By Angel Olguin: From strawweight greats like Donnie Nietes (5’ 3” 105 lbs) to heavyweight titans such as Wladimir Klitschko (6’ 6” 246 lbs), boxing consists of professional fighters scattered throughout 16 different divisions. Each division holds their share of elite fighters and top prospects, as well as their number of “paper champs” or “risk vs reward” mentalities.
Boxing News
Amir Khan’s Quick Defense
By Angel Olguin: This past week former two time world champion, Amir Khan (30-3), has been getting a lot of criticism in the boxing community. From rumors of turning down lucrative fights to social media arguments with fellow IBF World Champion Kell Brook, Khan’s name been ringing throughout the social media and boxing worlds.
Khan is one of boxing’s most enigmatic figures. With natural talents of blazing hand speed, great ring generalship and an enormous heart, Khan came to capture the minds of many fans early across the globe.
Pacquiao will overwhelm Mayweather
By Sam S: In this present generation where money is more important to boxers than their legacies, we see a constant scrutiny on the pay-per-view numbers of certain fighters by the hardcore boxing fanatics. So, here I will discuss everything about PPV buys of two of the most loved and hated boxers of our generation, which are of course Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao. Lets see the PPV numbers of their recent fights:
Mayweather-Guererro- ‘875,000 unsure’ Mayweather-Alvarez- ‘2,200,000 ‘ Mayweather-Maidana- ‘850,000 unsure’ Mayweather-Maidana 2- ‘925,000 unsure’
Pacquiao-Marquez 4- ‘1,150,000’ , Pacquiao-Rios- ‘475,000’ , Pacquiao-Bradley 2- ‘800,000’, Pacquiao-Algieri- just over 300,000 unofficial sources.
What if Mayweather finally decides to face Pacquiao
By Sam: Before the publicity tour for Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Marcos Maidana 2 started, the money man said on the eve of BET awards to a reporter that he will fight Maidana in September and then there’s a surprise for the fans in May.
Mayweather Hints at a Another Bout with De La Hoya
By Jim Dower: It’s like Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been asleep for the past two years and has only now woken up with his announcement today of his planned boxing comeback on July 18th against Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas. At the press conference Mayweather said, “He’ll [De La Hoya] come back, and we’ll still another $50 or 60 million.”
Mayweather Is Officially Back: Good! How About Fighting Williams,Cotto & Mosley?
By Manuel Perez: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) made it official today that he’s coming back after more than a year away from boxing to fight lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez on July 18th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Excuse me if I don’t get excited about the bout, because it seems like another case of Mayweather, a welterweight, finding a smaller opponent that he feels that he can beat.
“Mayweather Sr. Is a Better Coach [Than Roach]” – De La Hoya
By Manuel Perez: Oscar De La Hoya let loose the dogs of war in an interview with Sky Sports, saying Floyd “Mayweather Sr. is a better coach [than Freddie Roach].” De La Hoya, 36, was previously trained by Roach, and said that he still loves him but thinks that Floyd is a better technical coach and better physically than Roach. De La Hoya said “I have to take my hat off to Ricky [Hatton] for picking Floyd Mayweather Sr. because that was the best thing he could do.”
Miranda Interested in Fighting Froch
By Dave Lahr: Well, you can add Edison Miranda (32-3, 28 KOs) to the long list of fighters that are interested in fighting WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch. Miranda is so interested, in fact, that he’s invited Froch to come watch his fight with Andre Ward next month on May 16th at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California.
Hopkins Interested in Froch Bout In July
By Dave Lahr: With not a whole of options in front of him other than going after some tough fighters like Chad Dawson and Mikkel Kessler, Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs) is apparently interested in fighting WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch. Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that he spoke to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, who informed him that Hopkins is now interested in fighting Froch, and that Golden Boy matchmaker Eric Gomez has already had a conversation with Froch’s promoter Mick Hennessy about a potential fight between Froch and Hopkins in July.
De La Hoya Retirement: Oscar Made The Most Of His Talent
By Jim Slattengren: With Oscar De La Hoya’s retirement announcement yesterday in downtown Los Angeles, it’s a good time to pay tribute to a fighter from humble backgrounds that made the most of the talent he had. De La Hoya at one time held titles in the super featherweight, lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight divisions during his 17-year-career, and won an incredible 10 world titles in his career. Although De La Hoya continued to win titles as he moved up in weight as he aged, he was never really considered to be the best in any one division.