By Omar Torres: Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2) was a world class fighter for most of his career, beating fighters like Roy Jones, Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Winky Wright, Kelly Pavlik, and Jean Pascal and also winning Ring Magazine belts in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. But there is one opponent that Bernard Hopkins or any fighter or athlete in the world can’t beat and that is father time.
Yes, Hopkins has impressively seem to have found the fountain of youth and still is performing at a high level for his age, as he has broken George Forman’s record in being the oldest boxer to win a championship title in 2011 as he beat Jean Pascal for the WBC light heavyweight title at 46 years old, But for how long will this last?
By Omar Torres: Amir Khan (27-3 19 K.O) seems to be ready on possibly moving to the welterweight division at least to face former WBA World welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (33-1 22 KO’s), who defeated fellow countrymen and friend Ricky Hatton last year and ended Hatton’s comeback. Khan is planning on fighting Senchenko at the Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom. This would be the first time in two years that Khan will fight in his home soil in front of a possible sell out crowd full of his loyal fans.
By Omar Torres: Manny Pacquiao, Sergio Martinez, Saul Alvarez, Juan Manuel Marquez, hell even Tim Bradley are fighters that are more deserving to get a shot at the P4P king Floyd Mayweather Jr.(43-0) Than Robert Guerrero (35-1-1). Yes, Robert Guerrero beat Andre Berto (31-1-1) & Selcuk Aydin (30-1-1), but other than that Robert has no other elite fighters under his belt.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has started a trend with this Olympic style drug testing as of late, lately that style of testing is being purpose in possible upcoming bouts like Manny Pacquiao/Juan Manuel Marquez & Sergio Martinez/Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and It makes a world of sense. Just like MLB (Major League Baseball) has done with their performance enhancing drugs issues by having random testing throughout the season, boxing should do the same.
By Omar Torres: Seems like all signs are pointing to Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez for the 5th time in September 2013. Marquez has said that his boxing status was up to his wife. If she thought he should retire, he would rise into the sun set and retire. If she permits him to take on the Pacman one final time he would be open for negotiations.
By Omar Torres: Last night I posted an article about boxing evolving over the years as an international sport, and boxers from all over the world have kept our sport thriving, and I made a top 3 list of boxers from 4 major countries that produce some of the current great boxers we see today. I couldn’t fit a lot of the other nations so last night I did 4, the U.S, U.K, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Today I will be doing 4 more: The Philippines, Cuba, Ukraine, and Argentina. This list isn’t by any means an official list. Feel free to show some love to your country and comment your top 3 boxers from your nation below.
By Omar Torres: Boxing has evolved over the years as an international sport, and boxers from all over the world have kept our sport thriving .I personally appreciate the boxers and the sold out boxing event’s that happen all over the world. So I did a list of the top three boxers of four major countries that produce the current great boxers that we see today, the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Feel free to write a comment of your counties top 3 boxers below.