Super Middleweight and Ring Magazine champion of the world Andre Ward will make his long awaited return to the ring. Ward has not fought since November of 2013 after sitting out all of 2014 with a promotional contractual dispute. Ward has recently signed with new upstart promotional :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 at 12:55 pm.
Former WBA junior middleweight champion of the world Austin “No doubt ” Trout (28-2, 15KOs) will step up in competition when he faces former world champion Australian Anthony Mundine (47-6, 27 KOs) May 9th in Hildalgo Texas. The 12 round junior middleweight bout is for the WBC Silver super welterweight title. The winner will likely :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 at 6:52 am.
There is a tug of war going on right now on Mexican network television. As it has been explained here before, Mexico is a major TV country and there is no bigger network than Televisa. The media company, which also owns magazines and radio stations, is known to make pop stars of untalented singers, soap :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 at 9:27 am.
Unbeaten WBA Featherweight champion of the world Nicholas “The Axe Man” Walters (25-0, 21KOs) entered 2014 as a rather unknown world champion. By the end of the very same year he was the exact opposite. Walters first opened eyes with his explosive 5th KO of ex-champ Vic Darchinynan last April. Walters showed extreme poise in :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…
