By: William Holmes ESPN Friday Night Fights was broadcast from the UIC in Chicago, Illinois. The broadcast was delayed for thirty minutes due to the NIT tournament, but the arena remained packed, and it was much more crowded than other previous Friday Night shows from Las Vegas. The first fight …
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By Chris Cella Live tomorrow from the GETEC Arena in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, two of the super middleweight’s top ten ranked fighters will put it all on the line for the WBO title. Reigning champion Arthur Abraham (36-3, 28 KO) will look to defend his belt against Robert Stieglitz (43-3, …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Did Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. really smoke a $900,000 joint? Must have been some high. I suppose we can all be thankful to the crime-fighters at the Nevada commission who brought Junior to justice and punished him with a $900,000 fine and a nine-month suspension for …
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FRED STERNBURG: When Ernie Banks said “Let’s Play Two” he had to be thinking about the Brandon “Bam-Bam” Rios and Mike “Mile High” Alvarado Interim World Championship rematch coming up on March 30 at Mandalay Bay Live on HBO. Last year’s fight many thought was the Fight-of-the-Year and they are …
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Hughie Fury, the 18-year-old cousin of heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, seems as if he might be a more mild-mannered sort than his motor-mouthed relative. While six-foot-nine Tyson, 24, prepares for his US debut against American veteran Steve Cunningham at Madison Square Garden on April 20, the six-foot-eight inch tall Hughie …
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By Jackie Kallen I stopped in to check out the action at Bad Boy Gym last week in Royal Oak, MI and met a tough kid from Chicago named Don George who was there getting ready for his fight tomorrow night with David Alonso Lopez. It is on the undercard …
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This week’s telecast of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights comes live from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, featuring a former super middleweight prospect who dropped down in weight, throwing hands with one of the a former world title challenger and extensive ring veteran. In the main event of the night, Donovan …
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By Chris Cella Following his impressive win over Miguel Cotto last December, undefeated WBA world light middleweight champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout (26-0, 14 KO) has exploded onto the scene and has become one of the most sought out fighters in the division. On April 20 he will put his …
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By Ivan G. Goldman The big chiefs of professional boxing proved this week that they can act almost as stupidly as governments. Appropriately, their demonstration of imbecility took place on the tenth anniversary of what many foreign policy experts consider America’s dumbest foreign adventure — the invasion of Iraq. Sure, …
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By Kirk Jackson He got clobbered and knocked all around the ring but he stumbled to the finish line victorious. Just as he has done his entire career it seems. He did it against Kendall Holt, he did it against Manny Pacquiao and he did it again this past weekend. …
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