Posted on Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 at 12:12 am.
A sizeable shift in the boxing business might be in the works as the most successful promotional company in the last couple of years, Golden Boy Promotions, might undergo major changes in its executive branch pretty soon. Talk around town from various sources is that the “Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya, majority owner and :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, March 21st, 2014 at 7:25 am.
Boxing History: March 20, 1976 John H. Stracey KO 10 Hedgemon Lewis, Wembley. Retains World Welterweight Title. John H. Stracey (born September 22, 1950 in Bethnal Green, England) is a former world Welterweight champion. He also had, at one point, a boxing school in London. Stracey successfully defended his title just once, at Wembley, and :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 at 9:40 pm.
For all those that are sounding the trumpets of boxing’s impending death or already demise, the first three weekends of March have proven them unequivocally wrong. Boxing has come back in full force after a month long hiatus due to the Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia. As a general rule the boxing world or :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 at 12:07 pm.
Boxing History: March 19, 1970 Freddie Little W 15 Gerhard Piaskowy, Berlin. Retains World Super Welterweight Title. Freddie Little born in Picayune, MS, was World Light Middleweight Champion: March 17, 1969 – July 9, 1970. Little turned pro in 1957 and challenged for the World, WBC, and WBA light middleweight title against Ki-Soo Kim, but :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, March 17th, 2014 at 8:17 pm.
Danny Garcia does what he wants. After his best win to date last September over the “Machine” Lucas Matthysse of Argentina, all of boxing was beating the war drums to have him be the first opponent for the “Golden Ticket” Floyd Mayweather Jr. Instead of jumping all over the opportunity to make the biggest payday :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, March 17th, 2014 at 7:27 pm.
Boxing History: March 16, 1974 Roberto Durán KO 11 Esteban De Jesus, Panama City. Retains World Lightweight Title. Durán avenges an earlier (a 10-round non-title decision) defeat at the hands of De Jesus. Roberto Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a retired Panamanian professional boxer, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, March 14th, 2014 at 5:24 pm.
Boxing History: March 14, 1927 Mushy Callahan KO 2 Andy DiVodi, NYC. Retains World Super Lightweight Title. Mushy Callahan was the ring name of Vincent Morris Scheer. Callahan was born on November 3, 1905, in New York City. He took the ring name of Mushy Callahan and began boxing in 1924. Callahan defended his title :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, March 13th, 2014 at 6:41 am.
Boxing History: March 12, 1959 Carlos Ortiz W 15 Kenny Lane, NYC. Wins vacant Junior Welterweight Title. Carlos Ortiz (born September 9, 1936) is a Puerto Rican who was a three-time world boxing champion, twice in the lightweight division and once in the Jr. Welterweights. Ortíz is mentioned among the best Puerto Rican boxers of :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, March 13th, 2014 at 6:15 am.
Despite his forty-three wins, thirty-one by knockout, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez of Guadalajara, Mexico, it probably wasn’t until his performance this last weekend when he has finally convinced the boxing public that he belongs with the elite. Despite former interim world champ Alfredo “Perro” Angulo perhaps being an old thirty-one year old slugger, Alvarez still looked :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 at 8:19 am.
Boxing History: March 11, 1989 Evander Holyfield KO 10 Michael Dokes, Las Vegas. Great fight!!! Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is a retired American professional boxer. He is a former Undisputed World Champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname “The Real Deal.” After winning the bronze medal in the :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…
