by Fox Doucette Veteran would-be gatekeeper Raymundo Beltran (26-6, 17 KOs) pulled an absolute shocker out of his hat on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from Atlantic City, New Jersey, stealing a majority decision from top-ten lightweight contender “Hammerin'” Hank Lundy (22-2-1, 11 KOs) in the main event. In a very lackluster co-feature, super middleweight fringe prospect Farah … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2012
Lucian Bute To Face Denis Grachev Nov. 3
by Fox Doucette Former IBF super middleweight titlist Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KOs) has announced his next fight. He will take on Russian light heavyweight Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8 KOs) at Bell Centre in Montreal on November 3rd, at a 170-pound catchweight for the NABF light heavyweight minor title that Grachev won from Ismayl Sillakh on ESPN2 earlier this year. For Grachev, … [Read more...]
Yuriorkis Gamboa and Andre Dirrel sign promotional deals with 50 Cent
Former Olympic medalists, Yuriorkis “El Ciclon de Guantanamo” Gamboa (21-0, 16 KOs) and Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell (20-1, 14 KOs) have reportedly signed promotional agreements with rapper Curtis Jackson, aka “50 Cent’s” new promotional outfit, TMT Promotions (The Money Team), according to Jackson’s website www.thisis50.com. Gamboa, the 2004 flyweight Olympic Gold Medalist … [Read more...]
Robert Guerrero’s Plans Include Mayweather, Will Selcuk Aydin’s Be the Spoiler?
by Tim Harrison Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KOs) will take on little-known, but hard-hitting Selcuk “Mini Tyson” Aydin (23-0, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Showtime Championship Boxing will televise the action beginning at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. A duplicitous version of the WBC (Interim) welterweight title will be up for grabs … [Read more...]
Will Lundy-Molina II Be the New Pacquiao-Mayweather?: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette In the course of doing research for this article, I started with the WBC's rankings at lightweight. After all, John Molina is fighting champion Antonio DeMarco for the title on September 8th. He must be a player in the division, right? My first source showed that Molina wasn't in the top 15. So I went to the WBC itself. Rankings were “under construction”. Stay … [Read more...]