Posted on Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 8:14 am.
Boxing History: September 29, 1941 Joe Louis KO 6 Lou Nova, NYC. Louis retains World Heavyweight Title. Joe Louis had 72 professional fights with only three losses. He tallied 57 knock outs, endured only three defeats, and held the championship from 1937-1949, the longest span of any heavyweight titleholder. After returning from retirement, Louis failed :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 7:54 am.
Last week an important and somewhat surprising announcement was made by Golden Boy Promotions’ founder and now CEO Oscar De La Hoya. In his statement to the press from the Los Angeles offices of his company De La Hoya announced that Golden Boy’s star fighter, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, will be returning the airwaves of the :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 9:17 pm.
Boxing History: September 21, 1948 Marcel Cerdan TKO 12 Tony Zale, Jersey City, NJ. Cerdan wins World Middleweight Title. Marcellin “Marcel” Cerdan July 22, 1916 – October 28, 1949 was a world boxing champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France’s greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 8:48 pm.
This past Saturday night two of the best fights this year went down and they weren’t in the United States or on either HBO or Showtime. The two U.S.-based cable network companies collectively have the biggest boxing budget in the business but sometimes you just need two, or in this case, four willing warriors and :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 6:00 am.
In the last edition of the Boxing 360 blog we talked about the upcoming fights from now until the end of the year leaving off with the much anticipated showdown between the “Alien” forty-nine year old Bernard Hopkins and the “Krusher” Sergey Kovalev set for November 8th on HBO from the Boardwalk Hall in :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 at 8:26 pm.
With both Mayweather Jr’s fights scheduled for 2014 out of the way as of last week, major fights are still on the horizon for the last quarter of the year. Only one PPV is set in the next upcoming months with the remainder scheduled for regular HBO or Showtime which is a good sign for :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, September 15th, 2014 at 8:42 pm.
This past Saturday we had the return of Floyd Mayweather Jr to the squared circle. Thirty-seven years old and now a veteran of forty-seven pro fights, Mayweather Jr participated in only his second rematch fight of his career when he gave Argentinean Marcos “Chino” Maidana another go around at the MGM Grand Arena in Las :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, September 13th, 2014 at 6:56 am.
Boxing History: September 12, 1941 Chalky Wright KO 11 Joey Archibald, Washington DC Wright wins World Featherweight Title. Albert “Chalky” Wright (February 1, 1912 – August 12, 1957) was an black American featherweight boxer who fought from 1928 to 1948. His career record was 161 wins (with 83 knockouts), 44 losses and 19 draws. In :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, September 13th, 2014 at 6:36 am.
In continuing the series on controversy and how it ties together with our favorite sport, we don’t have to go any further than Mayweather Promotions. It is no secret that their namesake, Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr, has had some running with the law. The most significant was his latest when he was accused and he :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, September 11th, 2014 at 2:56 am.
In continuing with the controversy team from our last blog, in this edition we will delve into some interesting stories surrounding the rematch happening this weekend from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Marcos Maidana. The fight night broadcast live on Showtime PPV is presented by Golden Boy :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…
