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Delvin Rodriguez vs. Freddy Hernandez: FNF Preview

by Tim Harrison Delvin Rodriguez (27-6-3, 15 KOs) returns to ESPN’s Friday Night Fights after a dominant stoppage win over an overmatched George Tahdooahnippah in February, to take on former welterweight world title challenger Freddy Hernandez (30-4, 20 KOs) at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. In the co-feature, Chris Howard (15-2-1, 7 KOs) takes [...]

Carl Froch vs Mikkel Kessler Rematch Promises Fireworks

This Saturday will see the much-anticipated rematch between Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch (30-2, 22 KOs) and Mikkel ‘The Viking Warrior’ Kessler (46-2, 35 KOs) in a unification match, which is sure to light up the 02 Arena in London. The two men previously met in the ring back in 2010, with Kessler handing Froch his [...]

The Blue Bird of Misery Rains on Lucas Matthysse’s Parade; Magno’s Monday Rant

I don’t often agree with Saudi ultra-orthodox clerics, but Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh may be right, Twitter just may damn a user’s soul in “this world and his afterlife.” I know, The Boxing Tribune has a Twitter account. Apparently, such things are necessary in this media age. Marketing. Synergy. Branding. SEO. Blah, Blah, Blah. [...]

All is well that Enswell: This is boxing’s Sunday Brunch

Hello team and welcome to another star-studded episode of boxing’s Sunday Brunch. This week we’re chopping some big fights from over the weekend – from the Former Soviet Union all the way to the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey – Hold on to your locally grown blueberries and crack open an ice cold [...]

Matthysse Crushes Peterson in Three, Alexander Walks Over Purdy

Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey– Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse (34-2, 30 KOs) walked right through Lamont Peterson (31-2-1, 16 KOs) Saturday night on Showtime, further making the case that he very well could be the best junior welterweight in the world or, at the very least, the most powerful. Competing at an odd 141 lb. [...]

Can Sugar Shane Regain His Sweetness?

On Saturday Sugar Shane Mosley (46-8-1, 39 KOs) will tread the well-worn path of so many boxers of the past, when he steps into the ring against young Mexican Pablo Cesar Cano (26-2-1, 20 KOs) at the Grand Oasis Resort, Cancun, Mexico. It is a path well-trod already for Mosley, as his recent career has [...]

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