Is Andre Ward p4p #1 in boxing now?

11/19/2012 by Pat B

By Denzel: Lets clear one thing up right now; I am from the UK and unlike some contributors to this site. I do not show unfair bias to any fighters regardless of what country they originate from as this article shows.

Currently most websites that have a ranking system for boxing have either Floyd Mayweather Jr or Manny Pacquiao as their pound for pound number one. Whilst I can understand the reasoning behind these rankings I have begun to grow disillusioned with these two, as they haven’t fought the best opposition available to them, i.e each other.

Sugar Ray Robinson: What we all missed

11/15/201211/14/2012 by Pat B

By Denzel: Joe Echevarria. His name doesn’t ring a bell does it? This is the name of Sugar Ray Robinson’s first professional opponent. After a reported amateur record of 89-0 including 69 of those wins coming by way of knockout (unofficially Ray had 125 amateur fights, some unregistered and went undefeated in all of them), Ray turned professional in 1940 and won his debut by 2nd round TKO. Ray retired in 1965 with a record of 173-19-6 with 2 no-contests and 108 KO’s.

A lot of Sugar Ray’s later fights were videoed, and many of us have watched these tapes mesmerized by the skill, poise, power and speed shown by ‘Sugar’. The thing is when Ray Robinson was in his absolute boxing prime, boxing at lightweight and welterweight,most of his fights weren’t filmed, which is a crying shame!

Pacquiao vs. Rios anybody?!

11/14/201211/13/2012 by Pat B

By Denzel: A bout between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios SHOULD be made early next year. I can already hear the Floyd Mayweather fans laughing about this, taking swipes at Pacquiao for not fighting ‘Pretty Boy.’ But let’s be honest, after almost three years of attempted negotiations we are no closer to this dream fight. I think it is safe to say this fight is not going to happen, and even if it does it will not hold the historical significance it would of a few years ago. Now once everybody comes to terms with this I think fans interest will turn to more realistic fights that COULD be made.

I will make no bones about it, I think Pacquiao vs. Rios would be one hell of a fight. Is Pacquiao past it to the point were a young, hungry lion like Rios could take the W?? Has Rios got it in him to weather the Pacquiao storm, take his shots and keep coming forward?

Golovkin: Future middleweight ruler?

11/12/2012 by Pat B

First lets take a look at the current middleweight landscape. We have one champion who stands atop of the current pile, but is the wrong side of 30, one so-called world champion who just unified two of the alphabet belts, only to not fight his mandatory and be stripped of the WBA title. Now why would a unified world champion give up a belt they had fought for, for most of their lives for without a fight?

Now I know everybody is going to say Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO’s) isn’t a big enough draw. He has only had one fight in America on HBO etc. The simple fact off the matter is that Daniel Geale didn’t want to fight Golovkin.