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 Friday, February 5th, 2016 at 5:08 pm.
A bombshell was dropped earlier this week by Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya when he announced his star fighter and current WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez would be defending his title against former super lightweight and current WBC Silver welterweight champion Amir “King” Khan at the new Las Vegas, Nevada, venue, :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016 at 5:34 am.
Four-time world champion Felix Sturm (39-5-3, 18 KOs) of Germany faces WBA Super World super middleweight title Fedor Chudinov (14-0, 10 KOs) of Russia February 20th. The main event will take place at the Koenig Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Sturm will promote the event as he did their first encounter where he dropped :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 Thursday, November 26th, 2015 at 9:01 am.
We chose former two- time world champion Fernando Vargas (26-5, 22 KOs) as our topic of debate last week. We requested feedback on whether he deserved to be in the Hall of Fame. Vargas won his first world title at tender age of 21. He fought the biggest names of his era like Felix Trinidad, :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 Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 8:42 am.
Our debate topic last week was who you thought was the best welterweight in boxing today. We did not include Floyd Mayweather Jr. as he formally retired following his last fight. The names we offered and not in any order were Manny Pacquiao, Timothy Bradley Jr., Keith Thurman, and Kell Brook. We allowed for those :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, November 18th, 2015 at 1:48 pm.
Here we are folks, in the middle of fight week for Miguel Cotto vs Saul “Canelo” Alvarez who face each other this Saturday night from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, live on HBO Pay-Per-View. To celebrate that, our 26th edition of Around the Ring is dedicated to just this event. WBC Strips Cotto :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, November 13th, 2015 at 2:02 pm.
Words, words and more words from Oscar De La Hoya. Considered one of the best fighters of his time, winning titles in multiple divisions, De La Hoya now is a renowned promoter. One way or another, he knows how to keep his name in the news. Some of times have not been according to plan :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…
