by Jesse Ian Lardies Hola amigos y familia, welcome to Argentina’s Sunday Brunch – The most widely talked about, most irradiated boxing podcast South-East of the Mississippi and West of Chernobyl; we are the reason that Night Court is no longer on air. This week we’re talking about the fight of the year candidate that took place Saturday night. Also on tap: Are we alone … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2014
Joe Goosen and the Demolition Derby
by Ted Sares Boxing has become more demolition derby than sweet science—Mike Silver Bob Arum recently said Timothy Bradley’s value went up by choosing to brawl. See: http://www.boxingscene.com/arum-bradleys-value-went-up-by-choosing-brawl—76678 That being the case, I suspect Arum would say that John Molina’s value went sky high by choosing to take part in what can only … [Read more...]
Matthysse-Molina Steals Thunder of Thurman, Figueroa Showcase Wins
StubHub Center, Carson, California-- An anticlimactic mismatch in the main event between Keith Thurman and Julio Diaz was easy to forgive after two entertaining co-features on Saturday night's triple-header on Showtime. Predictably, the evening's welterweight main event saw a 25-year-old Thurman (23-0, 21 KOs) hitting a well-worn 34-year-old Diaz (40-10-1, 29 KOs) hard and … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – April 26th, 2014
4/26 - Yesica Bopp (26-1, 12 KO’s) vs. Daniela Bermudez (16-2-2, 5 KO’s) II - Polideportivo Carlos Magalot, Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina The long reigning WBA and WBO light flyweight champ makes the jump to flyweight in attempt at the vacant WBO title in a rematch against former two division champion Bermudez. Bopp has held her two titles since 2010 and had a total … [Read more...]
Jones-Lebedev II Off, Jones Fails Drug Test
The Guillermo Jones-Denis Lebedev WBA cruiserweight title rematch in Moscow, Russia has officially been cancelled due to Jones testing positive for the banned diuretic and masking agent, Furosemide. This is the same substance found in Jones' system after his eleventh round KO of Lebedev last May. On that occasion, the positive drug test prompted the WBA to strip Jones of the … [Read more...]