Posted on Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 at 10:38 pm.
Boxing History: June 8, 2002 Lennox Lewis KO 8 Mike Tyson, Memphis, TN. Retains World Heavyweight Title. Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE (born 2 September 1965) holds dual British and Canadian citizenship. As an amateur he won gold representing Canada at the 1988 Olympic Games after defeating future heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe in the final. :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 at 5:47 am.
In boxing sometimes when you lose, you win. That might have been the case this past Saturday night on HBO from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, when tough Philly fighter Gabriel Rosado lost the war but won over the crowd in a tough tenth round TKO loss against David Lemeiux of Canada. With :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, December 4th, 2014 at 5:39 am.
This Saturday night HBO will be offering their second to last fight card of the year. In the main event, Canadian David Lemieux takes on Gabriel Rosado in the twelve round middleweight main event while semi-main Thomas Dulorme defends his NABF light welterweight title against Henry “Hank” Lundy. Solid fights but is this really good :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 at 8:51 am.
Boxing History: December 2, 1935 Lew Jenkins W 8 Lee (Moon) Mullins, Phoenix. Jenkins’ pro debut. Lew “Sweetwater Slinger” Jenkins 12-41916 – 10-30-1981, Record: 73-41-5 (51 KOs). Lew Jenkins served in the Korean War in the Second Infantry Division. He was awarded the Silver Star and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery Welterweight boxer. A :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 at 8:31 am.
At least a tragedy was avoided last Friday night from Moscow, Russia. In the main event of a fight card attended by a lively crowd of former soviets, favorite son Ruslan Provodnikov finished off over the hill veteran Jose Luis Castillo in five rounds. The controversy of that night came and went but the one :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, December 1st, 2014 at 3:34 pm.
CRAWFORD WINS HIS TICKET TO LIGHT WELTERWEIGHT There can’t be a more stacked division in current boxing than the light welterweight division. Small enough to have quick hands but big enough to end fights in spectacular knock outs, it might be the most exciting weight class in the sport. Champions like Danny Garcia, Jessie Vargas :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, November 28th, 2014 at 6:45 pm.
Will a left hook to the top of the head be the last punch Mexican warrior Jose Luis “Temible” Castillo? That was the blow landed by Ruslan Provodnikov on Friday night in Moscow that finally sent Castillo down on one knee while the third man on the canvas waived off the fight. Castillo had been :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 at 12:53 pm.
Boxing works in mysterious ways. A win here, a win there, and you are fighting on the HBO, the biggest platform in the sport. This weekend we will see two lightweight warriors clash for the WBO 135-pound belt when champion Terrence “Bud” Crawford defends his title against Mexico’s Ray Beltran in a scheduled twelve round :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 at 7:18 am.
To truly be considered the best, a fighter must fight the best in his division. No obstacle should stand in his way, no television networks, promoter affiliations or purse percentages. A fighter who really wants to go down in the annals of history as the best that has ever laced up the gloves, no matter :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, November 21st, 2014 at 5:54 am.
The 70s was the heavyweight divisions with Ali vs Frazier and Ali vs Foreman and everybody in between. The 80s saw the four horsemen, Leonard, Duran, Hearns and Hagler, go after each other. The 90s didn’t as much include a division but a man, Oscar De La Hoya, as he carried the sport on 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…
