By Sean McDaniel: Brendon Smith, the trainer/manager for lightweight contender Michael Katsidis (27-3, 22 KO’s), says that WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez really didn’t beat his fighter in their fight in November. Katsidis lost that fight by a 9th round TKO in pretty much a one-sided fight aside from the 3rd round when Katsidis dropped Marquez with a left hand. Smith doesn’t see the fight as having hurt Katsidis’ standing with the boxing public and now wants Katsidis, who stands only 5’7″, to fight WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan next.
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Who really runs boxing? The Cable TV giants, the boxing promoters or the alphabet boxing organizations?
By Allen Hmiel: I am totally confused and stumped. Who is actually in charge of the sport of Boxing today? Do the various Boxing Organizations really have a say in who fights who for their championship belts? Or do the powerful Promoters Arum-King-Golden Boy (Oscar)-Goosen-Dibella-Shaw match up fighters from their stables and sell to the highest bidders? Can the HBO’s and Showtime networks dictate to the Boxing Organizations who fights who? Can the powerful dominate promoters match up fighters for championship fights without the Organizations really having a say in the match-ups.
Year End Boxing Analysis
By Robert Elmore: This has certainly been an entertaining year for me. But before I go any further I want to give a big thank you to the editors at boxingnews24 for allowing me to present my articles and display my talents. I look forward to doing a more writing.
Fans just want entertainment, spare them from criticism
By John Henry: Fans, either of sports or other forms of entertainment, are the ones being pleased by the performers. They pay their hard earned money just to be entertained. Entertainers are the ones that bring excitement or shows worth watching unto us, and if they fail to do so, it will be the fans that are going to condemn them. Anyway, it is also these fans that make these entertainers filthy rich.
Miguel Buendia, 135 Pounds of Violence
By Francisco Hernandez: Lightweight prospect Miguel Buendia is 135 pounds of unbridled explosive action. In the ring he shuffles forward bobbing and weaving, until he tears into his opponents bodies and rips them apart. His relentless style of fighting has endeared Miguel Buendia to the boxing fans in the Dallas Fort Worth Area. Miguel is a two time Fort Worth Golden Glove champion and he has been a professional boxer for two years now. In his last fight he destroyed the tough Eddie Ramirez in Laredo, Texas, knocking Ramirez out in the fifth round.
One to Watch: Carl Frampton
By David Blair: Northern Irish boxing has seen a resurgence of late with both Brian Magee and Martin Rogan gaining the attention of the boxing world. However, there is another fighter on which a fresh wave of Belfast pride is rapidly growing.
Futch and Steward – The Two Greatest Trainers of all time
By Tommaso Nappo: When you discuss some of the greatest trainers of all time two names are guaranteed to pop up Eddie Futch, and Manny Steward. Sure there are a number of great ones, Angelo Dundee, George Benton, Freddie Roach, Nacho Berstain, Nazim Richardson, The Mayweathers Roger and Sr we could go on and on.
Can This Rule Change The Sport of Boxing?
By Edgar Solorzano: Boxing has had it’s up and downs during these past years, fight-fans are always asking, what’s next for Boxing? No one realistically knows what’s next for the sweet science. Although promoters are always making predictions that almost sound like promises;
Tony Ayala Jr- A look back at the infamous “El Torito”
By Tommaso Nappo: December 12th on this day in boxing history we are reminded of a fighter once called”one of the greatest prospects in the history of boxing”. Tony Ayala Jr had turned pro at the age of 17 under the tutelage of his father ( who also trained El Torito’s brothers).
Is it possible to shrink the ring?
By Gerardo Granados: I was asked if it is possible to improve competition or increase the tempo of the fight and action performance during a round by reducing the size of the ring.