Earlier today, before a standing-room only crowd of media at Ainsworth Prime inside Madison Square Garden, Lou DiBella officially announced his St. Patrick’s Day card (Saturday, March 17th) that will take place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Headlining the show will be THE REAL Middleweight Champion “Maravilla” Martinez …
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NBC Sports Announces Broadcast Team For “Fight Night” on 1/21
The NBC Sports Network today announced that Hall-of-Fame boxing trainer Freddie Roach and cruiserweight contender B.J. Flores team up with NBC’s veteran broadcaster Kenny Rice to provide commentary for the network’s new NBC Sports Network Fight Night Series. The first Fight Night broadcast will be on the new NBC Sports …
Read More »Mayweather/Pacquiao: Destiny’s Clock is Ticking
by Hans Olson The clock is ticking for Manny Pacquiao to make a decision. Yes, a clock is ticking. Does everyone remember that time clock Top Rank had on it’s website back in the summer of 2010? That was when promoter Bob Arum said Floyd Mayweather had to decide by …
Read More »Jackie Kallen on Boxing: Floyd Dodged another Bullet
It was a wild scene in the Las Vegas courtroom Friday when Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa postponed Floyd Mayweather’s jail sentence until June 1 so he can keep his scheduled May 5 fight date. One can only imagine how relieved the Mayweather camp is. The City of Las …
Read More »Manager/Trainer for Lamont Peterson speaks out about Khan and Golden Boy Protests
Unfortunately, we are in this process of dealing with these unfounded protests. It would be an understatement to characterize Lamont as being disappointed in the unprofessional manner in which Khan is attempting to discredit his performance in the ring and victory. We were raised to conduct ourselves where Champions display …
Read More »For the Love of the Sport: Pacquiao vs. Mayweather
By: William Holmes It is important as a writer to try your best to keep your opinions unbiased, and to remain as objective as possible. Despite this, it is difficult to not have your personal history influence the way you view the world. My mother was born in the Philippines, …
Read More »Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs Angrily Replies To Boxing Insider Story
By Johnny Walker Writing can be a dangerous business. You can write something you think is fairly innocuous, and soon find out that someone has taken what you have written in a different way than was intended. I found that out after noticing that heavyweight contender Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs …
Read More »Warren Eyes Summer Smasher For Cleverly at Cardiff City
WARREN EYES SUMMER SMASHER FOR CLEVERLY AT CARDIFF CITY Promoter Frank Warren has planned a big year for Welsh star Nathan Cleverly that could include a title defence at Cardiff City’s ground in the summer followed by a unification showdown in September. The WBO World Light-Heavyweight Champion from Cefn Fforest …
Read More »ESPN’s Friday Night Fights: Martin vs. Kennedy on 1/13, telecast on ESPN 3D
First 2012 Friday Night Fights telecast on ESPN 3D ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will originate from Las Vegas, on January 13 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN 3D and ESPN3 when junior featherweights “Marvelous” Chris Martin (23-1-2, 6 KOs) and Teon “The Technician” …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather and Sun Tzu’s Art of War
By Hans Olson “Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.” Floyd Mayweather has now directed the fate of Manny Pacquiao. The mystery of how Floyd Mayweather operates is far …
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