By Matthew Hurley: At the opening press conference for the June 28th showdown between WBC lightweight champion David Diaz and challenger Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum, with his usual bluster, described this match up as a fight “for the ages.”
Now that Joan Guzman has vacated his WBO 130 pound title, the undefeated Dominican-born boxer is looking for his next challenge - at lightweight, in the form of unified champion Nate Campbell.
HBO’s late-night boxing series presents a trio of emerging young stars in the toughest tests of their careers when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK presents Yuriorkis Gamboa-Darling Jimenez, James Kirkland-Eromosele Albert and Alfredo Angulo-Richard Gutierrez, this Saturday, May 17 at 9:45 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resort in Primm Valley, NV.
Scot Alex Arthur’s status as an interim champion has reportedly been changed to the full-fledged WBO super featherweight champion following Joan Guzman’s decision to move up to 135 lbs.
By Michael Norby: World rated junior welterweight Francisco ‘El Gato’ Figueroa retained his NABF title on Wednesday night, after he punished Mexican Luis Rodriguez in an impressive and bruising twelve round performance at Gotham Hall in New York City, USA.
By Andrew Wake: If there was a title for being the most humble and friendly man in boxing then Leicester’s boxing bin man Rendall “2 Tone” Munroe would win it with ease.
Date May 15 Location: Campsie, NSW, Australia Super Middleweight Peter Kazzi w pts 8 Damien Smith Super Middleweight Anthony Oddo w ko 2 Aaron Ryan Junior Welterweight Robert Sanders w tko 4 Bobby Antonakos Super-featherweight Billy Dib w ko 5 Leon Maratas
When Paulie Malignaggi steps into the ring on May 24th for his rematch against Lovemore N’dou, an integral member of Team Malignaggi will be watching intently from the corner.
In boxing today, fighters fight for bogus world championship belts bestowed upon them by money-hungry sanctioning bodies in exchange for sanctioning fees subsidized by television networks that demand “title” fights.
There is nothing quite as frustrating for a sports fan than to watch a once great athlete prolong his career well after the expiration date has run out. It happens in every sport but boxing is a cruel and unforgiving profession and as the fighter ages and his body begins to break down his descent into mediocrity can happen suddenly and then linger on in an agonizing display of masochism as the pugilist refuses to hang up the gloves.
If you peruse various boxing forums, there is a lot of concern that MMA is going to be the end of boxing. To some degree, the concerns are not unreasonable as we have witnessed a steady decline in the mainstream press coverage of boxing.
Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Holmes, Norton. For more than twenty years, these kings of boxing ruled the rings as they passed the heavyweight title from one to the other. Now, for the first time, see them all come face to face - gloves off - in an unprecedented video event.
