HBO throws the towel in on boxing: A look at what went wrong
On Saturday night, HBO Boxing will put together its final boxing card (for the time) being featuring Cecilia Braekhus vs. Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes in the main event of a ten-round world title unification bout at The StubHub Center in Carson, CA. The event ends a 45-year tenure in the sport of
“Chocolatito” Gonzalez off ill-fated final HBO card on December 8th
Former four-division world champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez has withdrawn from his Dec. 8 co-main event at StubHub Center after he injured a knee during training camp in Indio, Ca, for his fight against former WBC light flyweight world champion, Pedro Guevara. 360 Promotions’ Tom Loeffler is currently looking at Juan
Murodjon Akhmadaliev makes solid HBO debut
Super bantamweight Murodjon Akhmadaliev (5-0 4KOs) of Uzbekistan made a memorable HBO debut sadly it will be his last outing on HBO as HBO will only air one more live boxing match before leaving the sport indefinitely, as Akamadaliev won a ten-round decision over Isaac Zarate (16-4-3 2KOs). Akhamadaliev landed at
DMITRY BIVOL: THE BOXING STORY WE DON’T KNOW YET
Dmitry Bivol is really good. So good in fact that within three years of being a professional boxer he held the WBA light heavyweight title, albeit after the champion Badou Jack vacated the title after perusing a more lucrative bout with Adonis Stevenson for the WBC light heavyweight world title.
LaRon Mitchell returns Nov.24 in Atlantic City against Sergey Kuzmin
San Francisco, Ca’s own heavyweight LaRon Mitchell will return after his first career defeat to former sparring partner Rodney Hernandez on November 24th in Atlantic City, New Jersey against unbeaten Russian Sergey Kuzmin. Kuzmin, who is currently 13-0 with 10 knockouts has a technical draw to tough veteran Amir Mansour
Superfly 3 sheds light on lower weights on major network television
Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions has brought the lower weight classes out from the depth of late-night cable television or obscure online videos to your television as his “Super Fly” boxing series will reach its third installment, September 8th at the Forum in Inglewood, Ca, broadcast nationally on HBO Boxing. Loeffler,
Boxing Preview: Andre Berto, Sergey Kovalev, Dmitry Bivol
Alexander vs. Berto – FOX, New York, 5 PM PST In a bout of two former world champions who are doing battle a little past their prime, but looking go to for one more title run, Devon Alexander will do battle with Andre Berto at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale,
Eleider Alvarez media workout for Sergey Kovalev bout
ELEIDER ‘STORM’ ALVAREZ, WBC Silver Light Heavyweight Champion and WBO Light Heavyweight World Title Challenger “I am well prepared for the biggest challenge of my career. I suffered in training and I am at my peak right now.” “I think it will be a difficult fight for me, but
Boxing Recap: Jaime Munguia, big puncher and….
Jaime Munguia, big puncher and… Jaime Munguia is a big puncher, but we knew that, but with his unanimous decision win over Liam Smith, we also learned that fighters his size can withstand his power to go 12 rounds against serviceable former world champion Liam “Beefy” Smith. The first title
Boxing Preview: Jaime Munguia real?, Usyk vs Gassiev, Stockton fights
Jaime Munguia [HBO, Las Vegas, 7 PM PST] Jaime Munguia is massive. He also has a lot of power and that is something boxing writers especially ones who are not in love with the sport fall for. At Munguia’s media day, the WBO super welterweight champion had a lot of