By Sean Crose Let’s face facts – there’s a lot to like about Canelo Alvarez. He’s exciting. He’s not a jerk. He’s been willing to take on all comers – including the difficult Erislandy Lara at a point in his career where he arguably couldn’t afford another loss. So yeah, …
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Jean Pascal Teams Up With Freddie Roach
By Sean Crose While many fight fans are looking ahead to what seems to be an inevitable throwdown between Sergey Kovalev and pound for pound bigshot Andre Ward, one former Kovalev opponent has some plans to ruin the party. Jean Pascal may have been beaten soundly by Kovalev in an …
Read More »HBO PPV Round by Round Results: Canelo Decisions Cotto to Win Middleweight Title
By: William Holmes Three fights and a concert were shown on the undercard before the start of the main event of the night between Canelo Alvarez and Miguel Cotto. The undercard featured a snooze fest between Rigondeaux and Francisco and an action packed fight between Muira and Vargas, but the …
Read More »HBO PPV Undercard Results: Vargas Stop Miura in Slugfest, Rigondeaux and Rios Victorious
By: William Holmes Boxing’s storied rivalry between Puerto Rico and Mexico continued tonight as linear middleweight champion Miguel Cotto faced Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez in the main event of the evening and the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada Several title fights were featured on the undercard, and …
Read More »Friday Night Knockout on TruTV Results: Ramirez wins by Decisions, Rodriguez wins by KO.
By: Matthew N. Becher Top Rank promotions brought its monthly boxing card live on TruTv from The Cosmopolitan Hotel in downtown Las Vegas to showcase a couple of its young prospects in a huge fight weekend in Sin City, the night before Canelo Alvarez is to take on Miguel Cotto. …
Read More »HBO PPV Boxing Preview: Cotto vs. Canelo, Velez vs. Rios, Rigondeaux vs. Francisco, and Miura vs. Vargas
By: William Holmes Tonight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada the second biggest boxing pay per view of the year will take place on HBO Pay Per View. Two world titles will be on the line as Takashi Miura will defend his WBC Junior Lightweight Title …
Read More »Betting Odds Favor Canelo Alvarez-Miguel Cotto Going the Distance
By Ivan G. Goldman Canelo Alvarez and Miguel Cotto are both bangers and merciless finishers, but despite the 65 kayos they’ve accumulated over the course of their violent careers, oddsmakers see the fight Saturday night going to the scorecards. The over-under is set at 11 ½ rounds. The 5Dimes offshore …
Read More »Jackie Kallen: Will Cotto/Alvarez be the fight of the year?
By Jackie Kallen After two lackluster Mayweather fights in a row, fans are expecting the Saturday match-up between Miguel Cotto and Saul Alvarez to be a barn-burner. People are not so quick to part with their money right before the holidays; especially for a boring fight. Both fighters have predicted …
Read More »Miguel Cotto vs. Saul Alvarez breakdown and prediction
By Kirk Jackson Nov. 21st marks a day that will live in infamy. This is a date, many boxing fans have anticipated for almost a year now. Nov. 21st marks the day Saul “Canelo” Alvarez 45-1-1 (32 KO’s) challenges the current lineal and “The Ring” middleweight champion of the world …
Read More »WBC No Longer Recognizes Cotto As Middleweight Champ
By Sean Crose “The WBC withdraws recognition of Miguel Cotto as WBC Middleweight World Champion.” Boom. Those words, posted on Twitter today by the World Boxing Council, will undoubtedly reverberate throughout the fight world for some time, as Cotto was expected to defend that very title against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez …
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