By Vince D’Writer: Former IBF super featherweight champion Tevin Farmer (30-5-1, 6 KOs) and former … read more
By Matt Lieberman: Trainer Mickey Bey maintains that Devin Haney will clear out both the … read more
By Jeff Aranow: In an easy victory, IBF lightweight champion Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy (25-0, 13 KOs) stayed unbeaten with a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision victory over former IBF champion Mickey Bey (22-2-1, 10 KOs) on Friday night on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV from the Hard Rock Live Arena at the Seminole Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
By Brendan Taylor: Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. has never been short for words throughout the course of his life in boxing, Wednesday afternoon was no different. I got a chance to talk to him at the media workouts for Mickey Bey (22-1-1, 10 KO’s) and IBF lightweight champion Rances Barthelemy (24-0, 13 KO’s) for thier fight tonight at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. He spoke very glowingly of his fighter Mickey Bey who’s coming in on a 4-fight win streak since his TKO loss to John Molina in 2013.
“Mickey Bey is faster, slicker, more clever and hits harder, you will see that” said the senior version of Floyd Mayweather. There’s no doubt that this is the biggest fight for Bey since 2013, he comes into this bout in the latter stages of his career against a younger, undefeated champion in Barthelemy.
By Brendan Taylor: IBF World lightweight champion Rances Barthelemy (24-0, 13 KO’s) recently stated that he has plans of moving up to the 140-pound division following his fight with Mickey Bey later on tonight in thier fight at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. The Barthelemy vs. Bey fight will be televised tonight on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV.
Should Barthelemy be successful that would set up a move to a division where the likes of Terence Crawford, Viktor Postol, Amir Imam & Ruslan Provodnikov all campaign at. The junior welterweight division would give Rances the kind of opponents that could takes his career to new heights.
MICKEY BEY, Lightweight Contender
“The world title fight for me is huge and it just shows that being patient and doing the hard work pays off. I’ve had a lot of interruptions but you just have to stay patient, stick with it without losing focus, training hard and never think about quitting or giving up.
“It’s gonna be a big night on Sept. 13. It’s been about a year’s wait for me, but look at that as a positive because it gave me more time to perfect my craft. I had so many breaks with no fights, but I just had to stay dedicated, keep looking at it as a positive thing, and keep learning.
By Jim Dower: #6 IBF lightweight contender John Molina (26-3, 21 KO’s) came from behind to get a 10th round stoppage win over the much faster Mickey Bey (18-1-1, 9 KO’s) at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Things were looking pretty bleak for Molina going into the 10th round, but he was able to hurt Bey with a big left hand bomb. After Molina had Bey hurt, he flurried on him until the fight was halted by the referee at 2:01 of the round. Bey needed to play it safe in the 10th, but instead of elected to trade with Molina and it cost him the fight.
Philadelphia Attitude
Philadelphia boxing is looking to make a statement in the next week. Super featherweights Mickey Bey (18-0-1, 9K0s), of Cleveland, OH, and John Molina, of Covina, CA, face off Friday night at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Topping the card is super middleweight Farah Ennis, (21-1, 12K0s), of Philadelphia, PA, who will face Badou Jack (14-0, 10K0s), of Stockholm, Sweden, in a 10-rounder. This looks on paper to be one of Ennis’ toughest fights, but it also will be Jack’s toughest.