Posted on Thursday, April 24th, 2014 at 7:55 pm.
The subject has been beaten more to death than a horse ready for the glue factory. With his impressive win over the considered number three pound for pound fighter Timothy Bradley a couple of Saturdays ago, Manny Pacquiao’s name is once again mentioned in the same breath as Floyd Mayweather Jr’s in regard to a :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, April 24th, 2014 at 7:54 am.
Boxing History: April 19, 2003 Floyd Mayweather W 12 Victoriano Sosa, Fresno, CA. Floyd Mayweather retains World Lightweight Title. Referee: Raúl Caíz | Judge: Chuck Hassett 118-110 | Judge: Lou Filippo 119-109 | Judge: Jack Woodburn 118-110. Mayweather turned professional on October 11, 1996. As a pro, Mayweather continued to win at an astonishing rate. :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, April 17th, 2014 at 4:38 pm.
Boxing History: April 17, 1909 Joe Jeanette KO 50 Sam McVey, Paris. McVey had Jeanette down 27 times during the course of the FIFTY ROUND fight! Joe’s most memorable fight occurred on April 17, 1909 in a return bout with Sam McVey in Paris, France that lasted three-and-a-half-hours, and 49 rounds, the longest boxing match :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 at 9:30 pm.
In what started as a much more competitive second part to what was considered a once-sided routing, Manny Pacquiao exacted his revenge last Saturday night from a packed MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, over the previously undefeated Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley. In their first match-up back in 2012 Bradley took a very controversial :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, April 14th, 2014 at 8:42 pm.
While Filipino phenom Manny Pacquiao exacted his revenge over previously undefeated Timothy Bradley this past Saturday night from the MGM Grand Arena in the city of sin, Las Vegas, and broadcast live on HBO PPV, other fighters on the same card where looking for their own type of redemption. One of them was Los Mochis, :READ MORE…
Posted on Sunday, April 13th, 2014 at 7:25 am.
Boxing History: April 12, 1902 Sam McVey KO 6 George Sullivan, Oxnard, CA. McVey’s pro debut. Sam McVea (sometimes spelled “McVey”) was managed by Billy Roche (1902-03), Spider Kelly (1904), Frank Carillo (1906-07), Frank Bernard (1907) and Billy McClain (1912) McVea held the World Colored Heavyweight Championship. McVea fought Sam Langford 15 times, Battling Jim :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, April 11th, 2014 at 9:13 pm.
TOP RANK’S ARUM MIGHT HAVE SCORED THE BEST SHOTS OF THE WEEKEND Despite an olive branch being extended the last holiday season by Golden Boy Promotions’ Oscar De La Hoya towards Bob Arum of Top Rank, the octogenarian did not hesitate to shoots some stingers towards the MGM Casino in Las Vegas, pound for pound :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 at 8:31 pm.
ALVAREZ ANNOUNCES HIS NEXT FIGHT, ONE IN THE RING, ONE OUTSIDE OF IT. When it rains it pours when news out of the “Canelo” camp is concerned. Earlier this week the twenty-three-year old former WBC and WBA super welterweight champ Saul Alvarez announced that he will make his triumphant return to the ring on July :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 at 7:48 am.
Boxing History: April 8, 1961 Davey Moore KO 1 Danny Valdez, Los Angeles. Retains World Featherweight Title. Davey Moore fought professionally 1953–1963. Moore died March 25, 1963, as a result of injuries sustained in a match against Sugar Ramos. Moore had a lifetime professional record of 59 wins, 7 losses, 1 draw and 1 no :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 at 4:17 am.
Boxing History: April 7, 1962 Paul Pender W 15 Terry Downes, Boston. Regains World Middleweight Title. In the last five rounds, Downes was cautioned by the referee for an assortment of offences. Pender, curiously. escaped without a single warning. At the final bell, the scores were close. but unanimous: referee Jim McCarron had Pender in :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…
