Posted on Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 at 9:23 pm.
And just like that quite possibly the biggest fight of the year is set for Saturday, May 3rd, on Showtime PPV. With a quick post on his social media accounts, the pound for pound best fighter in the world and PPV sales Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr announced that he will be facing Argentinean tough man :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 at 3:35 am.
The last two days in the boxing world have brought some major implications for the near future. One or maybe two of the latest we knew were going to happen. The first tidbit of information was that after nearly what felt like months of negotiating, Martinez vs Cotto was finally made. I know that the :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, February 20th, 2014 at 9:13 pm.
Anybody that considers himself a boxing fan, whether hardcore or casual, knows who the great Julio Chavez is. With 115 bouts under his belt and three-divisional titles, Chavez would shut down his country of Mexico, one of the super powers in boxing, whenever he would perform. Once he began to roll down the other side :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, February 20th, 2014 at 5:21 am.
In Part II of “More PPV Than 2014 Can Handle”, we focused on the proposed and speculated PPV events set for the summer and early fall, in this third and final installment, we’ll finish off the year. With a Mayweather Jr September clash not announced but more than likely a sure thing for this year :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 at 8:06 pm.
In Part I we dug into the first PPVs of 2014 culminating on the sure to be May 3rd Showtime PPV mega-event between the biggest draw in the business Floyd Mayweather Jr and either Brit Amir Khan of Marcos Maidana of Argentina. In this Part II we will dive into the summer months and the :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 at 9:52 am.
Boxing History: February 18, 1936 Freddie Miller W 12 Johnny Pena, Seattle. Retains World Featherweight Title. Titles: World featherweight champion 1933-1936 Record: won 204 (KO 45) + lost 31 (KO 2) + drawn 8 = 246 Born: April 3 1911, in Cincinati, Ohio (USA) Miller was the prototypical depression era fighter who fought 19 times :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, February 17th, 2014 at 8:38 pm.
After a quiet 2013 on the PPV front with despite the biggest one in the last ten years with Mayweather vs Alvarez back in September, 2014 is now gearing up to having an overflow of pay to watch boxing events with the first in about three weeks. Some of these fights no doubt deserve to :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, February 14th, 2014 at 8:48 pm.
Mexican ring star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is already credited with one record during his nine-year professional career. On March 5th, 2011, Alvarez captured the vacant WBC light middleweight champion at the tender age of twenty, only months shy of the previous record holder, Fernando “Feroz” Vargas. Alvarez went on to defend the title six times :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, February 13th, 2014 at 8:55 pm.
Built in 1967 the LA Forum besides being the former home of the Los Angeles Lakers, world-class concerts and the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, also has a rich boxing history. The program named Forum Boxing was developed by the late great Lakers owner Jerry Buss who put on shows at the arena in the 80s :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 at 9:01 pm.
After reigning supreme over the World Boxing Council for over thirty-eight years, Jose Sulaiman passed away earlier this year from complications after open-heart surgery late last year. Earlier this week his son, executive secretary Mauricio Sulaiman was elected unanimously by twenty-six representatives of the WBC. Many in the boxing world, from fans, media, fighters 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…
