By Scott Gilfoid: In the robbery of the century, Anthony Crolla (26-4-1,9 KO’s) defeated Gavin Rees (37-3-1, 18 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision on Saturday night to capture the vacant WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title at the Bolton Arena, Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
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If The Best Hadn’t Fought The Best And If The Best Don’t Fight The Best
By Adrian Alvarez Jr.: I just read an article today by Dallas Oryiuk about Danny “Swift” Garcia possibly ducking or being afraid of Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse. I’m not going to get into to much detail on whether he is or not, but what I will say is I’m a huge Boxing fan and a fan of both fighters I’ve rooted for Garcia in all of his bouts and have followed him more but I wanted Lucas to win in his fight against Peterson and have great respect for him.
Terry Carruthers vs. Kieron Gray Fight Fest 2 – Judgement Day 21.06.2013
Fight Fest 2 – Judgement Day 21.06.2013
Terry Carruthers VS Kieron Gray
By Ross Tuohy: The Paragon Hotel in Birmingham was filled to capacity this past weekend as Midlands fight fans sat down to enjoy a night of top class boxing. The atmosphere built as fans witnessed such spectacles as former England International and undefeated professional Tommy Langford triumph over Robert Studzinski in a six round brawl, the professional debut of Billy ‘Boy’ Mullan and the undefeated Tommy Ghent dominating Jay Morris.
There may be trouble ahead for “The Problem” Adrien Broner
By Robbie Bannatyne: The meteoric rise of Adrien Broner (27-0, 22KO’s) continues at an unprecedented rate of knots as he continues to confound his critics by winning a 3rd World Title, in a third different weight class, at the tender age of 23.
The Cincinnati native added the WBA welterweight strap to his impressive and growing haul of titles, which also boast the WBO super featherweight and WBC lightweight championships. For his latest title, he jumped up two divisions to challenge for Paulie Malignaggi’s title in the New Yorkers backyard, the Barclays Center, Brooklyn. His audacity was awarded with a split decision victory.
The Forgotten Nicolino Locche
By Jose Muradas: I stumbled on the name while I was researching material for a Carlos Monzon article. I found Nicolino Locche instead. Rarely, do you see a fighter who could skirt punches and move in and out of combinations without being touched. I know there is Pernell Whitaker, Willie Pep, and Floyd Mayweather. Those fighters come to mind when you think superior defense.
James J. Braddock – Cinderella Man
By Daniel Risk: As a huge boxing fan, I was always extremely skeptical when it came to cinema interpretations of this great sport. I have seen many; the Rocky films, Million Dollar Baby and The Fighter and all of them have some merits but I could never comprehend two fighters delivering twenty plus haymakers every round without so much as leaving a scratch.
Truax stops George; Barthelemy destroys Sakkareerin
By Dan Ambrose: Former super middleweight contender Don George (24-4-2, 21 KO’s) was manhandled by Caleb Truax (22-1-1, 13 KO’s) in losing by a surprise 6th round KO on Friday night at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The end came when Truax hurt George with a hard right hand that sent him retreating to the ropes where Truax then flurried on him and sent him down on the canvas with a hard right hand behind his ear.
George stayed flat on his face for a long time after the knockout. Referee Gary Miezwa officially stopped the bout at 2:24 of the round.
Hurricane Warning! Best-kept secret Alexei Collado Ready to explode in U.S.
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (June 20, 2013) – The best-kept secret in professional boxing today is arguably undefeated Cuban-born Alexei “Hurricane” Collado, who has won 15 of his 16 fights by knockout, and now ranked among the top 15 super bantamweights in the world.
Hughie Fury vs. Darren Corbett on July 12th in Dundalk, Ireland
By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (6-0, 4 KO’s) will be facing an opponent with a winning record next month on July 12th against Ireland’s Darren Corbett (29-8-1, 16 KO’s) in a scheduled 6 round bout at the Fairways Hotel, in Dundalk, Ireland.
That’s the good news. The bad news is that Corbett is 40-years-old, has lost 3 out of his last 4 fights, hasn’t fought since last December, and hasn’t fought anyone that you can call a good fighter. So in other words, Corbett has won 29 fights, but he’s won them against guys that most people have never heard of and probably never will hear of unless they become a boxing historian.
Kellerman: Terrence Crawford is probably the best lightweight in boxing
By Scott Gilfoid: Max Kellerman of HBO has always had an eye for spotting talent in the boxing world. In fact, he’s got a bird’s eye for spotting top talent in the sport, and I can’t think of any occasion where he’s been wrong in naming big talent that will change the boxing world. Last Saturday night, Kellerman said that he sees unbeaten 135 lb. contender Terrence Crawford (21-0, 16 KO’s) as the best fighter in the division bar none.
Kellerman said to HBO “Terrence Crawford is thought by many, including me, as probably the best lightweight in the world.”
There it is. Kellerman has named Crawford as the best fighter in the lightweight division. That’s good enough for me.
I have to say I totally agree with Kellerman here. If Adrien Broner was still thought to be coming back down to 135, then I’d hold off as pronouncing Crawford as the best fighter in the lightweight division, but it seems pretty obvious that Broner won’t be coming back down to 135 to fight again at this weight after he gets a taste of the big money this Saturday night against WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi.