By Chris Cela MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTENDER BRIAN VERA MEETS DONATAS BONDOROVAS TONIGHT ON FNF Tonight on ESPN, live from the Turning Point Casino in Verona, NY, middleweight contender and WBO NABO titlist Brian Vera (22-6, 13 KO) will have look to stay true to his bid of fighting for a world …
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Golden Boy’s Ring Magazine Site Appears to Have Nervous Breakdown over Lamont Peterson
By Ivan G. Goldman The crackup at Ring magazine and its RingTV website is turning into something worse. The Ring’s Humpty Dumpty has fallen off the wall and appears to be oozing life. Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy, which owns Ring, late in the day released a press statement …
Read More »Joint Statement from Team Guerrero, Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions
LOS ANGELES (March 28) – Early this morning Six-Time and Four Division World Champion Robert Guerrero was checking in his luggage at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, bound for Las Vegas, and, as he was doing so, made sure to advise the authorities that they needed …
Read More »Golden Boy’s “Bible of Boxing” Corrects Itself about Lamont Peterson
By Ivan G. Goldman As an unlicensed gynecologist I should have known better than to believe Lamont Peterson would take a women’s fertility drug. That’s what RingTV.com alleged today before it took down the story. The article, which attributed its information to an unnamed source, created a big stir in …
Read More »Queens DA Issues Statement: Files Felony Charges Against Robert Guerrero, Due in Court 5/14
The Queens DA issues the following 2 press releases: Robert Guerrero,the current WBC welterweight champion, has been arraigned this afternoon before Queens Criminal Court Judge Ernest Hart on a four-count criminal complaint charging him with one count of criminal possession of a firearm and three counts of third-degree criminal possession …
Read More »HBO Boxing Preview: Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado, Crawford vs. Prescott
By: William Holmes The junior welterweight division is stacked, and even though a lot of the top junior welterweights fight for Golden Boy Promotions, Top Rank has a few crowd pleasing junior welterweights of their own. In fact two junior welterweights under their control are giving boxing fans a sequel …
Read More »Robert Guerrero Gets the Hook at Airport – Arressted In Possession of Firearm
A funny thing happened to Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero as he was getting ready to hop on a flight to take him to Las Vegas for a date with destiny. Destiny, in a sense, may have come a little early. Guerrero, who is scheduled for the biggest fight of his …
Read More »UPDATED: Tony Thompson to Rematch David Price, July 6 in Liverpool? Thompson Denies Story
By Johnny Walker In a surprise announcement, a rematch between British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price and American veteran Tony Thompson has been signed and will take place once again in Price’s hometown of Liverpool, at the Echo Arena on July 6. The 6-foot-8 inch Price (15-1, 13 KOs) …
Read More »Will Brandon Rios KO Mike Alvarado Quicker This Time?
By Ivan G. Goldman I don’t think I’ve ever seen a fight stopped without some wacko complaining that the referee stepped in too soon, and the first Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado bout was no exception. So let me try to make this as clear as I can. Alvarado was done. Unresponsive, …
Read More »Heavyweight Division Heats Up: Haye To Return Full-Time, Vitali Says “Get In Line”
by Johnny Walker As David “Hayemaker” Haye prepares to make his return to full-time heavyweight fighting official tomorrow, his main target, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” Klitschko, has re-entered the fray to both scotch rumors of his immiment retirement and to put Haye in his place. While Tuesday gave …
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