Is HBO Even Worth It Any More? By: Sean Crose Is HBO even worth it anymore? That’s a question many a boxing fan seems to be – or at least should be – asking these days. In this era, where the pay cable network runs fewer and fewer fights outside …
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WBC Minimumweight Champion Chayaphon Moosri goes 46-0! By: Ken Hissner Too many times the Thailand boxers have built up records and WBC Minimumweight champion Chayaphon Moosri at 46-0 (17), is no exception. In Moosri’s third bout he won the vacant WBC Youth title fighting an opponent who was 0-1 in …
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Is Vasyl Lomachenko the Smartest Fighter since Mayweather? By: Eric Lunger Andre Berto, the former WBC and IBF welterweight champ, gave a fascinating interview recently on FightHype.com, in which he broke down why Floyd Mayweather was so difficult to create offense against. “He thinks defense first, while all of us …
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HBO World Championship Boxing Preview: Lomachenko vs. Sosa, Gvozdyk vs. Gonzalez, Usyk vs. Hunter By: William Holmes On Saturday night in Oxon Hill, Maryland the Theater at the MGM National Harbor will be the host site for the next installment of HBO World Championships Boxing. Three bouts will be televised, …
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Why People Are Still Talking About The Hagler-Leonard Fight 30 Years Later By: Sean Crose In all honesty, I’m surprised the fight is still such a big deal. As the media of the time pointed out, it wasn’t the most thrilling affair. What’s more, the bout occurred just before the …
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Who is the pound-for-pound ruler: April 2017 Edition: Who’s Number One? By: Kirk Jackson Who is the best fighter pound-for-pound as we close the chapter on the first quarter of the calendar year? With Roman Gonzalez 46-1 (38 KO’s) recently falling albeit in controversial fashion, this leaves an opportunity for …
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How Many Wars Does Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez Have Left In Him? By: Sean Crose Chocolatito looks to be returning. The WBC has ordered former junior bantamweight champ Roman Gonzalez to face Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, the man who beat him this past March, in a rematch for the title strap. Gonzalez-Sor …
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Pacquiao signs to fight Jeff Horn this summer By: Matthew N. Becher It has been a wild couple of months trying to keep up with who and where WBO welterweight champion, Manny Pacquiao would be fighting next, but today he signed on the dotted line, to take on his mandatory …
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A Case of Revenge or the Same Result? Ward vs. Kovalev II By: Kirk Jackson In a bout titled “NO EXCUSES,” Andre Ward 31-0 (15 KO’s) defends his light heavyweight titles against the man who previously reigned over the division with iron fists – Sergey Kovalev 30-1-1 (26 KO’s). After …
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Omar “Super O” Douglas Robbed by Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry! By: Ken Hissner At the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, PA, Tuesday night “the 3 Blind Mice” in a Kings Promotion Omar “Super O” Douglas of Wilmington, DE, got robbed while Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry of the Bahamas now out of …
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