Posted on Friday, April 15th, 2016 at 5:27 am.
In boxing some of the best fought fights are the ones without the high profile names. This will be such the case tonight. The main event will feature Jesus “Renuente” Soto Karass (28-10-3, 18 KOs) and Yoshihiro “El Maestrito” Kamegai (26-3-1, 23 KOs). The fight is already being dubbed by many as fight of the :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, February 1st, 2016 at 8:52 am.
Unbeaten IBF bantamweight world champion Randy Caballero (22-0, 13 KOs) was scheduled to make his first title defense of his title against Lee Haskins (32-3, 14 KOs) of the United Kingdom back in November. Caballero came in well over the 118 pound max weight limit and the bout was called off. Caballero was stripped of :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, January 29th, 2016 at 4:45 pm.
For all intents and purposes, Al Haymon is a polarizing figure in the sport of boxing. You either love him or hate him. Those that love him do so because they feel he is bringing more boxing to the forefront with his numerous fight cards on various platforms while taking care of his fighters better :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, December 21st, 2015 at 5:04 am.
Unbeaten WBA World interim heavyweight champion Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz (24-0, 21 KOs) of Cuba scored an impressive 7th round TKO of Bryant Jennings (19-2, 10 KOs) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this past Saturday night. The main event bout took place at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York. HBO Championship Boxing televised :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2015 at 5:33 am.
The controversy abounds still days after the WBC middleweight title fight, at least for one of them, between newly crowned champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Miguel Cotto this past Saturday night from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Unless you were under a rock or not that big of a boxing fan, you would :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 at 7:51 am.
WBC #1 ranked super lightweight Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) of the Ukraine is just days away from the biggest fight of his professional career. Postol will take on WBC #2 ranked super lightweight Lucas Martin Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) of Argentina this Saturday. The main event bout will take place at the StuHub Center :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, August 1st, 2015 at 9:04 am.
There are many running themes in boxing. Two of the most prominent ones are that the sport is dead and the other is that other combat sports, mainly Mixed Martial Arts, are eating boxing’s lunch as far as winning new fans. This fall there are two major fights that could help resurrect the sport (although :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, April 10th, 2015 at 11:33 am.
Highly world ranked David Lemieux (33-2, 31 KOs) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada will finally get his long awaited world title shot. Lemieux will meet former world champion Hassan N’Dam (31-1, 18 KOs) of France for the vacant IBF middleweight title. The IBF held a purse bid earlier this week which Lemieux’s promoter Golden Boy won. :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 7:24 am.
As Saul “Canelo” Alvarez begins to garner some traction in the United Sates becoming more popular with each fight, he has been a major star in his native Mexico for years. Controversy and a love affair got him there. The love affair came first when he entered in a relationship with the beautiful Marisol Gonzalez. :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 at 9:18 pm.
All good things come to an end but when it ends twice, then that is special. Last week current WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto set the boxing world ablaze by announcing that he had left his current situation with Top Rank and signed on with newcomer Roc Nation led by hip-hop mogul Jay-Z. According to :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…
