Last Saturday night featured a mix of accomplishment, disappointment, and question marks in the sport of boxing. The light heavyweight division saw the rise of contender Sergey Kovalev (20-0-1 18KO) as he put himself in title shot discussion with an impressive 3rd round knockout of […]
Every fighter craves a defining moment in their career. A moment that shows their skills, determination, and courage and is remembered long after time has passed. Before last night, Juan Manuel Marquez’ (55-6-1 40KO) defining moment was coming off the canvas three times to earn a draw against […]
The beauty of boxing and sports in general is when the unexpected happens. Although a few predictable things occurred regarding last weekend’s bouts, a few delightful surprises surfaced. Starting at the heavyweight division, Wladimir Klitschko (59-3-1 51KO) defended his championship against fringe contender Mariusz Wach (27-1 15KO) by […]
The boxing world mourns the death of another icon of the sport in the form of former welterweight and middleweight champion of the world Carmen Basilio (56-16-7 27KO) on November 7th, in Rochester General Hospital. Basilio was one of those guys who proved that true hard work and […]
Lucian Bute (31-1 24KO) began his comeback trail with a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over contender Denis Grachev (12-1-1 8KO). Bute won by scores of 118-110, 116-112, and 115-113. The 116-112 and 115-113 scorecards better reflect what happened in the fight Bute was able to control the fight […]
Last Saturday nights HBO Boxing after Dark Broadcast featured an absolute special fight between Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios and “Mile High” Mike Alvarado. In the main event, two technically sound fighters in Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire and Toshiaki Nishioka battled it out for supremacy of the junior […]
This weekend in boxing was action-packed and provided enough thrills and surprises to keep the boxing community satisfied. In the super middleweight (168 Ibs.) division, Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (22-0 15KO) continued his rise to the top with a one-sided eighth-round stoppage victory over fringe contender Jason Escalera […]
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1 32KO) almost repeated history Saturday night. Almost. With that in mind, Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez (50-2-2 28KO) put on a masterpiece for 11 rounds and showed the kind of will that makes a champion a champion by surviving a brutal last round knockdown and […]
Andre Ward (26-0 14KO) was already favored to beat Chad Dawson (31-2 17KO) but virtually nobody expected Ward to make it look so easy, to dominate and frankly, embarrass Dawson to the point where after Dawson suffered a third knockdown in the tenth round, Dawson asked the referee […]
A star shined bright in Verona, New York yesterday as Gennady Golovkin (24-0 21KO) of Kazakhstan lived up to and exceeded expectations by brutalizing a good fighter in Grzegorz Proska (28-2 21KO) within five rounds. Golovkin came into the fight with high expectations considering his amateur background and […]
