‘The last thing a fighter loses is his punch”--Anonymous Oleg “The Big O” Maskaev (39-7) was last seen beating aged and totally shot Danny William (44-18) by UD in 2013. Each of the O’s losses have come by stoppage—some very malevolent. The fact is, he has no chin but he does have heavy hands and his career defining wins have both been over Hasim “The Rock” Rahman, the first … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2017
Five Big Fights That Were Killed By Upsets
Usually in the business of boxing if a fight is big enough, it’ll happen no matter what it takes to get it. That means there might be dodgy decisions, questionable call outs and some promotional finagling to make sure the big one goes off without a hitch. The only thing that can stop that momentum is a devastating loss, especially in a fight that almost everybody thought was a … [Read more...]
Asian Boxing News
The past week has been a busy one for me on a personal level, but thankfully the news in the Asian boxing world has been much quieter, with only a handful of news worth stories. Signings- One of the biggest stories of the week was that 2016 Olympic gold medal winner Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (0-0) had become the 9th fighter from the Rio Olympics to sign with Top Rank. The Uzbek … [Read more...]
Srisaket shocks Gonzalez, GGG escapes and Fujioka claims place in history
Oh what a week we've had with history being created, a major upset and a top star being given one of his most serious tests so far. I'm not going to try and tell you the week was amazing from start to end, but there was certainly a number of great fights and memorable moments from a week that provided it's share of action. The action began on Monday at the Korakuen Hall, one … [Read more...]
For Golovkin-Jacobs, absurd is the word
The HBO hype machine did to Daniel Jacobs on Saturday night what cancer couldn’t do. Okay, that may be going too far…However, Jacobs did fight the fight of his life, won that fight, but left Madison Square Garden with a loss—losing eight of twelve rounds on two judges’ scorecards! How absurd is it to realize that we’re finally learning how the consensus middleweight … [Read more...]