Posted on Monday, March 10th, 2014 at 8:23 pm.
With a solid unanimous decision last Saturday, the son of Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez Jr easily defeated Texas’ Bryan Vera at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The twelve round bout was featured on HBO with Orlando Salido’s win over rooky Vasyl Lomachenko as the co-feature event. The Chavez Jr-Vera bout was a :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, March 10th, 2014 at 1:36 pm.
Boxing History: March 9, 1900 Terry McGovern KO 3 Oscar Gardner, NYC. Retained World Featherweight Title. McGovern held the World Bantamweight and Featherweight Championships. He was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania as John Terrence McGovern. One of the hardest hitters in the history of the featherweight division, Terry McGovern captured both the bantamweight and featherweight titles. :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, March 8th, 2014 at 6:17 am.
Boxing History: March 7, 1982 Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 1 William Lee, Atlantic City. Retains World Middleweight Title. The first 1st-round KO in any world title fight since Alexis Arguello starched Diego Alcala on June 3rd, 1978. Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; Born: May 23, 1954, is a retired American professional boxer who was Undisputed World Middleweight :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, March 7th, 2014 at 8:55 am.
Boxing History: March 6, 1969 Lionel Rose W 15 Alan Rudkin, Melbourne. Retains World Bantamweight Title. Lionel Rose (born June 21, 1948) was an Australian boxer who became the first aborigine in boxing history to win a world title. Rose grew up learning how to box while watching his father, also a professional boxer. He :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, March 7th, 2014 at 5:38 am.
Just as everything seemed perfect and ready to go, the last seven days have been full of changes for the Golden Boy Promotions card “Toe to Toe” featuring former world champions Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Alfredo “Perro” Angulo in a twelve round special attraction clash from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 at 4:56 am.
This Saturday night the boxing universe will tune in to see the return to the ring of Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez when he faces super welterweight veteran Alfredo “Perro” Angulo of Mexicali, Mexico, at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The special attraction twelve-round scheduled bout will mark the second fight in :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 at 9:02 am.
Boxing History: March 4, 1968 “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier KO 11 Buster Mathis, NYC. Wins vacant New York World Heavyweight Title. This fight opens the 4th and current Madison Square Garden. On March 4, 1968, in front of a capacity crowd in Madison Square Garden, Smokin Joe Frazier knocked a Buster Mathis out in the eleventh :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, March 3rd, 2014 at 9:21 am.
Boxing History: March 3, 1970 Ismael Laguna KO 10 Mando Ramos, Los Angeles. Wins World Lightweight Title. Ismael Laguna, one of a family of nine, was born in a fishing village called Santa Isabel, near Colon, Panama on 28 June 1943. Known as “El Tigre Colonense”, Laguna was the Panamanian Featherweight Champion from 1962-63. He :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, February 28th, 2014 at 9:43 am.
Boxing History: February 28, 1947 Gus Lesnevich KO 10 Billy Fox, NYC. Retains World Light Heavyweight Title. Gustav George “Gus” Lesnevich (February 22, 1915 – February 28, 1964) was an American boxer. Lesnevich was born and raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey. Lesnevich turned pro in 1934 and in 1940 took on National Boxing Association :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, February 27th, 2014 at 8:50 pm.
With the recent announcement of the mega fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Marcos Maidana set for Saturday, May 3rd, now the big story is what three or four fights will be broadcast the same night on Showtime PPV in support. Many possible match ups have been mentioned but none have been made official by :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…
