Posted on Friday, March 18th, 2016 at 4:57 am.
A long past rematch between former world champions “Vicious” Victor Ortiz (31-5-2, 24 KOs) and Andre Berto (30-4, 23 KOs) will finally take place April 30th. The site of the fight will be the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The main event bout will be aired as PBC on FOX and FOX Deportes. The bout :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 at 3:49 am.
Despite having a fight nearly at his feet for June 4th for the WBC super featherweight title, Mexican veteran Orlando “Siri” Salido has not let go of his running rivalry against Puerto Rican Rocky Martinez. Salido is set to challenge newly crowned champion Francisco “Bandido” Vargas at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, on HBO :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 at 12:31 pm.
There is a transition happening in boxing right now. It happens every generation or about every ten to fifteen years in the sport where the veteran super stars start making their way out, either on their own accord or by force, and the new ticket sellers start making waves. The trouble is as of right :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 at 1:38 pm.
After a short hiatus to give you the end of the year awards, your weekly news blog is back. With the year gearing there is some news down the pipeline the world of boxing: WBC Announces Tourney – They have been threatening about it for months but now the World Boxing Council has announced their :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, January 11th, 2016 at 1:34 pm.
The general consensus in the boxing world is that 2015 was pretty much a bust. We had the much anticipated face-off between arch rival Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao which turned out to be money grab more than an actual fight. We had to wait until near the end of the year to get :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, January 9th, 2016 at 5:21 am.
In this the last installment of our 2015 awards, we come to the most coveted by those that lace up the gloves, Fighter of the Year. Even though there are no seasons in boxing, you can measure a fighter’s success by what he did in the last calendar year. Many, if not all, elite level :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, January 2nd, 2016 at 4:30 pm.
Just like end of the year awards are full of accolades to the best of the year, also the worst has to be touched upon. This time will discuss the Disappointment of the Year. One of the nominees is one who many believe to be the pound for pound fighter now that Floyd Mayweather Jr, :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, January 1st, 2016 at 8:58 am.
We last saw former 2-division world champion Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) fight in May 2015. He won a hard fought but clear decision over former world champion Chris Algieri. Khan at that time was hopeful that he could still land a mega showdown with unbeaten pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2016. :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, September 17th, 2015 at 10:10 am.
Our debate last week was who would have been better versus each other in their primes. Marvelous Marvin Hagler or Gennedy “GGG” Golovkin. We chose to matchup the 30 year old Hagler versus the Golvkin of today. We felt both of them are in their primes at this point. Surprisingly and overwhelming amount of the :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 at 8:27 am.
Last week we went with the junior middleweight showdown between former world title challenger Vanes Martirosyan and former world champion Ishe Smith. The bout was on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather vs Andre Berto main event in Las Vegas this past Saturday night. It turned out to be a more exciting fight than many :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…
