By Mark Havey: I hear it all the time, boxing is dead. I can’t agree with such a intrepid statement. The sport is in fact experiencing a prosperous period. PPV numbers remain high and mainstream media outlets still cover boxing. Nevertheless the sport is in disarray.
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The scales are tipped in Mayweather’s favour big-time
By Babatis Banda: Be it in a fight, the on-going defamation case or the purse split negotiations, Mayweather is firmly in the driver’s seat. Sorry, don’t go into a rage just yet, read my reasoning with an open mind.
Savon dominates Joshua but still loses
By Scott Gilfoid: In one of the worst scored Olympic fights I’ve ever seen, super heavyweight Anthony Joshua defeated 22-year-old Cuban Erislandy Savon by a 17-16 score on Wednesday in London, England. It was terrible scoring of the fight, as Savon, the cousin of former Olympic gold medalist Felix Savon for Cuba, completely dominated the painfully slow and flat-footed Joshua in all three rounds of the fight.
Adonis Stevenson vs. Don George on August 17th on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights
By Dan Ambrose: The previously scheduled August 11th Showtime televised fight between super middleweights Adonis Stevenson (18-1, 15 KO’s) and Don George (22-2-1, 19 KO’s) is being pushed back six days to August 17th and will be televised on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, according to RingTV.
Keith Thurman is the future of the welterweight division
By Scott Gilfoid: 23-year-old Keith Thurman (18-0, 17 KO’s) is very soon going to be the main guy in the welterweight division in a couple of years once Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao age out of the sport. Whether those two are still around in a couple of years or not, Thurman is going to be the best fighter in the welterweight division by then.
The State of Olympic Boxing
By Mohammed Abulkhair: There was once a time when the U.S Olympic Boxing team was a force to be reckoned with. The 80s and the early 90s were standout years for the U.S Boxing Olympic teams.
Oosthuizen in big test against Bryant on Thursday
By Scott Gilfoid: 6’4″ unbeaten super middleweight contender Thomas Oosthuizen (19-0-1, 13 KO’s) is facing the biggest of his career on Thursday night against the powerful wrecking machine Rowland Bryant (16-1, 11 KO’s) at the Roseland Ballroom, in New York, New York.
Golden Boy and Top Rank existing like different boxing leagues
By Chris Williams: It’s pretty sad how the two biggest promotional boxing companies Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions has taken the sport into almost two different boxing leagues with the fighters of each league mainly competing against fighters from their own club/league. It reminds me of the American Football League (AFL) that ran separate from the NFL from 1960 to 1969.
Thomas Oosthuizen vs. Rowland Bryant on Thursday
By William Mackay: This Thursday night, International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight champion Thomas Oosthuizen (19-0-1, 13 KO’s) will be defending his title against a very dangerous challenger Rowland Bryant (16-1, 11 KO’s) at the Roseland Ballroom, in New York, New York.
British boxing news: 27/7/12
By Dan Henderson: Welcome to the latest edition of my weekly British boxing round up. First of all we start with the news that Prizefighter is back and its the lightweights II. It will see Derry Mathews, Gary Sykes, Stephen Jennings and Terry Needham plus four more fighters who will announced soon, the tournament will take place at Liverpool’s Olympia on October 6th. On the same bill Wayne Reed will defend his Central Area super-middleweight title against former Prizefighter winner Rocky Fielding.