0 comments by Lou Catalano on 9/23/2015
Amir Khan has been pounding on doors for awhile. He spent years chasing the best boxer in the eorld, Floyd Mayweather, to no avail. In fact, Mayweather seemed to revel in dangling a possible fight in front of Khan, only to rip it away like the school bully holding some poor kid’s lunch just out […]
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 9/15/2015
Last Saturday night, with only a handful of seconds remaining in the 12th round of Floyd Mayweather’s welterweight fight with Andre Berto, Mayweather started to hop around the ring while raising his fist in the air. He smiled and danced, playing to the crowd as the final bell sounded. He then went to the center […]
LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 09: Boxers Floyd Mayweather Jr. (L) and Andre Berto face off during a news conference at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on September 9, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather will defend his WBC/WBA welterweight titles against Berto on September 12 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 9/10/2015
If you were to poll 100 boxing fans on who Floyd Mayweather’s final opponent should be, the answers would vary. The majority would probably select Gennady Golovkin, the middleweight monster who is capable of Hulk-smashing everything in front of him. Some folks would select a rematch with Manny Pacquiao, whose shoulder woes likely contributed to […]
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 8/30/2015
(Leo Santa Cruz; Suzanne Teresa, PBC) In the end, it was a hell of a fight, even if it didn’t quite live up to its Fight Of The Year expectations. Saturday night at the Staples Center, undefeated Leo Santa Cruz withstood a spirited attack from Abner Mares and beat him by majority decision in a […]
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 8/27/2015
There was a time, and it wasn’t that long ago, where the boxing world would have went bonkers over a fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares. But, like countless fights through the years, this thing never came to fruition when both fighters were ripe. So when Santa Cruz and Mares go to battle […]
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 8/25/2015
Shirts were removed. A woman’s derriere was slapped. Shoes were thrown. A near-riot ensued. No, “Jersey Shore” didn’t have a reunion episode. I hear some of them have other things going on. This was much more disturbing. It was a press conference for the rematch between Shane Mosley and Ricardo Mayorga, airing this Saturday night […]
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 8/8/2015
Let’s start here first — this is in no way an endorsement of Floyd Mayweather’s reputed swan song, a Sept. 12 Showtime Pay-Per-View fight against Andre Berto. Far from it. Indeed, this writer’s reaction was part of the collective groan the boxing world let out when serious rumors first started swirling about a possible Mayweather […]
at Barclays Center on August 1, 2015 in Brooklyn borough of New York City.
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 8/2/2015
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Paulie Malignaggi looks on after loosing to Danny Garcia following their welterweight bout at Barclays Center on Aug. 1 in Brooklyn; Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images There was a moment Saturday during the post-fight interview after his 9th round technical knockout loss to Danny Garcia where Paulie Malignaggi began to choke […]
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 7/17/2015
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., who fights Saturday night on Showtime, (the network that has brought you all of your favorite fights this year like…) has pissed off a whole of people in short time. His attitude, apathetic at best, has turned many of his fans against him. He claimed to be rejuvenated for this fight, […]
TAMPA, FL – JULY 11: Keith Thurman celebrates in the ring following a corner stoppage by Luis Collazo during their WBA Welterweight fight on July 11, 2015 at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 7/13/2015
Let’s get this out of the way first — Keith Thurman beat a very game, very tough Luis Collazo Saturday night on the debut of “Premier Boxing Champions” on ESPN. In fact, he became just the second man to stop the bloody mess that was Collazo after the Brooklyn quit on his stool before the […]
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 7/8/2015
It’s one thing to be the underdog, it’s another for people to fear for your health. But that’s where Luis Collazo will soon find himself — staring across the ring from a bad, bad man. Saturday night, on the debut of “Premier Boxing Champions” on ESPN, he’ll be fighting Keith “One Time” Thurman, a young, […]
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 6/26/2015
Danny Garcia was once a superstar-in-the-making. He was a talented, tough fighter from Philadelphia with the brash, ostentatious father. He shot up the junior welterweight rankings by making fun fights and beating guys like Amir Khan, Erik Morales, and Zab Judah. But then his advisor, Al Haymon, creator of the “Premier Boxing Champions” series, started […]
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 6/24/2015
Timothy Bradley, who fights this Saturday on HBO, is not a big puncher. That’s probably being kind. Of his 31 wins, “Desert Storm” has scored 12 of them by stoppage, good for a knockout percentage of 35 percent. At the top level, that’s just not very good, which makes his record more remarkable when you […]
Adrien Broner and Shawn Porter during their welterweight fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 6/20/2015
Well, it wasn’t pretty, but “Showtime” Shawn Porter scored a unanimous decision victory over Adrien “The Problem” Broner on NBC’s “Premier Boxing Champions” main event. Broner’s “problem” was one that has plagued him throughout his career — he simply wasn’t busy enough. While Broner has been campaigning at junior welterweight, Porter has been fighting […]
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 09: Andre Ward (L) and Jay-Z attend as Roc Nation Sports Presents: throne boxing At The Theater At Madison Square Garden on January 9, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Roc Nation Sports)
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 6/18/2015
There was a time, and it wasn’t terribly long ago, when Andre Ward was perched quite high on the shortlist of elite fighters. He had just blown right through Showtime’s ambitious but troubled Super Six Tournament, a round-robin battle between the world’s best super middleweights (at least, according to Showtime). He was barely tested, easily […]
