By Gary Purfield Since winning the silver medal in the 2004 Olympics for his native Kazakhstan, Gennady Golovkin has been one to watch. He brings a talented mix of excellent boxing skills and knockout power in both hands. Saturday night Golovkin will get his biggest test thus far when he takes on Grzegorz Proksa from the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
Golden Boy’s Golden Shower of Success; Magno’s Monday Rant
I was doing an interview with a Chicago-based radio show during my recent vacation and, surprise, surprise, the topic of corruption in boxing came up. The host, Frank Fontana, brought up Oscar De la Hoya as being someone "doing great as a promoter" and then asked, "Do you think he's doing better for the sport than, let's say, Don King?" I didn't really get into detail, … [Read more...]
Arthur Abraham Tops Robert Stieglitz, Becomes WBO Super MIddleweight Champ
O2 World Arena, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany-- Former middleweight champ, Arthur Abraham (35-3, 27 KOs) is now a two-division world titlist after taking the WBO super middleweight belt from defending champ, Robert Stieglitz (42-3, 23 KOs) via twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday by scores of 116-112, 116-112, and 115-113. Abraham came out quicker than usual and … [Read more...]
Maybe if we would treat boxing like a real sport….
Believe it or not, boxing is a sport. And, yeah, there are still some of us who insist on treating it like a full-fledged sport and not as a series of randomly put-together exhibitions. What this means is that I demand logic in terms of matchmaking and title structure, but who the hell am I, anyway? Who the hell are any of us? Because nobody with any power or influence … [Read more...]
Castles Made of Sand: Pacquiao’s Indecision Causes Panic Amongst His Team
The first time I saw Manny Pacquiao fight live on television could have been possibly more than ten years ago on the undercard of an HBO PPV broadcast, possibly featuring the Lewis-Tyson mega fight or an Oscar De La Hoya fight. Aside from the fact that the commentary crew butchered his name by making it sound like they were dropping F-bombs any time they said his name, … [Read more...]