Posted on Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 at 8:11 am.
Former junior welterweight world champion Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KO’s) will return to the ring this Saturday. Peterson will take on unbeaten former olympic gold medalist Felix Diaz (17-0, 8 KO’s). The bout will take place at the EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia. The fight is essentially a home fight for Peterson being that the :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, October 12th, 2015 at 8:55 am.
Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) will headline this Saturday’s card at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York. Golovkin will take on the heavy handed David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) in a 12 round middleweight unification. The bout will be aired on HBO Pay Pay Per view. It is expected to be an explosive :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, October 10th, 2015 at 4:42 am.
In a span of thirty days boxing will have the finalists for the “next big star” sweepstakes. With Floyd Mayweather Jr announcing his retirement after his last fight in September and Manny Pacquiao talking about salt, prayers and God as well as retirement, boxing is in dire straits for that fighter that will capture our :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, October 9th, 2015 at 10:29 am.
WBC world lightweight champion Jorge Linares (39-3, 26 KOs) of Venezuela returns to the ring this Saturday night. Linares has won three world titles in three different weight classes. This will be his second defense of his lightweight world title. His opponent will be Ivan Cano (23-6-2, 15 KOs) of Mexico. The particular defense will :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, October 8th, 2015 at 2:37 pm.
Fight fans here we are again with another installment of Around the Ring, so without further ado, let’s go to the news: 1. Matthysse to Matthysse – In case you didn’t know, Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse truly comes from a boxing family. Not only were his fighter and brother both professional fighters but also his :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, October 8th, 2015 at 8:36 am.
Our debate last week was who would have won a fight between Felix Trinidad and Shane Mosley. We set the weight at 147 which is where both seemed to have their most success. The match was to have taken place when both fighters were still unbeaten. This way both fighters would have been in their :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 at 11:39 am.
We went with the world title fight between IBF super featherweight champion Jose Pedraza (21-0, 12 KOs) and former world title challenger Edner Cherry (34-7-2, 19 KOs) this past Saturday night. The bout was aired on Showtime Championship boxing. The early going seemed like it would be another decisive win for the unbeaten Pedraza. This :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, October 6th, 2015 at 12:03 pm.
Viktor Postol (28-0, 12KOs) of the Ukraine put on a dominating performance in his knockout victory over Lucas Matthysse (37-4, 34KOs) this past Saturday. Postol entered the fight as the underdog but quickly showed that he was a class above Matthysse overall with the better skills. Postol stopping Matthysee was the scenario least likely to :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, October 6th, 2015 at 7:12 am.
Last Saturday night, October 3rd, had a bit of everything. HBO and Showtime broadcasts fights on the same night. Four fights with four different results. Will the results have a long-lasting effect on their divisions or on the sport? That is left to see but by the end of Saturday night, boxing fans were treated :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, October 5th, 2015 at 7:53 am.
Newly Crowned IBF super middleweight champion James DeGale (21-1, 14 KOs) will make the first defense of his title against former champion Lucian Bute (32-2, 25 KOs). The matchup had been speculated for weeks and will take place November 28th. The site location will be the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. Both fighters are :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…
