Bronx, NY based jr. welterweight prospect/contender Francisco “El Gato” Figueroa scored a wide unanimous decision over Mexican unknown Luis Rodriguez last night on ESPN’s Wednesday Night Fights.¬† I am not exactly sure where I stand on Figueroa.¬† He fights with a lot of swagger and bravado but in my opinion has not been tested inside […]

I know by now this is nothing but rehashed news but I continue to find humor in lightweight champion Nate Campbell’s various postings on a couple of boxing websites.¬†

I’m high enough on Yuriorkis Gamboa that I’m not even going to make you search on YouTube to see him prior to Saturday night’s appearance on HBO’s “Boxing After Dark.” It’s “Yuriorkis Gamboa Week” at Ring Report, suckas! Put this in your eye socket:

My utterly shameless promotion of Yuriorkis Gamboa in the form of “Yuriorkis Gamboa Week” continues, to the point that you might soon wonder whether I’m getting paid to do it. Non, monsieur. (Ou madame/mademoiselle.) Here’s the thing: Gamboa’s such a complete package and exciting performer that he inspires gushing from a great many cynical boxing […]

I’m dubbing this week “Yuriorkis Gamboa Week.” That’s because my favorite prospect in the whole wide world is fighting Saturday night, and I’m making it my mission to convince you to get your eyeballs on the 26-year-old Cuban, even though, I warn you, they might pop out when you do. Gamboa, a 130-pounder, may not […]

Ok, who saw this upset coming?¬† Junior Witter had Timothy Bradley bested in every statistical category yet somehow the undefeated prospect from Palm Springs, CA managed to eek out an upset victory to win the WBC strap.¬† To be honest the fight itself was not one of your more scintillating contests.¬† Witter fought like, well […]

For all intents and purposes Ricky Hatton is the recognized king of the junior welterweight (140 lbs.) division.¬† Fellow Brit and no. 2 rated Junior Witter has long contested that notion and in recent years has openly pinned for a lucrative showdown between the two.¬† Hatton’s response to this?¬† “[Witter’s] nothing but a boil in […]

My wife once remarked that “weird sh*t always happens to Zab” following the in ring brawl during¬†Zab Judah’s fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. How right she has been so far.¬† In further Judah news it now appears¬†that the semi-anticipated welterweight match-up between Zab Judah and Shane Mosley has been canceled after Judah reportedly slipped in […]

A sneak peak of what awaits below: The Rashomon effect on the Oscar De La Hoya-Steve Forbes fight; some schadenfreude for Mikkel Kessler and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; and hey, at least there’s something interesting happening with the heavyweights, even if it isn’t in the ring.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the fatal motorcycle accident that ended Diego “Chico” Corrales’ life all too soon. Corrales by far was my favorite fighter to root for.¬† His gladiator mentality and ever present smile endeared him into the hearts of many and to this day it still seems like his death was […]

The headline above reflects one of the many fantastically strange story elements in the tale of Bennie Heard, recounted in The New York Times over the weekend. I’ve had several people ask me about the article but hadn’t had a chance to dig it up until today. It’s really remarkable. I recommend you read it. […]

I missed catching De La Hoya’s high profile sparring session Saturday night as I had more exciting things to view, like paint drying.¬† Of course my addiction to all things boxing caused me to view the replay Sunday morning and while I have no regrets on missing it live there were some things that held […]

We’ve had more than our fair share here in the last week or so of the stuff in the headline (just scroll down the screen to read the fall-out, and see the post that started it all here). But if you want a different take on things, head over to this entry on BadLeftHook.com from […]

One view coming into Oscar De La Hoya-Steve Forbes was that it was a sparring session in preparation for De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather, Jr. II. Another view coming in was that it was supposed to build interest in De La Hoya-Mayweather II. De La Hoya, I think, had both ideas in mind. His wide defeat […]

Somebody needs to throw Andre Dirrell into 18-foot rings every time out, because then he doesn’t even have the option of doing all that skipping around. Anthony Hanshaw made him fight, and probably regretted it, because he got knocked out in the fifth — but we finally got to see Dirrell, a super middleweight (168 […]