Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KOs) has just announced that he will meet Austin Trout (25-0, 14 KOs) on December 1st at New York's Madison Square Garden in a card co-promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. It was rumored that Cotto, a promotional free agent since early this year, was in the running for a second bout with Manny Pacquiao, but Team Cotto never really confirmed even the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
Lessons On Badassery For Boxing Writers: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette The best lessons in life are learned by example. Show someone a strong role model, who demonstrates virtues to which we all can aspire, and somewhere in the process is found a blueprint for living a completely different walk of life. We watch athletes in general and boxers in particular rise at five in the morning to get out and run five miles, spar six rounds … [Read more...]
Tony Luis and a Fighter’s Move from Prospect to Contender
By Gary Purfield Tony Luis (14-0,6 KO), a Jr. Welterweight prospect out of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada makes his US debut this Saturday on the off TV undercard of the Golovkin-Proska card in Verona, NY. The following interview is a continuation of sorts from a previous interview with Tony. Luis, if not in the forefront of the boxing world, represents the future of the sport … [Read more...]
Felix Sturm vs. Daniel Geale: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison Long-time WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (37-2-2, 16 KOs) and IBF middleweight titlist Daniel Geale (27-1, 15 KOs) will unify their titles on Saturday night at the Keonig Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. Sturm is looking to make the thirteenth successful defense of the title he won from Javier Catillejo (who took it from Sturm two fights … [Read more...]
Malignaggi-Cano, Garcia-Morales in Brooklyn: Good Fights, Good Venue, Lousy Politics
by Paul Magno Boxing is coming to The Barclays Center in Brooklyn on October 20th and the co-headlining bouts, Paulie Malignaggi-Pablo Cesar Cano and Danny Garcia-Erik Morales II, aren't that bad at all-- Too bad you can't say the same about the politics surrounding them. Billed as the first Brooklyn-set world title bouts to be held in decades and the first of a … [Read more...]