Today Meldrick Taylor celebrates his 53rd birthday. The former Olympic gold medal winner and two-time world champion had an amazing career, his brilliance in the ring wowing fans in the 1980s and ’90s. » Read More
Today In ’93: Robbery At The Alamodome As Pernell Whitaker Is Held To A Draw By Julio Cesar Chavez
- Leave a CommentSome fans say it was the worst robbery in boxing history. Others say we have seen worse, but not, thankfully, too much. » Read More
Thomas Hearns & Julio Cesar Chavez confirmed for Box Fan Expo on May 4
-Boxing’s Mexican living legend Julio Cesar Chavez has confirmed that he will appear at the fifth annual Box Fan Expo on Saturday May 4, 2019 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. » Read More
25 Years Ago: The Greatest Mexican Fighter In History Was Dissected By A Surgeon: Randall/Chavez
-If the great Julio Cesar Chavez is the finest fighter to have ever come out of the proud country of Mexico then Frankie Randall is the man responsible for pulling off one of the biggest boxing upsets of the 1990s. » Read More
All these years later: Did Steele get it right in stopping Chavez-Taylor?
-28 long years ago today, Saint Patrick’s Day in 1990, a truly great, controversial and simply unforgettable prizefight took place in Las Vegas; a fight so crammed full of drama that, had it been a piece of fiction depicted in a boxing movie, it would have been highly criticised for being far, far, far too unrealistic. » Read More
25 years ago today: The Chavez-Haugen monster card and the biggest live gate of all-time
-An incredible, record-breaking 133,000 fans packed into Azteca Stadium in Mexico a quarter of a century ago today; most, if not all of these fans in attendance to watch their fistic hero Julio Cesar Chavez beat up on trash-talking challenger Greg Haugen. » Read More
When the great Julio Cesar Chavez lost his unbeaten record – 89-0-1!
-Simply unbeatable in his prime years – 1984 to 1993 – Mexican icon and all-time great Julio Cesar Chavez tore through the super-featherweight, lightweight and super-lightweight divisions, capturing world titles in each weight class and retaining them for a substantial amount of time. » Read More
Fighting through the blood, sweat and tears: Boxing’s bloodiest bouts
-Right now, UK trade paper Boxing News has a list of the worst facial injuries suffered by fighters. » Read More
“Don’t believe that,” says Anthony Dirrell on Julio Cesar Chavez Junior fight
-Anthony Dirrell says we can forget all about the recent tweet put out by Julio Cesar Chavez Junior, who said he would be fighting Dirrell on November 11 (the fight even going up on BoxRec). » Read More
Canelo vs Chavez Jr: Oscar De La Hoya urges Chavez Jr to “stop tweeting lies and sign the contract”
-It seems Oscar De La Hoya is running out of patience over the ongoing negotiations for the possible May 6 Canelo Alvarez-Julio Cesar Chavez Junior fight. » Read More