Kovalev stops White; Jennings beats Fedosov

656(Photo credits to Larry Levanti/Main Events) By Jim Dower: Unbeaten #6 WBO light heavyweight contender Sergey Kovalev (21-0-1, 19 KO’s) stayed unbeaten with an impressive 3rd round TKO win over an over-matched Cornelius White (21-2, 16 KO’s) at the Sands Casino Resort, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.

After dominating the first two rounds, Kovalev knocked White down three times in the 3rd round from big left hands before the fight was halted by the referee.

After the fight, Kovalev said “I want Bernard Hopkins next.”

It’s possible that IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins could face Kovalev. Hopkins’ scheduled July 13th opponent Karo Murat has visa problems and won’t be able to travel to the U.S to face Hopkins next month. If Hopkins chooses not to face Kovalev, then we could see Kovalev face WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly.

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Hughie Fury meets Tomas Mrazek tomorrow night, June 15th

fury5656By Scott Gilfoid: 6’6” heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (5-0, 4 KO’s) will be looking for his sixth straight win tomorrow night against journeyman Tomas Mrazek (7-40-6, 5 KO’s) in a six-round bout at the Epic Centre, Magdalen Street, Norwich, UK.

Fury, 18, has all the advantages in this fight – speed, power, youth, you name it. This is just another mismatch that is supposedly getting Fury ready for better opponents.

I don’t agree with the idea that total fodder opposition gets one ready for better fighters. Fury’s promoter should skip to the chase and put Fury in with a decent B level fighter and see how he does.

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Respecting the Sportsman

Recently, I was perusing my twitter feed and I came across Robert the Ghost Guerrero’s post of his direct message conversation/challenge with Victor Ortiz. My initial reaction to this potential bout was one of excitement.

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Provodnikov is the #1 avoided & dangerous boxer

provodnikov111By Boxing Muse – @BoxingMuse – When Ruslan ‘Siberian Rocky’ Provodnikov fought Tim Bradley in their March 16th dust up he earned himself the unofficial title of boxing’s most avoided and dangerous fighter. Sharing that reputation with heavy handed middleweight freak of nature Gennadiy Golovkin.

Although the boxing world is becoming aware of ‘Kazakh KO King’ Golovkin, experts in the fraternity have been expressing their highly regarding opinions of Gennadiy for some time now and only recently has he been taken seriously despite his tumultuous amateur career and having never been knocked down or knocked out in over 375 fights (amateur and professional combined) people were slow to give him credit.

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All the Greats are Great – end of discussion

By Rob Blakeman: This article is written in reply to the 6th June article written by ‘Puncher’s Chance’ and posted on this website entitled “Mayweather Jr isn’t as good as people think”. Firstly, this is a bit of an insult to all of “The People” who think Mayweather is brilliant, of which I am one; we’re all wrong apparently! Further on in the article he compares Floyd unfavourably with Sugars’ Leonard and Robinson, and mixes this crass analysis with several other disparaging remarks. Like every other writer here I am not doing this purely to be objective but for my opinions to which we are all entitled.

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Hughie Fury destroys Kovarik in 1st round TKO

fury4By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight Hughie Fury (5-0, 4 KO’s) stayed in the unbeaten ranks with a 1st round TKO victory over 38-year-old Ladislav Kovarik (10-15, 5 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Glow, Bluewater, Greenhithe, Kent, UK. Fury, 18, knocked the heavyset Kovarik down twice in the 1st round before the fight was stopped at 1:37 of the round by referee Mark Green following a second knockdown.

The first knockdown came from a chopping right hand to the head of Korvarik. Fury had gone right hand crazy and was nailing Kovarik with one right hand after another without using his left at all and finally Kovarik collapsed on the canvas after Hughie caught him with a chopping right hand to the head. After Kovarik got up, Hughie continued to unload almost nothing but right hands until he dropped him with a sweeping left hand that didn’t have much power on it.

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Fights The Fans Want To See!

By Elton Jackson: Are fans concerned about match ups that are good for boxing, or matching up Floyd Mayweather Jr. with a fighter that they think can give him his first loss? Over the last few days there has been lots of discussion on the Mayweather vs Alvarez match up. Many fight fans are upset with Floyd for choosing Canelo.

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Hughie Fury vs. Ladislav Kovarik this Saturday, June 8th

fury564534By Scott Gilfoid: 18-year-old heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (4-0, 3 KO’s) will be facing an opponent over twice his age this Saturday night in 38-year-old journeyman Ladislav Kovarik (10-14, 5 KO’s) on the undercard of the James DeGale vs. Stjepan Bozic fight at the Glow, Bluewater, Greenhithe, Kent, United Kingdom.

The Fury- Kovarik fight is stacked up to be another mismatch for the young Fury to pad his record with. I mean, Kovarik, from the Czech Republic, has lost 11 of his last 13 fights and one of the losses was a 1st round knockout to Richard Towers. I don’t really see the gain for the 6’6” Hughie in fighting someone of this caliber.

You’d like to see a fighter being put in with someone with at least someone that can give young Hughie some rounds, wouldn’t you?

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Angel Garcia bashes Robert Garcia’s training methods

garcia5By Meyer Lynk: Angel Garcia, aka “Mr. I would never lie to you,” aka, The Truth, aka Danny Garcia’s (26-0) father and trainer is well known for being out spoken and never holding back on saying whatever is on his mind. No matter who it offends, fighters, trainers, or fans, if Angel feels like its the truth, then hes going to say it.

We have seen him verbally assault, Kendall Holt, Amir Khan, and his most recent verbal assault that lead to a brawl, Zab Judah – just to name a few. This time he has a few things to say about the 2012 trainer of a year and former IBF champion from Oxnard, California, Robert Garcia.

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The multiple division championship frenzy

By Gerardo Granados: Future hall of fame member Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez claims to be a four division Champion but he is not because he won the interim light welter belt. He also claims he wants to become the first Mexican boxer to achieve five division championships, but hasn´t Jorge Arce supposedly already achieved it.

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