By Daniel Risk: As a huge boxing fan, I was always extremely skeptical when it came to cinema interpretations of this great sport. I have seen many; the Rocky films, Million Dollar Baby and The Fighter and all of them have some merits but I could never comprehend two fighters delivering twenty plus haymakers every round without so much as leaving a scratch.
Latest
Truax stops George; Barthelemy destroys Sakkareerin
By Dan Ambrose: Former super middleweight contender Don George (24-4-2, 21 KO’s) was manhandled by Caleb Truax (22-1-1, 13 KO’s) in losing by a surprise 6th round KO on Friday night at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The end came when Truax hurt George with a hard right hand that sent him retreating to the ropes where Truax then flurried on him and sent him down on the canvas with a hard right hand behind his ear.
George stayed flat on his face for a long time after the knockout. Referee Gary Miezwa officially stopped the bout at 2:24 of the round.
Hurricane Warning! Best-kept secret Alexei Collado Ready to explode in U.S.
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (June 20, 2013) – The best-kept secret in professional boxing today is arguably undefeated Cuban-born Alexei “Hurricane” Collado, who has won 15 of his 16 fights by knockout, and now ranked among the top 15 super bantamweights in the world.
Hughie Fury vs. Darren Corbett on July 12th in Dundalk, Ireland
By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (6-0, 4 KO’s) will be facing an opponent with a winning record next month on July 12th against Ireland’s Darren Corbett (29-8-1, 16 KO’s) in a scheduled 6 round bout at the Fairways Hotel, in Dundalk, Ireland.
That’s the good news. The bad news is that Corbett is 40-years-old, has lost 3 out of his last 4 fights, hasn’t fought since last December, and hasn’t fought anyone that you can call a good fighter. So in other words, Corbett has won 29 fights, but he’s won them against guys that most people have never heard of and probably never will hear of unless they become a boxing historian.
Kellerman: Terrence Crawford is probably the best lightweight in boxing
By Scott Gilfoid: Max Kellerman of HBO has always had an eye for spotting talent in the boxing world. In fact, he’s got a bird’s eye for spotting top talent in the sport, and I can’t think of any occasion where he’s been wrong in naming big talent that will change the boxing world. Last Saturday night, Kellerman said that he sees unbeaten 135 lb. contender Terrence Crawford (21-0, 16 KO’s) as the best fighter in the division bar none.
Kellerman said to HBO “Terrence Crawford is thought by many, including me, as probably the best lightweight in the world.”
There it is. Kellerman has named Crawford as the best fighter in the lightweight division. That’s good enough for me.
I have to say I totally agree with Kellerman here. If Adrien Broner was still thought to be coming back down to 135, then I’d hold off as pronouncing Crawford as the best fighter in the lightweight division, but it seems pretty obvious that Broner won’t be coming back down to 135 to fight again at this weight after he gets a taste of the big money this Saturday night against WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi.
Terrence Crawford WBO No 5
By Stevie Ocallaghan: After a comprehensive victory last weekend in stopping big punching Mexican Alejandro Sanabria, Terrence Crawford has firmly put his name at the higher end of the WBO rankings, but how good is he?
I haven’t seen or heard a great deal of Crawford 21-0 16kos but his win over Sanabria was of a good standard but looking through his fight history, it’s not one at this stage in my opinion that merits a world title. He has really only beaten one named fighter in Breidis Prescott and he made his name in a first round KO victory over Amir Khan.
Prescott himself came back over to British shores and twice was sent packing after a bad loss to Kevin Mitchell the a slightly controversial defeat against Paul McCloskey.
Terrence Crawford impressive in beating Sanabria
By Dan Ambrose: I think we may have seen boxing’s newest star in the lightweight division with undefeated Terrence Crawford (21-0, 15 KO’s) putting on a masterful boxing and punching performance in beating Alejandro Sanabria (34-2-1, 25 KO’s) by a 6th round TKO at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Crawford was almost un-hittable with his airtight defense and his quick footwork. He jabbed and pounded Sanabria like a surgeon. The fight ended suddenly when Crawford wound up and hit Sanabria with a picture perfect left hook to the head that put him down for the night. There was no getting up from that punch, and Crawford had his knockout.
Raymond Narh; former Olympian records a win after two years without fight
By Oral Ofori: Ray ‘Sugar Ray’ Narh of Ghana announced his return to the ring with a convincing win over Ronald Cruz on June 14, 2013 at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Pennsylvania USA where both fighters locked horns in a Welterweight division bout. Narh dedicated the win to his mother; Flory.
Hughie Fury – Tomas Mrazek tonight in Norfolk, UK
By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (5-0, 4 KO’s) has his 6th mismatch of his career tonight against journeyman Tomas Mrazek (7-40-6, 5 KO’s) in a 6-round scheduled fight that will be lucky if it goes one round at the Epic Centre, Magdalen Street, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
Hughie, 6’6”, is on a mission to break former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson’s record of being the youngest heavyweight champion in the world when he picked up a world title at the age of 20.
Hughie is doing a good job of padding his own record against opposition that I wouldn’t even call C level, but I don’t see Hughie facing the kind of opposition that is putting him on course for even coming close to breaking Mike Tyson’s record.
Boxing Wishlist: Fight #1 Lucas Matthysse vs. Danny Garcia
