By Scott Gilfoid: Fresh off a three rounds spanking by the talented Cuban Irislandy Savon last night, British super heavyweight Anthony Joshua will be moving on to face Chinese 2008 Olympic silver medalist Zhilei Zhang on Monday in the quarter finals of the 2012 Olympic competition. Joshua was given what many boxing fans saw as a gift decision over Savon on Wednesday in London, winning by an 17-16 score.
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Cleaning up boxing
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.
The scales are tipped in Mayweather’s favour big-time
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
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
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.