By Gerardo Granados: I believe that if a country owns only one world title / belt or even if certain country owns the majority of the belts available it would mean that it has the best boxers, but instead it could mean that the promoters in that country are doing their job right.
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Wayne McCullough talks life outside the ring and World championship reign
By Ian Aldous: This week I had the chance to talk with Irish-born, Vegas based former WBC bantamweight champion, Wayne McCullough (27-7). We went over his career outside the ring, his World championship reign and the popularity of MMA.
Marco Antonio Rubio in stay busy fight against Akrong tonight, while waiting on Chavez Jr.
By Eric Thomas: #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio (51-5-1, 44 KO’s) fights an easy stay busy fight tonight against Ghanian Mohammad Akrong (13-3, 10 KO’s) in a 12 round bout for the interim WBC Latino middleweight title at the Centro de Convenciones, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Forget about the paper title, this is a mismatch.
Flashback: Sam Langford profiled
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Sam Langford was unquestionably one of the greatest fighters who ever lived. Sam was quite possible the best Pound for Pound fighter in the era he fought in, fifty years before that term was used.
Holding Should Be Banned
by Glen Anglin: I believe that the rules prohibition against holding in a boxing match should be enforced to its fullest extent. This would surely help the game of boxing. The holding part of boxing is an unnecessary gray area that varies fight to fight, fighter to fighter and referee to referee. There really is no good reason that holding in boxing is tolerated. If this requires that weasel-worded holding rules be re-written, then so be it.
Rules changes for the future of Boxing
By Glen Anglin: The sport of boxing has always competed against the ‘major’ sports for fans. Boxing had a larger share of fans in previous decades. Prior to the 1950’s when the NBA and NFL exploded onto the national scene, only baseball and college football were a greater fan draw than boxing.
Agbeko vs. Mares II rematch possible for December 3rd
By Jason Kim: The rematch between IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares and former IBF belt holder Joseph Agbeko looks as it’s going to be taking place on December 3rd on Showtime. Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, is on board with his fighter Mares fighting Agbeko in a rematch on that date.
Khan: I’m the biggest draw to fight Mayweather other than Pacquiao
By William Mackay: Amir Khan takes exception to what Floyd Mayweather Jr had to say about him yesterday in an interview where Mayweather pointed out that Khan didn’t draw many boxing fans for his recent fight against Zab Judah.
Paris stops Coleman
By Jim Dower: Using a powerful body attack, unbeaten light welterweight prospect Vernon Paris (25-0, 15 KO’s) stopped contender Tim Coleman (19-1-1, 5 KO’s) in the 7th round of a scheduled 10 round bout on Friday night at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. Paris, 23, knocked the 27-year-old Coleman down twice in the 6th with body shots and once in the 7th round with another body shot to get the stoppage. Referee Dan Stell stopped the fight at 0:27 of the 7th following a knockdown from a left hand from Paris.
Wach: After sparring with Povetkin I believe I’ll be heavyweight champion of the world
By Dan Ambrose: Big 6’7″ heavyweight fringe contender hopeful Mariusz Wach (25-0, 13 KO’s) says that it was a sparring session that he had with heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin that makes him believe that he can become a heavyweight champion of the world.