Gennady Golovkin: The Boogie Man of the Middleweight Division

03/15/2017 by Dimond Dallas

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By Dimond Dallas: With his toughest test just around the corner, the Boxing world is all buzzing about the Boxing Machine from Kazakhstan. Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin, more affectionately known quite simply as just Triple G to his ever growing legions of fans, has been a man on a mission in the last few years. With a single minded focus on unifying all the titles in the middleweight division, he has set out to cement his name in history books as one of the all time greats. And with just the smallest portion of the world title out of his grasp he seems truly set to achieve his goal. But another interesting trend has emerged of late…

Dereck Chisora: Back with a bang in fight against Deontay Wilder

05/09/2013 by Dimond Dallas

By Dimond Dallas: First off, I know that British heavyweight “Del Boy” already made his comeback on April 20 in a lackluster TKO stoppage win over Hector Avila who was someone just there for Dereck Chisora (16-4, 10 KO’s) to beat and get some much needed rounds in after his rather extended period of inactivity… but his upcoming fight with Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) next month on June 15h at the Wembley Arena in London, UK is the one fight with which he will be make his ‘real’ return to the ring… where I hope that he decides to comeback with a bang…

Dereck Chisora is a legitimate top name in heavyweight boxing now and there is something about his rise to fame that all boxing promoters and boxers alike must take note of and that is in professional boxing what is important is to have a degree of legitimacy about you as against having a padded up resume with meaningless wins against nameless oppositions…

Chris Arreola: Always close, but never close enough

05/04/2013 by Dimond Dallas

By Dimond Dallas: The best thing that most people will say about Chris Arreola (35-3, 30 KO’s) is that he has always been so close to actually being a legitimate top tier heavyweight, but upon closer scrutiny I have always felt that he has never been close enough to justify that and he has never been fair to his own talent and potential.

I remember in the late 2000’s when Chris Arreola’s star was on the rise and he was touted by everyone as the next big thing in boxing, the Knockout sensation from America and they guy who everyone thought was going to be that mythical American Heavyweight who ushers in a new era of American dominance in heavyweight boxing. However, even his ardent of supporters back then ended their praise with the assessment that all he needs to do is loose some weight, get into shape and then he’s ready to step up to the big league.

The rise of Tyson Fury

04/30/2013 by Dimond Dallas

By Dimond Dallas: Just about a little while ago heavyweight Tyson Fury was looked upon by everyone as just another ‘big guy’ from Great Britain always destined to live in the shadow of the much more fancied David Price, it was almost as if people expected them to be the Frank Bruo and Lennox Lewis of their generation respectively… Tyson might get a few wins but will always live in the shadows of David Price… I never looked at things that way…

For starters David Price is much more older than Fury and has had much more experience as an amateur than what Fury had and still he is yet to beat anyone even reasonably good… with all his amateur experience and accomplishments he’s a guy that is pushing 30 and the only noteworthy opponent he has faced is Tony Thompson who was himself picked because he fit the ‘profile’… he was another 40 year old guy who was totally mauled by Wladimir Klitschko in their last fight, he was supposed to be the guy Price would beat to announce to the world his arrival but that story didn’t shape up the way Price’s camp would’ve liked it to have… the stray lucky punch notwithstanding this was supposed to be just another past-his-prime 40 year old for Prie to beat easily, albeit one with more name recognition at a world stage than Price’s earlier competition…

Why Haye-Charr is actually a good thing

04/30/2013 by Dimond Dallas

By Dallas: With it now clear that David Haye’s opponent for his June 29th comeback will be Manuel Charr certain quarters were immediately rolling their eyes claiming that Haye had opted for an easy opponent and that this would not make for an interesting fight. I would disagree with this sentiment.

For starters, this will be a good fight to promote and is almost the perfect bout for the Haymaker’s return. The British boxing fans are already aware of who Charr is thanks to his ‘invasion’ of Haye/ Chisora post-fight press conference, Charr seemed to handle himself well and also seemed to know what he wanted. Haye might have seemed to have been dismissive of Charr at that moment but he did make an impact.