Ramon Matthews Jr

Are the judges really to blame in a year of hard fights?

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floyd8888By Ramon Matthews Jr: Judging has certainly become one boxing’s weak points over the recent years. Boxing has actually become harder to score due to the style match-ups, particularly this year. In a year that has actually been a great year for boxing so far, we will take a look at the 5 most controversial decisions of the year (in no particular order).

5. Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Marcos Maidana: In a good action fight, something rarely seen from boxing’s current best fighter on Earth Floyd Mayweather, he was outworked in the first four rounds. From that point on depending on who you talk to, Mayweather took control of the rest of the fight.

Evander Holyfield officially retires from boxing

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holyfield3423By Ramon Matthews Jr: Former 4 time heavyweight champion Evander “the Real Deal” Holyfield has announced his retirement from the sport of boxing yesterday, after almost 30 years as a professional prizefighter at the age of 51.

After winning an Olympic gold medal in 1984 he began his professional career as a cruiserweight the following year. In 1988 he became the undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world and decided he would move into the heavyweight division, and began a legendary campaign at heavyweight facing the very best fighters of his time.

Yuriorkis Gamboa in need of a signature win

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gamboa3423By Ramon Matthews Jr: Former WBA/IBF Featherweight Champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0 16KO) is set to make his return to the ring after a year long absence at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Unfortunately, waiting in the opposite corner will be Omaha’s own Terrence Crawford (23-0 16KO) with the record and skills to match. Crawford will be making the first defense of his WBO Lightweight title in his first main event fight to be broadcast on HBO.

In Gamboa’s last two fight’s he has had what some boxing fans would consider to be sub par performances. In his first return from a 15 month layoff, he faced Michael Farenas in a bout where he was knocked down by a counter left in the 9th round and also suffered a cut but he rallied back to win. 6 months later he took on then unbeaten Darleys Perez for the WBA Interim Lightweight championship who he later knocked down and defeated by way of a unanimous decision.