Posted on Thursday, March 17th, 2016 at 5:48 am.
With the Showtime network finally announcing a comprehensive schedule for this spring and early summer, the boxing world is beginning to turn a little quicker and with more purpose. Big fights are on the horizon, some of them anticipated by the fans, some not so much, but they are coming. With that said, here is :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, March 5th, 2016 at 12:58 pm.
Last week on the biggest platform in the sport, HBO, a light welterweight bout for the WBO title went down between the champion Terrence “Bud” Crawford and Hank Lundy. The fight took place at the mecca of boxing, the Madison Square Garden, in New York City with up and coming prospect Felix “Diamante” Verdejo of :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 at 6:57 am.
This Saturday unbeaten Sadam Ali (22-0, 13KOs) of New York and former world champion Jessie Vargas(26-1, 9KOs) of Las Vegas, Nevada will square off at the DC Armory in Washington D.C. The bout is scheduled for 12 rounds with the vacant WBO 140 pound title will be at stake. The title became available when champion :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, February 29th, 2016 at 2:19 pm.
We are a little over a week away from a fight that many in the boxing world don’t see why it is happening. Obviously those that belittle the fight might be those that really don’t understand the business of boxing beyond what goes down inside the ring but at sometimes and if not most of :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, February 26th, 2016 at 6:04 am.
WBO junior welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (27-0, 19 KO) of Omaha, Nebraska will defend against Henry “Hank” Lundy (26-5-1, 13 KO) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday night. The 12 round main event will be aired live on HBO. The site of the bout will be The Theater at the famed Madison Square Garden in :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2016 at 2:10 pm.
Manny Pacquiao’s stock is falling faster than a bowling ball from the top of the Empire State building. Ever since Pacquiao jumped into the scene he was seen as a happy go lucky warrior who inside the ring is a relentless punching machine while outside of it, a gentle soul with an ever-present smile and :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, February 18th, 2016 at 7:07 am.
Even though we haven’t had much boxing this month, the news didn’t stop and we have some doozies this week. Here is your latest edition of Around the Ring: 1.Pacquiao Steps In It – If Manny Pacquiao was trying to take a page from the Mayweather Jr manual of promoting a lackluster fight by being :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, February 13th, 2016 at 5:45 am.
For all intents and purposes, the pieces for the most anticipated fight of the year are starting to come together. It is no secret the most feared fighter on the planet, one Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, has been pursuing all the belts in the middleweight division. Holding the WBA and the IBF, Golovkin needs the WBO :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, February 12th, 2016 at 9:31 am.
Former Mexican Olympian and WBO #1 ranked featherweight Oscar Valdez (18-0, 16 KOs) of Nogales, Mexico has a huge opportunity in front of hm. This will come April 9 on the HBO PPV televised undercard of the main event featuring Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy BradleyIII. Valdez will take on former world champion Evgeny Gradovich (21-1-1, :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 at 1:20 pm.
Fight fans, we are in the full swing of thing in the New Year and now boxing news is swirling all around. With that said, here is this week’s Around the Ring: “Money” on Tour – Floyd Mayweather Jr has announced he will travel across the pond on what he is calling a “Victory” tour. :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…
