23 Jun 2015

Adrien Broner is a confusing conundrum

Adrien Broner confuses me and I feel that this sentiment now carries over to the collective boxing whole. Broner who was once viewed as the heir to the Floyd Mayweather crown and brandishing the name “Mr. HBO” now seems like another cautionary tale of giving a young fighter with promise

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23 Jun 2015

Adrien Broner poses with gun on Instagram

Troubled boxing star and three weight world champion Adrien Broner posted a shocking imagine on his Instagram account which he quickly deleted. In a cryptic message that seemed to imply references to street life innuendo, Broner posed with a gun explaining his indifferent towards boxing.   This comes after Broner was

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22 Jun 2015

PBC Broner vs. Porter down 4% from last event in April

Premier Boxing Champions NBC telecast of Adrien Broner vs. Shawn Porter netted a  1.86 overnight rating.  That’s down 4% from the 1.94 overnight rating on April 11th in primetime and a dramatic drop of 26% from PBC’s primetime premiere on March 7 that scored a 2.53 overnight rating.   So

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22 Jun 2015

Andre Berto believes Mayweather only when he sees the ink dry on contract

“Mayweather does what he wants when he wants, and I don’t take too much of what he says as solid until the ink dries on the contract.” Andre Berto said in the locker room of close friend Andre Ward after a stunning performance in Oakland, CA.   Andre Berto is

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22 Jun 2015

Bradley vs. Vargas for Interim WBO title not official belt

Well, Floyd Mayweather didn’t want to give up his WBO welterweight title just to have a rival Top Rank fighter pick it up meaning that Timothy Bradley vs. Jessie Vargas will now be for the interim title and not the full fledged one on Saturday, June 27th.   The interim

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22 Jun 2015

Badou Jack to defend WBC belt against George Groves August 22nd

Per the WBC, WBC middleweight champ Badou Jack will make his first title defense against number one contender George Groves on August 22nd in Las Vegas, NV.  At the current time no venue is secured, but if Mayweather Promotions promotes the fight which all signs point to it will, then

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22 Jun 2015

Boxing Schedule for June 26th-27th

Friday, June 26th At Sheldon, Washington (Showtime) – main event Dominic Wade vs. Sam Soliman, 10 rounds, middleweights; Erickson Lubin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights; Jamel Herring vs. Oscar Cortez At Hidalgo, Texas (truTV) – main event Gilberto Ramirez vs. Derek Edwards, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Diego Magdaleno vs. Jose

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21 Jun 2015

Team Golovkin takes shots at Andre Ward via Twitter

People forget Vitali Klitschko came back after 4 yrs out of ring and KO'd WBC Champion Sam Peter with no #tuneups and no #RingRust #Legend — Tom Loeffler (@TomLoeffler1) June 21, 2015 Tom Loeffler seemed unimpressed with Andre Ward’s victory on Saturday night in Oakland, CA as he took to

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21 Jun 2015

Barthelemey dominates DeMarco, Vasquez survives late resurgence from Omotoso

Former 130 lbs. champion Rances Barthelemy (23-0, 13 KOs) proved his power is still good at junior welterweight as he dropped Antonio DeMarco in the fourth round with a straight left that seemed to take a lot of the fight out of DeMarco. Barthelemy switched stances often and sort of lulled

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21 Jun 2015

Lemieux drops N’Dam four times to gain IBF belt

In a fight that felt like deju vu of Hassan N’dam’s performance against Peter Quillin, David Lemieux dropped Hassan N’dam four times enroute to a decision in a fight he stayed competitive in. Without the knockdowns the judges would of scored the bout slightly in favor of Lemieux and even

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