Posted on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 at 6:10 am.
Is anybody aware eight-time divisional world champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is jumping into the ring at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas in eight days? On Pay-Per-View? It is difficult to fathom there is absolutely no buzz for the third installment between the Filipino congressman and Timothy Bradley. No “24/7” series by HBO, no :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 Friday, January 15th, 2016 at 4:49 pm.
In part one; we gave a quick run-down of both the fights that have already been made for the first half of the New Year and some of the ones that have been talked about. Now we go towards the second half of the year. Unlike the first half, all these fights are only rumors :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, December 16th, 2015 at 4:20 pm.
Despite we, the boxing world, are in the last month of 2015, we still have some news swirling around so without further ado, here is the latest installment of Around the Ring: Canelo, GGG & the WBC – This week the WBC announced they granted a voluntary defense each for their middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, December 11th, 2015 at 3:24 pm.
Earlier this week it was the third anniversary of the shot heard around the world. No, not the Bobby Thompson home-run to win the 1951 National League pennant but the right hand Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez landed in the sixth round at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 8th, 2012, to the :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 at 1:49 pm.
The first of two huge fights weeks is upon us but we still have other news that has nothing to do with Golovkin or Lemieux, here is your weekly rundown, the latest edition of Around the Ring: One and Done – According to a recent article by Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times, Top :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015 at 1:08 pm.
With the fall season upon us big boxing news in the pipeline so without any further ado, here is this week’s Around the Ring: 1. Pacquiao Ready Soon – According to Bob Arum, head honcho for Top Rank and Pacquiao’s promoter, the Filipino should get the ok from his doctor to start training by the :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, September 19th, 2015 at 4:27 am.
If there is something eighty-three year old head of Top Rank Bob Arum knows how to do is promote. Despite having some attractive fights on the horizon like Nonito Donaire vs Scott Quigg and Timothy Bradley vs Brandon Rios, everybody in the boxing world knows that his main dish is none other than Manny “Pacman” :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 at 2:32 pm.
Last weekend was a busy one in the boxing world and this one coming up will be almost as busy throughout the globe. Here is the latest and greatest news swirling around this big green and blue marble: 1. DeMarco Announces Retirement – Former lightweight WBC champion Antonio DeMarco, originally of Los Mochis, Mexico, but :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, June 11th, 2015 at 6:16 am.
Here you go fight fans, your latest installment of the biggest news of the week: 1. “Canelo” Wants Cotto – Well, that is not news since Alvarez and his team have been calling out the Puerto Rican since the middle of last year and even have gone as far as to make him two offers, :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…
