Posted on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 at 12:15 pm.
This Saturday night the boxing work will enter a new era. The Premier Boxing Champions era. For the first time in nearly fifteen years the sweet science will take center stage on prime time on a Saturday night. The event will be broadcast live on NBC which is the flagship deal for the PBC along :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, February 26th, 2015 at 5:45 am.
Many are hoping that the life and times of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr have changed. Not fighting for almost a year since his highly-rated second fight against Brian Vera last March, Chavez Jr is scheduled to reappear on April 18th against Andrzej Fonfara at a venue to still be announced. Even though his brain trust :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, February 13th, 2015 at 12:58 pm.
Not too long ago life for twenty-eight year old Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was pretty much peaches and cream. Son of the most recognized Mexican boxer of our time, young, wealthy from an early age, rising top prospect with questionable skills and ethics and more importantly a contact with one of the most powerful promotional :READ MORE…
Posted on Saturday, February 7th, 2015 at 4:55 am.
Earlier this week a WBO middleweight title fight was announced between champion Andy Lee (34-2, 24KO) against former champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (31-0, 22KO). The fight is rumored to be scheduled for April 11th on NBC as part of the brand-new “Premier Boxing Champions” series brought to the network by recluse advisor Al Haymon. :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2015 at 6:12 am.
This Saturday night history was made when Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (33-0, 32KO) didn’t knock out but clearly out-boxed defending WBC heavyweight champion Bermane “B. Ware” Stiverne (24-2-1, 21KO) to become the first American-born heavyweight to capture a slice of the heavyweight pie since 2006. Along with that Wilder became the first undefeated :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, January 15th, 2015 at 6:35 am.
After much hearsay, assumptions and gossip, reclusive advisor Al Haymon announced his NBC deal named “Premier Boxing Champions” which kicks off on March 7th at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first telecast which will be shown on NBC will feature WBA interim welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (24-0, 21KO) vs :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, January 9th, 2015 at 12:58 pm.
Twenty-four year old Saul “Canelo” Alvarez got bold last week when he sent WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto an open letter through the press asking him not to duck him and to sign the contact to face each other on the much fought over May 2nd date. In the letter Alvarez went as far to :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, December 18th, 2014 at 5:53 am.
Earlier this week Golden Boy Promotions’ head honcho Oscar De La Hoya mentioned during the 52nd WBC Annual Convention held this year in Las Vegas, Nevada, that he will try to put together a fight that has been talked about for the last couple of years. In a battle of Los Angeles, CA, residents De :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 at 1:27 pm.
CHAVEZ JR AND AL HAYMON: A PACT MADE IN HEAVEN? Troubled Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr started this week with a bang as he announced that he had signed with influential manager Al Haymon and that his return is being planned for early 2015. Bob Arum, founder and head honcho of Top :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 7:54 am.
Last week an important and somewhat surprising announcement was made by Golden Boy Promotions’ founder and now CEO Oscar De La Hoya. In his statement to the press from the Los Angeles offices of his company De La Hoya announced that Golden Boy’s star fighter, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, will be returning the airwaves of the :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…
