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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

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…

AROUND THE RING #19

Posted on Friday, October 2nd, 2015 at 6:26 am.

We are officially in the fall season now and with that, the last quarter of the year and the end of the 2015 boxing season. With that said, here is your latest Around the Ring: Cotto Loves L.A. – Earlier this week WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto of Caguas, Puerto Rico landed in the west :READ MORE…

HARD WORK, MEDICATION

Posted on Saturday, September 12th, 2015 at 3:43 am.

Unfortunately for Floyd Mayweather Jr a story by the great Thomas Hauser posted this week is getting more spins on the boxing turntable than his fight this weekend against Andre Berto. In the extensively investigated story Hauser revealed that prior to his last fight back in May against Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather Jr was administered an :READ MORE…

AROUND THE RING #16: SPECIAL MAYWEATHER JR-BERTO EDITION

Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2015 at 5:36 am.

Big fight week is upon us but by the lack of buzz going on, you would never know that Floyd Mayweather Jr is fighting this Saturday night. The fact that he keeps tooting that this is his last fight ever makes it even stranger. Here is the latest Around the Ring focused strictly on Mayweather :READ MORE…

IS THIS THE LAST FIGHT?

Posted on Monday, September 7th, 2015 at 5:49 pm.

If we didn’t know any better, we would never have guessed that the current pound for pound king of boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr, is fighting this weekend and reportedly his last fight, no less. Set for Showtime Pay-Per-View, Mayweather Jr takes on former welterweight champion Andre Berto this Saturday night. With absolutely no buzz whatsoever, :READ MORE…

ATR #13

Posted on Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 at 3:46 pm.

Some comebacks and big fights planned for the fall have been announced this week so fight fans, here is the latest edition of Around The Ring: 1. Margarito on the Warpath – Longtime former welterweight champion, the thirty-seven year old Antonio Margarito announced earlier this week that he is looking to come back to the :READ MORE…

AROUND THE RING #12

Posted on Thursday, August 13th, 2015 at 6:29 am.

Here we go fight fans, your latest edition of our take on the latest news in the boxing world: If Khan Wants It, He can Get it – With Manny Pacquiao recuperating from his shoulder injury suffered in his last fight in May, his promoter Bob Arum is picking fights in his stead. The one :READ MORE…

THE FIGHT OF THE NIGHT

Posted on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 at 5:47 am.

Even though the anticipated Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse vs Viktor Postol match up for the vacant WBC junior welterweight title is the main event of the October 3rd HBO telecast from the StubHub Center I’m Carson, CA, the fight that might steal the show is Humberto “Zorrita” Soto against Antonio “Relentless” Orozco in the semi-main :READ MORE…

IT’S A SHAME

Posted on Saturday, August 1st, 2015 at 9:04 am.

There are many running themes in boxing. Two of the most prominent ones are that the sport is dead and the other is that other combat sports, mainly Mixed Martial Arts, are eating boxing’s lunch as far as winning new fans. This fall there are two major fights that could help resurrect the sport (although :READ MORE…

AROUND THE RING #8

Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2015 at 6:06 am.

Another edition of Around the Ring is here with the latest news that are swirling around the boxing world: Mayweather Jr Starts Camp – After his win over Manny Pacquiao last May and the biggest pay day of his career, current WBC welterweight and super welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr has begun his training for :READ MORE…