Posted on Friday, May 9th, 2014 at 12:53 pm.
Boxing History: May 9, 1971 Carlos Monzon KO 3 Nino Benvenuti, Monte Carlo. Retains World Middleweight Title. Carlos Monzón (August 7, 1942 – January 8, 1995) was an Argentine professional boxer who held the Undisputed World Middleweight Championship for 7 years. He successfully defended his title 14 times and is widely regarded as one of :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, May 8th, 2014 at 6:23 am.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez looked more annoyed than threatened the night of March 8th when WBA super welterweight champion Erislandy Lara of Cuba interrupted his post-fight press conference to challenge him to a fight. The twenty-three year old Alvarez, coming off a dominating technical knockout win over Alfredo “Perro” Angulo, asked the assembled media if anybody :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 at 4:39 am.
THE SAME “MONEY” MAYWEATHER BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER FIGHT WITH MAIDANA With his second majority decision in a row, surprisingly the exact same scores, the best paid fighter on the planet Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr added the forty-sixth win to his record against no defeats. Twenty-six of his wins have come before the limit. His :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 at 11:59 am.
Boxing History: May 6, 1989 Roy Jones Jr. KO 2 Ricky Randall, Pensacola. Jones’ pro debut! Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American professional boxer, rapper and actor. As a professional, he has captured numerous world titles in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. He is the only :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, May 2nd, 2014 at 10:08 pm.
With all the titles, records and other feats the pound for pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr has achieved in boxing, he has never done what many think is the ultimate attainment for any fighter, unifying the division. During a forty-five fight and nearly twenty year career, Mayweather Jr has only come close to collecting :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, May 2nd, 2014 at 4:03 pm.
Boxing History: May 1, 1957 Sugar Ray Robinson KO 5 Gene Fullmer, Chicago. Robinson wins World Middleweight Title for the fourth time. 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 all time, Robinson’s performances in the welterweight :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, May 1st, 2014 at 1:31 am.
Hind sight is always 20/20. British star Amir “King” Khan thought he had everything laid out for his career after his shaky win over former champ Julio Diaz back in April 2013. Khan felt that he was on the short list to face boxing’s kingpin Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr soon enough. After Mayweather decided on :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, April 30th, 2014 at 2:14 pm.
Boxing History: April 30, 1928 Jack Sharkey 192 lbs beat Jack Delaney 178 lbs by KO at 1:13 in round 1 of 15 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA The fight against Jack Sharkey sees the Boston sailor favoured by three to one over Delaney, who enters the ring in soft shape and :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 at 3:26 am.
As the cold war between Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank seems to be thawing, the civil war inside the Los Angeles-based promotional company owned by Oscar De La Hoya is heating up as the “Golden Boy” himself and his appointed CEO, Swiss banker Richard Schaefer, are not looking eye-to-eye on one major issue: Whether :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, April 26th, 2014 at 5:58 pm.
Boxing History: April 26, 1975 George Foreman fights 5-exhibition fights in one night! George Foreman, returning to a ring for the first time since his shocking KO loss to Muhammad Ali, staged a most unusual boxing exhibition. Refusing to accept that the Ali defeat was nothing but a case of his having been less than :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…
