By John Kelvin: A lot of people like to claim that boxing is dying and that casual fans are no longer interested in the sport. The huge pay-per-view numbers generated by Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather contradict these claims. However, the sport would be a lot healthier and popular if the current conflict between the top two promotional companies, Top Rank and Golden Boy was brought to an end. This conflict has and will continue to have a significant impact on the sport as the top champions will be unable to face each other to decide who is the very best in the division.
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Selby needs to step it up to the European level
By Scott Gilfoid: In watching British featherweight champion Lee Selby 14-1, 5 KO’s) easily beat Martin Lindsay last Saturday night by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision in Belfast, Northern Ireland, it’s pretty clear that the 26-year-old Selby is just wasting his time defending the British featherweight strap when he’s capable of a lot more.
I’m not saying Selby has the talent to hang with the world class champions like Daniel Ponce De Leon or Mikey Garcia, because clearly he doesn’t have the power to ever beat guys like that. But Selby is good enough to compete against the top European fighters right now and I think he might be good enough to beat the current EBU featherweight champion Alexander Miskirtchian (22-2-1, 8 KO’s).
Boxing’s Undercards make strong Pay Per Views
By Robert Elmore: An undercard is just as important as the main event in boxing. Now usually fans will not begin to fill the arena until its gets close to the main event. If a promoter has a history of putting together bad undercards, then it makes your audience less likely to tune in.
Boxing promoters: The directors of the sportsworld
By Dean Gsell: It’s bad enough that there are as many title belts as fighters out there. So who’s the champ? If they had four Super Bowls per NFL season, then pro football would have died a long time ago. Boxing hangs on because the fans sift through Saturday nights waiting to see a flash in the pan.
Arum beefing up his 140 lb. stable with Allakhverdiev
By Chris Williams: Top Rank is mighty thin at light welterweight, as Golden Boy Promotions has the big names in this weight class with Amir Khan, Danny Garcia, Lucas Matthysse and Lamont Peterson.
Grzegorz Proksa vs. Lee Noble this Saturday night in Belfast
By Allan Fox: Former EBU middleweight champion Grzegorz Proksa (28-2, 21 KO’s) will return to the ring this Saturday night in a scheduled 6-round fight against journeyman Lee Noble (15-24-3, 3 KO’s) on the undercard of the Carl Frampton vs. Kiko Martinez card at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Proksa, 28, is trying to get a tune-up victory under his belt before he faces middleweight contender #6 IBF Osumanu Adama (20-3, 15 KO’s) on March 29th at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York, USA. Proksa has already fought Noble in the past, knocking him out in the 3rd round in 2009.
Waltons 10 count: An interview with Frank Buglioni
By Ben Walton: This week, answering ten quick fire questions for me will be Britain’s hottest young prospect Frank Buglioni.
Unbeaten in 7 fights at Super middleweight with 5 KO’s to his name, he is next out on March 16th at Wembley arena on the Cleverly v Krasniqi undercard.
Firstly Frank, let me congratulate you on the great start to your career so far, and also thank you for giving me your time today. Lets get started!
Bursak destroys Sainte, wins vacant EBU 160 lb. title
By Jim Dower: #7 WBO, Max Bursak (26-1-1, 12 KO’s) totally dominated a badly over-matched Julien Marie Sainte (34-3, 24 KO’s) in stopping him in the 3rd round on Saturday night to capture the vacant EBU middleweight title at the Salle Pierre Scohy, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
The 28-year-old Bursak caught Sainte on the ropes in the 3rd and unloaded on him with a barrage of punches ending with a big left that put Sainte down on the canvas. The referee Massimo Barrovecchio had seen enough of this one-sided fight and he chose to stop the fight right there rather letting a bleeding Sainte continue to take one-sided punishment from the stronger, faster and much more aggressive Bursak.
Gomez decisions Lane; Bey and Diaz Jr. victorious
By Jim Dower: Undefeated welterweight prospect Frankie Gomez (15-0, 11 KO’s) stayed unbeaten with a dominating 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday night over Lanard Lane (13-3, 8 KO’s) at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Nevada.
The final judges’ scores were 98-92, 100-90 and 100-90. Gomez was able to hit Lane at will with shots, but wasn’t able to blow him out the way that Gomez has been destroying most of his over-matched opposition. He looked good, and he needs to keep facing better opposition in the future.
Dirrell no longer trained by Mayweather Sr
By Scott Gilfoid: Super middleweight Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s), who should be unbeaten still given his controversial loss to Carl Froch, is no longer training with Floyd Mayweather Sr. It seems they’ve decided to go in different directions for some unknown reason.
According to Hustleboss.com, Mayweather Sr. was late for some Dirrell’s workouts, but that still might not be the reason for the two going their separate way. Mayweather Sr. was reportedly not sure why Dirrell’s fights weren’t happening.
There were a couple of fight cards in particular that Dirrell was rumored to be fighting on, but it failed to happen.