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Mike Lee gets down to the business of boxing in 2017
SAN DIEGO, February 14, 2017 – Athletes don’t pursue boxing because it’s the easy path to fame or fortune. Most boxers are driven to escape tough times, whether poverty, crime, or a difficult family life. When there’s another option, why work so hard and risk so much? Undefeated light heavyweight Mike Lee is one of ...
Desert double: Berchelt beats Vargas; Miura stops Roman
INDIO, California, January 28, 2017 – Fans saw the first “Fight of the Year” candidate for 2017 Saturday at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. But it was the co-main event that provided the superior fireworks. In the main event, a determined Miguel “The Scorpion” Berchelt of Mexico battered Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas all over ...
Santa Cruz takes his title back from Frampton
SAN DIEGO, January 28, 2017 – People who assumed Las Vegas would give Leo Santa Cruz of Los Angeles a home field advantage for his rematch with Irish WBA featherweight champion Carl “The Jackal” Frampton were proven dead wrong thanks to the throngs of boisterous Irish fans cheering on their hero. But their loyalty could only ...
Frampton vs. Santa Cruz 2: a rematch worth the repeat
SAN DIEGO, January 27, 2017 – It wasn’t long after fight fans heard “And the new” at the end of a competitive fight crowning Irish featherweight Carl “The Jackal” Frampton (23-0, 14 KOs) the WBA featherweight champion with a majority decision victory over Leo Santa Cruz (32-1-1, 18 KOs) of Los Angeles when talk began ...
Knockout lover’s delight: Vargas vs. Bechelt, Miura vs. Roman, HBO Saturday
SAN DIEGO, January 27, 2017 – Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas earned his WBC super featherweight title and defended it over the toughest total of 21 rounds in two fights any boxer has endured since Arturo Gatti. Fans hope Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KOs) will deliver his third straight Fight of the Year show against Mexican slugger ...
James DeGale and Badou Jack battle to a draw in Brooklyn
SAN DIEGO, January 14, 2017 – When boxing fans are treated to an action-packed fight between two worthy champions, it’s hard to see either of them lose. Thanks to the judges at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, we were spared a loss by either British boxing hopes IBF super middleweight champion James DeGale (23-1-1, 14 ...
Undercard results: Davis, Aleem, Serrano score impressive wins in Brooklyn
SAN DIEGO, January 14, 2016 – Showtime Boxing’s televised undercard fights at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn offered fans plenty of action and a look at some competitors they may not have known before. Undefeated prospect Gervonta Davis (17-0, 16 KOs) graduated to contender with a star-making performance Saturday, stopping veteran champion Jose Pedraza (22-2, ...
Puerto Rican boxing champions hope to please Brooklyn fans Saturday
SAN DIEGO, January 14, 2016 – Showtime and Showtime Extreme Boxing’s televised undercard fights at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn offers fans the chance to see Puerto Rico’s two champions put to the test, including a women’s bout that could steal the show. In the co-main event for the Jack vs. DeGale bout, Jose Pedraza ...
Super middleweight showdown: Jack vs. DeGale, Showtime, 10 pm ET
SAN DIEGO, January 14, 2017 – British boxing hopes IBF super middleweight champion James DeGale (23-1, 14 KOs) will continue the UK’s boxing renaissance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn in Saturday’s super middleweight unification bout against Swedish-born WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack (21-1-1, 12 KOs). The bout is the main event of Showtime’s ...
Golovkin vs. Jacobs: Meeting of the middleweight minds (VIDEO)
SAN DIEGO, January 13, 2017 – Boxing fans love knockouts. With 35 consecutive knockouts and 61 total knockouts in 68 fights between them, the March 18 bout between unified middleweight champion Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin of Kazakhstan (36-0, 33 KOs) and WBA champion Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs of Brooklyn, New York (32-1, 29 KOs) at ...
Golovkin vs. Jacobs media tour kicks off at MSG; watch live news conference Tuesday at 12 noon ET
SAN DIEGO, January 9, 2017 – Unified WBC, WBA, IBF and IBO middleweight world champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and WBA middleweight champion and mandatory challenger Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) had their first meeting Monday on center court at Madison Square Garden during the New York Knicks vs. New Orleans ...
Miguel Cotto vs. James Kirkland: fighting for their legacy
LOS ANGELES, January 8, 2017 – Four-division champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico is a sure bet for the Boxing Hall of Fame after he decides to hang up the gloves. At age 36, that day is not too far away. Former junior middleweight champion James Kirkland of Austin, Texas would like to see several ...
Boxing’s Fight of the Year 2016: Vargas makes it dos with Salido
SAN DIEGO, January 1, 2017 – Boxing began 2016 with anticipation for several significant matchups: the Klitschko-Fury rematch, the Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin showdown, super flyweights Roman Gonzalez and Naoya Inoue, and Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev vs. Andre Ward (or Adonis Stevenson, we wouldn’t be picky). Only one of these came to pass, just six ...
Ringside Seat’s 2016 Fighter of the Year: Carl Frampton
SAN DIEGO, December 31, 2016 – In a year where there are several worthy candidates, choosing a Fighter of the Year for 2016 boils down to a judgment call defined by an informed but admittedly personal definition of excellence. The Ringside Seat shortlist this year features boxers in weight divisions at 140 pounds or below: ...
Boxing’s best of 2016: knockout, upset, comeback, rising star, trainer
SAN DIEGO, December 29, 2016 – As we look back in the Year in Boxing 2016, still colored by Mayweather vs. Pacquiao and the shifting promotional sands, boxing provided numerous individual achievements deserving of our acknowledgment, our attention and our applause. People love this sport because its athletes put everything on the line every single ...
HBO Boxing airs its Best Fights of 2016 this week
SAN DIEGO – December 26, 2016 – In the return of a holiday tradition for fight fans, HBO Boxing airs its best fights from 2016 for fans to enjoy again, or perhaps catch up with for the first time. Starting on Tuesday, December 27, and continuing for four consecutive nights, HBO will air six top ...
Smith Jr. stops Father Time, ends Hopkins career with TKO win
INGLEWOOD, Calif., December 17, 2016 – Future Hall of Fame boxer Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins (55-8-2, 32 KOs) entered the ring to the sounds of his own version of “My Way,” flanked by two hooded executioner’s ‘guards’ as he stepped into the ring. The Los Angeles crowd of 6,513 at The Forum greeted the Philadelphia ...
Jason Quigley scores quick knockout on Hopkins-Smith undercard Saturday
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – December 17, 2016 – Christmas came early for Irish transplant Jason Quigley (12-0, 10 KOs) of Donegal, Ireland. He came blazing out of the corner and got right to work with power punches against Jorge Melendez of Puerto Rico (28-8-1, 26 KOs). He landed several right hooks for his first knockdown. Melendez ...
Bombs away; Barrera, Ellis, and Rios in KO wins at Fantasy Springs
INDIO, California, December 16, 2016 – Fans had to ask themselves what might have happened if the version of Cuban light heavyweight Sullivan Barrera who showed up Friday night at the Fantasy Springs Casino had showed up last March against Andre Ward. Barrera and Ukrainian Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (17-1, 14 KOs) delivered an all-action fight for ...