WBO president, Paco Valcarcel has admitted that the ridiculous 119-109 score issued by Spanish judge, Fernando Laguna Saturday for Arthur Abraham in his bout against Paul Smith was way off the mark. Actually, using his own words, Laguna "srcewed up." “Regarding Abraham v Smith, I assure you that I review each and every scorecard for WBO title fights," said Valcarcel. … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2014
Gradovich-Velez Added to Crawford-Beltran Undercard
Added to the November 29 Terence Crawford-Raymundo Beltran undercard in Omaha, Nebraska will be an IBF featherweight title fight featuring defending champ Evgeny Gradovich (19-0, 9 KOs) putting his belt on the line against Puerto Rico’s Jayson Velez (22-0, 16 KOs). This will be the fourth title defense for Russia's Gradovich, who carries the nickname of "The Russian Mexican" … [Read more...]
Stevens Vs. N’Jikam: Strange Pairing Likely To Produce “Must See” TV
Curtis Stevens vs. Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam is an odd pairing. Picture a brutish, hard-punching Brownsville, New York native and a well-schooled boxer from Cameroon by way of France paired against each other in Santa Monica, California on a Wednesday edition of Friday Night Fights. Even odder is that this is officially an IBF middleweight title eliminator and that both Stevens and … [Read more...]
What If Special: Louis-Schmeling Part 2: Operation Mousetrap!
Welcome to Part Two of What If's look at how Max Schmeling and Joe Louis would have fared against the backdrop of a completely changed World War II. Part 1 is here. When last we left our scene, Max Schmeling owned two wins over Joe Louis, and at Hitler's behest had kept the title as an exhibition through Germany over the course of 1939. Meanwhile, Poland allied with the … [Read more...]
Andre Ward: Who, What, Where, When?
by Eric "Sugar Foot" Duran For being the consensus no. 2, pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, Andre Ward has only fought 3 times in the last 3 years. In fact, he hasn't laced them up in 2014 at all. For the last year, Ward and promoter Dan Goossen have battled it out in the court room. Ward claims Goossen violated the Ali Act. Specifically, withholding … [Read more...]