By Fox Doucette The middleweight division ain't what it used to be. No longer lorded over by the likes of a young James Toney or Roy Jones or Bernard Hopkins, no longer boasting Felix Trinidad and Oscar De La Hoya or even Winky Wright and Ricardo Mayorga and Fernando Vargas among the contenders and guys looking to move up six pounds from the division below, Sergio Martinez of … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
Ajose Olusegun-Ali Chebah Headlines ShoBox Card Friday
By Fox Doucette Unbeaten junior welterweight prospect Ajose Olusegun of Nigeria (29-0, 14 KOs) faces the first legitimate test of his career on Showtime Friday night against Montreal-based Ali Chebah (35-1, 28 KOs) at Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California, the first fight in the United States for both fighters. Both combatants in the main event have very similar profiles … [Read more...]
Andy Lee Looks to Avenge His Only Loss to Brian Vera, October 1
Irish middleweight contender Andy Lee (26-1, 19 KOs) will attempt to avenge his only professional loss when he takes on Brian Vera (19-5, 12 KOs) on Saturday October 1, from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This 10-round middleweight contest will open the HBO World Championship Boxing broadcast of Martinez – Barker, beginning at 9PM ET / 6 PM PT. Vera arrived … [Read more...]
Luis Ramos Takes On David Rodela on Telefutura Friday
By Fox Doucette Golden Boy's parade of soft touches for prospects on Telefutura continues as Luis Ramos Jr. (19-0, 8 KOs) battles David Rodela (15-4-3, 6 KOs), who is 1-3-1 in his last five fights against prospects and is establishing himself as a gatekeeper in the junior lightweight division. For Ramos this may or may not even be a step up; a look at his record shows a lot … [Read more...]
Nishioka-Marquez headline championship double header, Saturday
Japan's Toshiaki Nishioka (38-4-3, 24 KOs) looks to make the seventh defense of his WBC junior featherweight title against veteran former world champ, Rafael Marquez (40-6, 36 KOs) Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as part of a Fox Deportes televised card at 10PM ET/PT. Nishioka, whose biggest wins include a third round stoppage of Jhonny Gonzalez in 2009 and a … [Read more...]