NEW T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS TO HOST EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN CANELO ALVAREZ AND AMIR KHAN FOR THE WBC, RING MAGAZINE, AND LINEAL MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND CANELO VS. KHAN WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, MAY 7 PRESENTED LIVE BY HBO PAY-PER-VIEW® LOS ANGELES (Feb. 19, …
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Interview with Sean Monaghan: “I would gladly fight any one of these guys if I could”
By: Matthew N. Becher Sean Monaghan is an undefeated (26-0 16KO) light heavyweight based out of Long Beach, New York. He is ranked within the top 10 of all 4 major sanctioning bodies divisional rankings and looks to take another step closer to his ultimate goal of a title shot …
Read More »Boxing’s Future Starts To Take Shape
By Sean Crose In case you didn’t know already, 2016 is not going to be as profound for the sport of boxing as 2015 was. For 2015 gave the world Mayweather-Pacquiao, and the dawn of the PBC. Nothing that big will happen this year. Still, it may be a good …
Read More »Interview with Gennady Golovkin: My focus right now is Dominc Wade
By: Francisco Martinez “Undefeated”; Gennady Golovkin vs. Dominic Wade isn’t Canelo vs. Golovkin by any means. With the WBC allowing in between fights for Gennady Golovkin & Saul Alvarez before having to face each other with Canelo being the WBC champion and Golovkin holding the interim title. After his showdown …
Read More »Manny Pacquiao’s Mind Wanders to Gay Folks, Where It Gets Stuck
By Ivan G. Goldman Most fight fans won’t care that Manny Pacquiao called gays “worse than animals.” Neither will they care that he took back his words and apologized. And if they pay attention they won’t be impressed that Floyd Mayweather, who’s made racist remarks about Pacquiao in the past, …
Read More »Interview with Jose Ramierez: Mr. Arum had a little vision
By: Francisco Martinez With a 16-0 (12 K.O’s) career start Jr. welterweight Jose Ramirez is set to fight on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley Jr. card on April 9th televised by HBO PPV. A great platform for the 140lbs phenom to display his talent. “Phenom” you ask why? Well, …
Read More »Shooting At Dublin Weigh In For Kavanagh-Bento Card
By Sean Crose Jamie Kavanagh and Antonio Jao Bento were set to fight for the WBO European Lightweight title this weekend. The fight was scratched, however after what appears to be a very public organized crime hit took place during the weigh in at Dublin’s Regency Hotel. Three people were …
Read More »Why Did Canelo Pick Khan?
By Sean Crose Okay, now that we’re all settling into the stunning fact that Canelo Alvarez will be facing Amir Khan for the middleweight title in May, it’s time to ask the glaring question that’s on everyone’s mind: Why did Canelo pick Khan? He could, after all, have faced GGG …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Thompson, Ortiz, Donaire, Vargas, Herring, Hart, Arreola, and more
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of February 2nd to February 9th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Tony Thompson Steps in to Face Luis Ortiz, Ali to Face Vargas On Saturday, March 5th …
Read More »Interview with Kent Moran: Writer/Director/Producer of the new Boxing film “The Challenger”
By: Matthew N. Becher Kent Moran began filming the boxing movie “The Challenger” in 2012. The movie takes place in the Bronx, New York and is a story about a young man, struggling to make his way through life. He needs money to make ends meet, and keep him and …
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