Posted on Thursday, November 20th, 2014 at 7:40 am.
At thirty-five year old and with all his extra-curricular activities, from politics, to music, acting and basketball, Manny Pacquiao might not have much left inside a boxing ring. Despite signing an extension with promoter Top Rank until the end of 2016, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he will fight until that date. His next fight :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 at 7:06 am.
All the lights and eyes might be on Manny Pacquiao and Chris Algieri this Saturday night when they face each other Manny’s WBO welterweight title from the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Macau, China, the actual fight of the night might be the semi-main event. In it former WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco of Tijuana :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, November 15th, 2014 at 2:56 am.
Sergio Gabriel “Maravilla” Martinez was not supposed to be a world class fighter. It is common knowledge within the sport that to develop the skills and reflexes to truly be successful in professional boxing, one must start learning the craft at a very young age. The Argentina-born Spain-based Martinez didn’t come to boxing until just :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 6:47 am.
Former two-divisional world champion Mikey Garcia has not seen action inside the ring since January 25th of this year. That night he easily dominated Juan Carlos Burgos over twelve rounds to defend his then WBO super featherweight belt at the mecca of boxing, New York’s Madison Square Garden. At that time a productive 2014 was :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 at 6:36 am.
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…
Posted on Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 at 6:20 am.
The crowd of nearly ten thousand were expecting history on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City and over 1.3M live on HBO but instead they got the most logical result for a fight that came down to a thirty-one year old fighter against a forty-nine year one. Sergey Kovalev went ahead and :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, November 8th, 2014 at 5:26 am.
Boxing History: November 6, 1918 Jack Dempsey KO 3 Battling Levinsky, Philadelphia. Levinsky estimated he had about 250 bouts to this point, including about 60 under name Barney Williams. He also claimed that although he had been knocked down about 25 times, he had never taken a ten-count prior to this bout. Jack Dempsey—was the :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, November 8th, 2014 at 5:16 am.
Is it too soon to ask for fights in 2015? This year has not been the greatest for boxing. At least it has not been as good as 2013 when great match up were broadcast not only on PPV but on regular HBO and Showtime. With arguably two more big events happening in what is :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 at 8:04 pm.
One journey has been stranger than the other but both of these men will look to get back to where they once were only some years ago. Former champions “Vicious” Victor Ortiz and Abner Mares are scheduled to be part of what looks to be the last Golden Boy Promotions card of the year on :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 at 1:27 pm.
CHAVEZ JR AND AL HAYMON: A PACT MADE IN HEAVEN? Troubled Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr started this week with a bang as he announced that he had signed with influential manager Al Haymon and that his return is being planned for early 2015. Bob Arum, founder and head honcho of Top :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…
