Posted on Saturday, May 24th, 2014 at 5:42 am.
If things would have gone the way HBO and Kathy Duva planned them, WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson would be defending his green and gold strap tomorrow night against Andrzej Fonfara on the Home Boxing Office network instead than live on Showtime from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The variable in the :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 at 6:22 am.
Boxing History: May 21, 1966 Muhammad Ali KO 6 Henry Cooper, London. Ali retains World Heavyweight Title. 46,000 spectators turned out for England’s first Heavyweight Championship bout in 58 years. It ain’t no jive, Henry Cooper will go in five!” – Clay’s prediction Clay and Cooper fought before a crowd of 35,000 at Wembley Stadium. :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 at 5:52 am.
Manny Pacquiao pretty much put the last nail in the coffin of any hope for a possible fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr by finally making good of a threat to signing a contract extension with his current promoter Top Rank helmed by octogenarian Bob Arum. It was announced earlier this week that Pacquiao will fight :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 at 6:46 am.
Boxing History: May 17, 1884 Sam McVey was born Samuel E. MacVea. McVey was a Hall of Fame heavyweight boxer who ranked alongside Jack Johnson, Joe Jeanette, Sam Langford and Harry Wills as one of the top black heavyweights of their generation. All of them, with the exception of Johnson, were denied at shot at :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 at 6:17 am.
With his dominating win this past Saturday Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez has opened up the flood gates once again on a possible fifth fight against Manny Pacquiao for later this year. In the week leading to Marquez’s fight vs former WBO light welterweight champion Mike Alvarado in the first boxing event at the Fabulous Forum :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, May 16th, 2014 at 6:32 pm.
Usually after a twelve round fight the future for the two fighters involved are changed. Tomorrow night when Juan Manuel Marquez faces Mike Alvarado at the newly renovated Forum in Inglewood, California, the result will actually affect a third fighter as well. Filipino star Manny Pacquiao waits anxiously for the winner since Bob Arum of :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, May 15th, 2014 at 4:41 am.
Boxing History: May 14, 1945 Sugar Ray Robinson D 10 Jose Basora, Philadelphia. Robinson, regarded as the best welterweight in the world, sees his record go to 54-1-1 (35). Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was an American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, May 15th, 2014 at 4:07 am.
You almost don’t even bat anymore when it is announced through various boxing news outlets that hermit-like advisor Al Haymon has signed a new fighter to his ever growing stable. Just this week it was announced that not only he has signed east coast amateur standout Milton Santiago but also current IBF super welterweight champ :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, May 13th, 2014 at 6:34 am.
A sweeping right hand shot from the hip of Haiti-born Las Vegas-living Bermane “B.Ware” Stiverne to the temple of Chris “Nightmare” Arreola crushed the dreams of the latter to become the first Mexican-American heavyweight champion in history. Stiverne turned the tables since with the knockout win on Saturday night from the Galen Center in the :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, May 10th, 2014 at 4:10 am.
For nearly half a century Mexico has been a major force in professional boxing. The first Mexican on record to become a world champion was Jose Perez Flores, better known as Battling Saw. Born in Nuevo, Laredo, Mexico, he became the lightweight world champion by defeating Johnny Jadick in 1933. As a rule, Mexican and :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…
