According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Bob Arum has withdrawn his request for the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) to consider including a Margarito appeal for reinstatement to their August 9th agenda. Arum was looking to get a one-day, temporary reinstatement for his November 13th date with Manny Pacquiao despite the fact that the NSAC had already ruled that … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
Theophane Upsets Rodriguez Via Controversial Decision
Miami, Oklahoma-- In a controversial ending to a rather mundane main event, Ashley Theophane (27-4-1, 7 KOs) upset ranked Delvin Rodriguez (25-5-2, 14 KOs) via majority decision. The bout, itself, didn't provide a whole lot of action, but Rodriguez seemed to be carry most of the action and score with the crisper, more accurate shots. Rodriguez appeared to be fading late, but … [Read more...]
Everybody Makes Weight in Vegas…War Comes Next
Las Vegas, Nevada: Juan Manuel Marquez 133.5 vs. Juan Diaz 135 Daniel Jacobs 159 vs. Dmitry Pirog 160 Sakio Bika 166 vs. Jean Paul Mendy 167 Joel Casamayor 138 vs. Robert Guerrero 138.5 Jorge Linares 132.5 vs. Rocky Juarez 132 George Groves 169 vs. Alfredo Contreras 169 Seth Mitchell 243 vs. Derek Bryant 201 Frankie Gomez 139 vs. Ronald Peterson* * Peterson will … [Read more...]
Why No Hype?
by Chris Milton This weekend, boxing kicks off a series of exciting fights with the wonderful HBO PPV card this Saturday night. A card so stacked with great fights that we at the Tribune keep having to check the date to make sure we haven't gone back in time to the Don King PPV shows of the nineties. Looking at the main event Marquez v Diaz 2, everyone seems to be coming … [Read more...]
Digging Through the Muck of the Pacquiao-Mayweather Fiasco
by Christopher Mooney Boxing often descends into farce. Everyone involved in the sport of boxing has an ego equal to, or greater than, Terrell Owens. It’s just a fact of life. It’s a combustible sport. Look at someone the wrong way and the deal is off. So you have to dig pretty deep, to make any sense of the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao negotiations. But this I have tried … [Read more...]