Posted on Thursday, April 21st, 2016 at 10:42 am.
Our debate of the week topic last week revolved around 8-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. He impressively defeated former two-division world champion Timothy Bradley by way of unanimous decision less than two weeks ago. Pacquiao was extremely dominate scoring two knockdowns on Bradley. This was something he was not able to do in 24 previous :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, April 14th, 2016 at 12:35 pm.
Our debate of the week topic last week revolved around former 4-division world champion Adrian Broner. He recently successfully defeated challenger Ashley Theophane by TKO. Broner lost his title on the scale prior to the fight weighing in .4 over the max weight limit allowed. Throughout the week and the promotion there was much made :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 at 6:29 am.
Our pick last week came from the matchup between veterans Francisco Santana (23-4-1, 12 KOs) of Santa Barbara, California and Ed Paredes of the Dominican Republic (36-6-1, 24 KOs). The bout was the main event last Saturday at the Oceanview Pavilion, in Port Hueneme, California. The bout was scheduled for 10 rounds in the welterweight :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 at 6:02 am.
WBO Super Middleweight Champion of the world ‘King’ Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) of Germany will take on his mandatory challenger Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) of Mexico this Saturday. The bout will take place on the televised portion of the HBO PPV headliner featuring the third bout between 8 division world champion Manny Pacquiao :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, March 31st, 2016 at 12:17 pm.
Our debate last week involved megastar and former 8 division world champion Manny Pacquiao. He will face former two division world champion Timothy Bradley for the third time April 9th in Las Vegas. This has been the site of their previous two encounters with each fighter winning a fight. The fight wasn’t well received initially :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, March 31st, 2016 at 5:50 am.
With the first quarter of the boxing year nearing an end, the boxing world can say it has not lived up to its potential. With that said, a very busy spring and summer is expected and the news does not stop. Here is the latest edition of Around the Ring: 1. Blackwell In Coma – :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, March 30th, 2016 at 7:14 am.
Earlier this year the president of the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA), Ching-Kuo Wu, made the bold statement stating he wanted the best boxers in the Olympics, not in four years, but in the next ones set for this summer. Unlike other sports like basketball and hockey, all the fighters competing in the Olympics have :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, March 24th, 2016 at 9:04 am.
Our debate last week came from the famed world title unification between world champions Meldrick Taylor and Julio Cesar Chavez. The bout is celebrating its 20 year anniversary. Both fighters entered the mega showdown undefeated. It was a grueling bout which saw Taylor officially ahead entering the 12th and final round. Chavez dropped Taylor with :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 at 3:11 pm.
We are nearly closing the third month of the year and the boxing action has not been what we expected so far but there is still a lot of year left and boxing is heading into the busier months of April and May. With that said, here is your latest edition of Around the Ring: :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, March 21st, 2016 at 5:08 am.
When we last saw IBF world champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) in action he had just fought his second fight in months. This is rather unheard of in today’s boxing for a defending world champion. Brook scored stoppages in both of those defenses. Brook was then scheduled to face former world title challenger Diego :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…
