Posted on Friday, July 31st, 2015 at 7:06 am.
Former world champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (28-3-2, 9 KOs) will look to upset WBA middleweight champion of the world Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs ( 29-1, 26KOs) this Saturday. The main event bout will take place in Jacob’s native Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center. It will be another edition of Al :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 at 7:59 am.
Last week we went with the bout between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Marco Reyes. We picked Chavez Jr. to win inside the distance since he was such a heavy favorite. Things got off to a bad start for Chavez Jr. when he did not make weight for the fight. Chavez Jr. went on to :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, July 10th, 2015 at 6:41 am.
Former world champion Luis Collazo (36-6 , 19KOs) will once again enter his next fight as an underdog. Collazo will challenge unbeaten WBA welterweight world champion Keith Thurman (25-0, 21KOs) this Saturday. The bout is scheduled for 12 rounds and will air on ESPN2. It will be another edition of Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2015 at 8:20 am.
In the first part of “The Aura of the Stub Hub” we went over the great fights that have transpired in the nearly classic venue when it was named the Home Depot Center. Fights like the first and third battles between Vazquez and Marquez, the welterweight record setter Williams vs Margarito and the war waged :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 at 6:29 am.
Big things are happening in the world of boxing, here is a quick run down: 1. Punches Thrown in Court – Today it was announced that Top Rank has filed an anti-monopoly suit against Al Haymon and others for 100 million dollars. This lawsuit goes along with the $300 million dollar one that Golden Boy :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 22nd, 2015 at 7:40 am.
The welterweight matchup between former world champions Shawn “Showtime” Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) and Adrien “The Problem” Broner (30-2, 22 KOs) was a highly anticipated fight. Both fighters are advised by powerful boxing advisor Al Haymon. It was by far on paper the biggest fight of Haymon’s Premiere Boxing Champions series (PBC) that kicked off :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, June 8th, 2015 at 7:42 am.
Former- two division world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (33-3-1, 18 KOs) had a much tougher time than expected this past Saturday. He narrowly escaped with an unpopular split decision victory over Aaron Martinez (19-4-1, 4 KOs). The bout was the main event and took place outside at the StubHub Center in Carson, California under :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 at 11:02 am.
There has been much talk of an anticipated unification showdown between WBC champion Adonis Stevenson and IBF,WBA super champion & WBO champion Sergey Kovalev. The fight doesn’t seem any closer to being made now as it was a year ago. Meanwhile in Germany the local favorite and WBA regular light heavyweight champion Jurgen Brahmer (46-2, :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2015 at 7:58 am.
IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (20-0, 14KOs) has joined the growing list of fighters that are advised by Al Haymon. The signing just happens to be coming off of the heels of two United Kingdom (UK) fighters having recently won in world title fights in the United States (U.S.) hose fighters were Jaime McDonnell :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, May 25th, 2015 at 5:55 am.
James DeGale (21-1, 14 KOs) successfully won the vacant IBF super middleweight title this past Saturday by way of unanimous decision over Andre Dirrell (24-2, 16 KOs). The fight turned out to be much more exciting than many had expected. Both fighters made sure of this as they took turns at being the aggressors. DeGale :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…
