De La Hoya releases statement on ill-fated return
Hall of Fame boxer Oscar De La Hoya last week made ill-fated comments stating that he would return to the ring to face Gennady Golovkin. The statement know looks in hindsight to be more of a bit of a shock statement to generate headlines in front of a few Golden
Antoine Douglas headlines ShoBox July 17th
On Friday, July 17 at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, will be headlined by Antoine Douglas (17-0-1, 11 KOs) of Burke, VA and Istavan Szili (18-0-2, 8 KOs) of Frenkendorf, Switzerland. Douglas most notably spent some of his last camp sparring with Andre Ward in preparation for his bout with Paul
Cotto-Canelo rumored for late November
Well, the fight we have been waiting for sometime between Miguel Cotto and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is at least begun negotiations with a date to be determined as New York, Texas and Las Vegas all seem to be front runners for landing the fight with, the Thomas & Mack Center
Weights from Philadelphia, PA
Venue: 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, PA Network: Fox Sports 2 Vyacheslav Shabranskyy 179.7 vs Paul Parker 177.6 Damon Allen 135.8 vs Luis Rodriguez 138.4 D’Mitrius Ballard 169.4 vs Josue Obando 168.1 Lamont Roach Jr. 133.6 vs Christian Santibanez 134 Kevin Rivers Jr. 125.5 vs Luis Lizarraga 127.9 Victor Vasquez 135.6 vs Osnel
Two Northern California Boxers Advance To Olympic Qualifiers
As we are halfway through 2015 it is about that we start to look at 2016 and with 2016 comes the Olympic Games in Rio. Bantamweight Ruben Villa of Salinas, CA and super heavyweight Marlo “Deion” Moore of San Leandro, CA will move onto the Olympic Qualifiers later this year.
CSAC says Haymon was sabotaging rival shows
In a very interesting exclusive with Ivan G. Goldman of BoxingInsider.com, California State Athletic Commissioner John Frierson says Al Haymon was purposely booking venues in California to sabotage rival promotions, in particular Golden Boy Promotions, who is currently suing Haymon along with the brokers who have funded his boxing endeavor.
Devon Alexander vs. Diego Chaves purse bid order for July 2nd
Welterweights Devon Alexander and Diego Chaves will do battle for the IBF welterweight title, but before the fight will go to purse bid, which will happen on Thursday, July 2nd. Both fighters have on a run of ugly fights as Alexander has recently lost to most of the high level
Jessie Vargas “Pat Russell saved Tim Bradley’s career”
An angry Jessie Vargas took the post-fight press conference to give his take on his fight with Timothy Bradley and the last ten seconds that will be talked about for weeks to come. Let’s recap in case you missed it and begin with the facts. Jessie Vargas hurt Tim Bradley
Twitter reacts to HBO Boxing card
Bradley dominates, but weird ending steals headlines Vargas has made his last few fights WAY tougher than they should have been. He's gonna have to dig deep tonight. #boxing #BradleyVargas — Raging Babe (@M_RagingBabe) June 28, 2015 Ward saying people overrate punching power. Ehhh…it's what the people like. It's like
Bradley outpoints Vargas despite bizarre ending to bout
Carson, CA – Timothy Bradley defeated Jessie Vargas by unanimous decision with the scores of 116-112, 117-111 and 115-112 to win the interim WBO welterweight title at the StubHub Center in Carson, CA. The scores were read mere minutes before Pat Russell stepped between the two fighters as it appeared