What’s next for Marcos Maidana?

Tuesday, 23 September 2014 by

Two weeks have passed since ‘Mayhem” Floyd Mayweather versus Marcos Maidana in a rematch from their May encounter. The smoke is starting to clear, the dust is starting to settle and it’s time to head back to reality for Maidana, who is now able to get off the roller coaster that has become his life

Konstantin Ponomarev remains undefeated against Rivera Top Rank, in association with Iron Boy Promotions, hosted a night of boxing from the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ. which saw undefeated Russian Konstantin Ponomarev scofe a unanimous decision win over Cosme “Chino” Rivera. Ponomarev (25-0) switched stances and used his awkward fighting style to frustrate his 38-year-old

When I think about heavyweight fighters, I think of the greats — Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Joe Frazier. I think of watching these fighters with my dad as a little girl on ABC. I think of hard hitting power and the come forward style that I love. Looking at the heavyweight division today, the

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For the highly anticipated rematch, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0) remained unbeaten by winning a unanimous decision over Marcos Maidana (35-5). Maidana was quicker to the draw the previous fight, applying better pressure and keeping Mayweather against the ropes. For Saturday night’s match up at the MGM Grand, the rounds belonged to Floyd. Mayweather started the

Hearns, Leonard, Duran, Camacho, and Hagler, names of boxing legends who wouldn’t know what the phrase “cherry picking” means when it came to their careers. Not only were these guys some of the greatest middleweights of all time, but they all fought each other. Not because they had to, but because they knew they would

Trout defeats Dawson on points

Saturday, 23 August 2014 by

For the Season Finale of ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in California, Austin “No Doubt” Trout (26-2) won a very entertaining unanimous decision win over Daniel Dawson(40-3-1). In what was to be a pretty relaxed comeback for Trout, coming off an 8 month layoff, Dawson the 24-1 underdog showed up

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Boxing fans on Twitter received a teaser a few weeks ago from Super Bantamweight fighters Leo Santa Cruz (27-0) and Guillermo Rigondeaux (14-0). While “Twitter beef” is never credited, it sure is entertaining. Santa Cruz and Rigondeaux tweeted they both welcomed the idea of fighting each other, anytime and anywhere. The teaser also seemed more

Britain’s Kell Brook beat Shawn Porter by a majority decision to become the IBF Welterweight champion. Brook, who was the mandatory challenger for the IBF title, produced the cleaner work throughout the fight with the judges eventually scoring the bout 114-114, 117-111, 116-112. Golden Boy Promotions pulled out all the stops to bring an exciting

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Anthony Dirrell was crowned the new WBC Super Middleweight champion after a points decision win over Sakio Bika with the judges scoring the fight 114-115, 116-111 and 117-110. This is a fantastic story for Dirrell who overcame cancer to become a world champion. The first time these two met in the squared circle was back

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Figueroa halts Estrada in nine

Saturday, 16 August 2014 by

Starting off the night’s highly anticipated, triple header on Showtime, fighting for the WBC Lightweight Title, Omar Figueroa put his undefeated record and title on the line to face Daniel Estrada (32-2-1, 24 Ko’s). He produced a vintage performance stopping Estrada in the ninth round after landing a clean right which knocked down Estrada, and after

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