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 12: Floyd Mayweather Jr. throws a right at Andre Berto during their WBC/WBA welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 12, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
0 comments by Jonathan Moreland on 9/13/2015
Floyd Mayweather vs Andre Berto was every bit of the 18-1 mismatch Vegas bookies predicted. The future hall of famer out-boxed, out-smarted and out-everythinged his opponent for 12 rounds on Showtime Pay-Per-View en route to a unanimous decision to improve to 49-0, 26 KO, matching Rocky Marciano’s hallowed record. Mayweather dictated the fight with stiff jabs […]
LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 11: Boxers Floyd Mayweather Jr. (L) and Andre Berto face off during their official weigh-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 11, 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 Alex McClintock on 9/12/2015
The business of boxing is changing, and fast. Long-time fighter advisor turned media mogul Al Haymon is collecting fighters and broadcast deals like lesser mortals collect belly button lint. In less than a year, the sport has gone from a few expensive channels and late nights on ESPN2 (after the tennis) to prime-time on network […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/11/2015
Oscar Valdez probably got an HBO date prematurely in his last bout, where he was less-than-stellar as a much-ballyhooed prospect against unheralded Ruben Tamayo. (Maybe Tamayo was better than his resume, too.) Chris Avalos? He was a busted prospect but still pretty experienced, arguably a junior featherweight contender. Friday on truTV, on the smaller network […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
There have been worse match-ups in boxing main events in 2015 than light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson taking on fringe contender Tommy Karpency like he did on Spike Friday. But it’s a relatively short list. And fittingly, the fight was relatively short. Stevenson is one of boxing’s purest punchers, capable of hurting anyone with any […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Errol Spence, Jr. throttled Chris Van Heerden Friday on Spike. He’s ready for a contender. Now. The young welterweight took on his best opponent and had almost no trouble. Van Heerden landed a couple body punches in the first few rounds, but before long Spence’s pinpoint power had almost completely closed Van Heerden’s right eye. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
We’ve been here plenty of times over the years. Boxing writer Thomas Hauser comes out with an article that is drenched in smoke; that begs questions that never get answered and seem to be raised only as part of some kind of effort toward generating a general incriminating fog; that has one or two tidbits […]
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 Alex McClintock on 9/8/2015
Like Andre Berto’s weird muscle gut, the week’s boxing schedule is bloated. And not only because of Berto’s fight with boxing’s biggest star, Floyd Mayweather on Showtime Pay-Per-View Saturday. As is often the case in the week of a big fight (if you can call Mayweather/Berto a big fight), there are plenty of other cards on as […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/6/2015
“Premier Boxing Champions” has been on a heater, and that means some of the dreck that comes with it is forgivable right now. Super middleweight Anthony Dirrell took a “get well” decision victory Sunday afternoon in the main event on CBS against Marco Antonio Rubio, whose ring wear and inability to compete at 168 were […]
0 comments by Sam Sheppard
In an extremely close — and somewhat controversial — bantamweight contest, Jamie McDonnell retained his 122 pound trinket via unanimous decision over Japan’s Tomoki Kameda. Scores of 115-112, 116-111, and 117-109 tell a relatively dominant tale, but in truth this was an extremely tactical contest, fought on close to even terms for the most part. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/4/2015
It’s over. The boxing will-they-bang-or-won’t-they-bang-romance that has captivated the world – or at least TMZ – has arrived at its conclusion. Fringe contender J’Leon Love and fringe celebrity Blac Chyna are no more. Fittingly, TMZ broke the blockbuster news Friday. TMZ’s entry into boxing coverage has brought the usual grab bag of what TMZ brings: […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 9/1/2015
Foxy boxing! Get it? They’re foxes and they’re bo- Anyway, the boxing schedule: it’s pretty chill ahead of next’s week’s big fight (or should that be “big fight” — I don’t think I’ve ever experienced so little buzz for a Floyd Mayweather show). Anyway, there are a few cards on, though only two of them are on […]
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 Tim Starks on 8/29/2015
Abner Mares wanted to be volume-punching Leo Santa Cruz Saturday night on ESPN. Leo Santa Cruz was ready to be boxer-puncher Abner Mares if he needed to be. Santa Cruz did a better job of being himself and enough of being Mares to take the win, with a majority decision in a good, not great, fight. […]
