By Gerardo Granados: A long time ago there was a fighter who was not considered to be the greatest of all time, but he had enough talent that lead him to be enshrined in to the international boxing hall of fame. His upbringing was humble, as a kid he was so poor that some times he had to trick people to get food on his table.
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This is (nearly) it: DeGale-Groves, Cleverly-Braehmer, Gavin-Mutley
By Simon Hirst: We are less than a week away from some cracking fights in Britain with Nathan Cleverly fight for his first world title at light-heavyweight against the tough, but aging Juergen Braehmer. Also on the bill is the grudge match everyone wants to see in George Groves – James DeGale. Also featuring is Frankie Gavin fighting for his first big title as the WBO Inter-Continental Welterweight crown is at stake in a local derby against Young Mutley which sees the winner gatecrash the WBO’s top ten.
Mosley makes excuses for his horrible performance against Pacquiao
By Richard Hall: Shane Mosley (46-39 KO – 7-1), in an interview six days after his lopsided loss against Manny Pacquiao talks about how he couldn’t handle the terrific power off Pacquiao. Shane Mosley describes and openly admits that he has never fought anybody with power like that.
Khan running out of easy options
By William Mackay: With his win over a hand-picked Paul McCloskey last time out, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan has run out of soft opponents to fight and is looking at the unpleasant option of having to face quality guys moving forward. WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, who punches with no more power than McCloskey, chose not to fight Khan next. This was a fight that Khan really wanted, and it’s not hard to see why.
Mike Perez wants a shot at the Klitschkos and Haye, but looks too slow and small
By Sean McDaniel: It was nice to see Cuban Mike Perez (16-0, 12 KO’s) capture the Prizefighter International heavyweight title last night with a stoppage win over Tye Fields in the 1st round. The southpaw Perez jumped on a tired looking Fields in the opening round and blasted him with shots until the fight was stopped with Fields still standing.
Prediction: Pacquiao to taste defeat tonight
By Dave Lahr: The Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley bout is only moments away but I thought I would chime in on my last minute analysis. After painstaking research into this fight with many hours spent looking over video of both fighters, I’ve come to the conclusion that Pacquiao is going to get beaten badly and brought back down to earth by the 39-year-old Mosley.
Pacquiao vs. Mosley: May 7th is history in the making
By Reni M. Valenzuela: “There are a lot of fans that don’t believe that I can do it. Maybe because of the last couple of fights, but things have changed and I feel great; I feel good. I’m just ready to go.”
Welcome to Hell: Stanley Ketchel In 1908 – Part 1: The Twin
By Matt McGrain: In December of 1907 the great and recently retired Tommy Ryan sat down with newspaper men to discuss the best fighters of that moment. Tommy, a keen observer of fighters, furnishes us with a pound for pound list for the end of a year that boxing would rather forget.
How to spot a Hype job and Hype job in the making
By Mark Young: I’ll admit it, it’s getting to me, hype jobs, cherry pickers and tweeters. We’re inundated with boxers who aren’t fighting each other, it’s way beyond ridiculous, there’s a clear drop in professionalism in boxing with a leaning towards wrestling style showboating.
Alexander-Matthysse, Cloud-Mack, Stiverne-Austin & Bundrage-Powell on HBO on 6/25
By Jason Kim: HBO’s fight card on June 25th is going to be one of their better ones of the year with former WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) facing knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (28-1, 26 KO’s), IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelus Bundrade (30-4, 18 KO’s) defending his title against challenger Sechew Powell (26-2, 15 KO’s), IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (22-0, 12 KO’s) making his third defense of his title against Yusaf Mack (29-3-2, 17 KO’s) and 6’6″ heavyweight contender Ray Austin (28-5-4, 18 KO’s) taking on the hard hitting Bermane Stiverne (20-1, 19 KO’s) in a WBC title eliminator bout. The fights will be taking place at the Family Center Arena, in Saint Louis, Missouri.