Month: November 2011

By James Slater: In what has been a very sad year for heavyweight boxing – what with the deaths of Sir Henry Cooper in May and of “Smokin’” Joe Frazier … Read more

By Paul Strauss: El Mono, Argentina. HBO coverage bounced from Cincinnati to Mexico City. First, Adrien “The Problem” Broner 22-0 (KO 18) was featured in his hometown against Vincente Martin … Read more

By Rob Smith: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez Saul Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) looked very impressive tonight in taking apart former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (33-5-1, 28 KO’s) … Read more

CANASTOTA, NY – NOVEMBER 27, 2011 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame joins the worldwide boxing community in mourning the loss of 1970s heavyweight contender Ron Lyle, who passed … Read more

Two of the most exciting fighters in the lighter weight divisions of boxing will battle on December 11 as Brian Viloria (29-3-0, 16 KOs) defends his World Boxing Organization (WBO) … Read more

By James Slater: The November 26th, 1982 heavyweight title fight between defending champ Larry Holmes and challenger Randall “Tex” Cobb was so one-sided, the very fact that the match was … Read more

By James Slater: How the mighty have fallen. In his heyday, Jose Luis Castillo was up there with the true cream of Mexican warriors. The fighter born in Sonora on … Read more

Adrien Broner 128.5 – Martin Rodriguez 129.5 – for vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight title) Gary Russell Jr 127 – Heriberto Ruiz 126.5 Deontay Wilder 215.5 – David … Read more

LAS VEGAS (November 25, 2011) – World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International Boxing Association (“IBA”) light heavyweight World champion Beibut Shumenov is encouraged by media reports and quotes from World … Read more

By Prince Dornu-Leiku: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Joshua Clottey AKA the grandmaster has exclusively reiterated to his desire to be a world champion again but most importantly, … Read more