Unified super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0-0, 13 KOs) has been named the 2011 Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year, beating out Wladimir Klitschko, Nonito Donaire, Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao for the award. Ward’s trainer, Virgil Hill, won the Eddie Futch award for trainer of the year. Ward began 2011 with a near-shutout victory over … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
Sulaiman Strikes Back: Harrison’s Monday Rant
World Boxing Council (WBC) President for Life, Jose Sulaiman, was especially vocal this past week, much to the amusement of many of his critics. In his monthly “Hook to the Liver” column, Sulaiman blasted lineal middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, chastised the handlers of his beloved Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and lamented his current feelings and eventual arrival at the end … [Read more...]
Dhafir Smith: Home, Headlining, and Winning on the Cards
Photo and story by Gary Purfield Shulers Gym Promotions hosted a five fight card with two additional exhibition bouts from First District Plaza in West Philadelphia Saturday night. The card featured several fighters who train out of Shulers Gym as owner Percy “Buster” Custus looks to get experience and exposure for his young fighters. Several bouts were dropped in the last … [Read more...]
Carl Frampton Confirms Promise With 7th Round TKO, The Rest of the Euro Action
By Geoff Poundes Ulsterman Carl Frampton, now 12-0, 8 KO’s, despatched his Scottish challenger Kris Hughes this evening after seven rounds of one-sided action in which the self-styled “Jackal” confirmed his early promise as Irish boxing’s next big thing. Frampton’s Commonwealth super-bantamweight crown remains firmly on the 24-year-old’s head, but will surely be … [Read more...]
Provodnikov Wins In Six On Great Fight Night: FNF Recap
By Fox Doucette Russian prospect Ruslan Provodnikov (21-1, 14 KOs) continued his climb through the ranks on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, winning a minor WBO trinket at junior welterweight in a 6th round KO of severely overmatched local journeyman David Torres (21-3-2, 13 KOs), who has only one win in his last six fights. In the co-feature, Ji-Hoon Kim (23-7, 18 KOs) surprisingly … [Read more...]