SAN DIEGO, December 14, 2013 – Marcos “El Chino” Maidana presented a real problem for Adrien “The Problem” Broner in San Antonio Saturday, winning an upset unanimous decision after 12 rounds of nonstop action. It was a matchup sure to be on every writer’s Top Ten Fights of 2013 and a serious candidate for “Fight ...
SAN DIEGO, December 13, 2013 – Adrien “The Problem” Broner needs to have a dominating victory over the hard-punching Marcos Maidana on Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio in their junior welterweight title fight if he wants fans to consider him one of boxing’s major stars like his mentor, Floyd Mayweather. Broner’s situation ...
SAN DIEGO, October 26, 2013 – Bernard Hopkins admits he’s a freak, like something from another planet. How else to explain that he is still going strong in one of the toughest sports on Earth at age 48? His new nickname is fitting: Hopkins is now calling himself “The Alien,” setting aside his longtime moniker ...
SAN DIEGO, October 18, 2013 – You wouldn’t know it from watching boxer Gennady Golovkin in the ring. His fights rarely last more than a few rounds until he knocks out his opponent. Only two of his last 14 bouts have lasted more five rounds; ten of them were finished in three rounds or less. ...
SAN DIEGO, October 5, 2013 – Welcome back, Miguel Cotto. Cotto accomplished exactly what he set out to do Saturday in Florida, putting himself back on the path to fighting big name opponents with a crushing third round TKO win over Delvin Rodriguez. It’s good news for Cotto, good news for trainer Freddie Roach, better ...
SAN DIEGO, September 18, 2013 – Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who beat Muhammad Ali and then lost a controversial decision to him in Yankee Stadium, died Wednesday at a veterans care facility in Las Vegas at age 70. Norton had been in poor health for the last several years after suffering a series of strokes. ...
SAN DIEGO, May 1, 2013 – Love him or hate him, Floyd Mayweather rules as the most exciting name and biggest draw in boxing today. His year-long absence from the ring ends this weekend in a Showtime pay-per-view fight against Californian Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Now with 72 ...