By Ivan G. Goldman As the Canelo Alvarez-Floyd Mayweather superfight looms ever so close, the depth of Oscar De La Hoya’s hostility toward Mayweather has gradually been revealed. It doesn’t look like any marketing gimmick either. You have to wonder whether the business partnership between the two can survive the …
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American Heavyweight News: Cristobal Arreola Annihilates Seth Mitchell
By Johnny Walker Tonight on Showtime Boxing from Indio, California, the American heavyweight scene became a little clearer when Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola destroyed hype job Seth Mitchell and likely sent him into the netherworld of boxing failures. Many pundits, including this one, were picking a first round Arreola win, …
Read More »Kubrat Pulev One Step Closer
By Rachel Aylett On 24 August in Schwerin, Germany, Kubrat Pulev outscored American veteran Tony Thompson to push forward in his quest for world honours. Pulev therefore succeeded where David Price had twice failed in surmounting his biggest hurdle on the way to the top of the heavyweight mountain. One …
Read More »Jackie Kallen: Chris Arreola vs Seth Mitchell Sat Night
By Jackie Kallen Although the Chavev, Jr. fight for this weekend was postponed, there is still a good fight card to watch on Showtime. Heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell is stepping up his game a notch by facing the banger Chris Arreola at Fantasy Springs. The fight is a turning point …
Read More »Jackie Kallen: Good Bye Tommy “The Duke” Morrison
By Jackie Kallen They called him The Duke” because he was distantly related to the old actor John Wayne. At 6’2″ and handsome as a movie star himself, Tommy Morrison burst on the heavyweight scene in the late 1980s and made his mark. White heavyweights were always a rarity and …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather Final Media Interview Roundtable Recap
Okay, thank you, operator. Thank you, everybody, for joining us today on this conference call with eight-time, five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather and Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions. Before I introduce Leonard, who will introduce Floyd, I wanted to do make a couple comments. First of all, Floyd Mayweather …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Preview: Mitchell vs. Arreola, Marquez vs. Esquivias
By: William Holmes Saturday’s Golden Boy Promotions card from Indio, California will be the last major US televised boxing card before next week’s Mayweather vs. Alvarez PPV event. It features an intriguing matchup in the junior featherweight division between Rafael Marquez and Efrain Esquivias as well as a heavyweight title …
Read More »Do Stars Favor Floyd Mayweather Against Canelo Alvarez? Or Will He See Stars?
By Ivan G. Goldman Mexicans have been very kind to Floyd Mayweather. First, Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez kayoed Manny Pacquiao last year in the 6th round of the last of their four-bout series. The brutal, one-punch knockout finally gave Mayweather a non-ridiculous excuse not to fight Pacquiao, a fighter he’d …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Collazo, Pascal, Alvarez, Mayweather, Stevens, Golovkin, and more….
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of August 26th to September 2nd, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Collazo Decisions Sanchez Luis Collazo (34-5) took on Alan Sanchez (12-3-1) in the welterweight division at …
Read More »Can An Older Floyd Mayweather Dominate Canelo Alvarez As He Did Ricky Hatton?
By Ivan G. Goldman Video clips of Canelo Alvarez fiercely attacking the heavy bag in preparation for Floyd Mayweather were reminiscent of Ricky Hatton doing the same thing as he got ready for the same opponent – with two big differences. Canelo is bigger, stronger, hits harder, and is a …
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