by Eric Duran Unbeaten Middleweight Maurice Louishome (8-0, 4 KOs) returns to action on Friday at the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon, California. Dibella Entertainment presents a prospect-heavy card headlined by Ivan Redkach (17-0, 13 KOs). Louishome, a resident of Colorado Springs, looks to continue his winning ways after a foul-filled technical decision … [Read more...]
Mike Alvarado arrested in Colorado on weapons charge
The Denver Post’s Jesse Paul and Nick Groke are reporting that Mike Alvarado (34-3, 23 KOs) was arrested over the weekend on a “felony warrant and suspicion of being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon after officers found a handgun in the glove box of his Hummer during a traffic stop.” Alvarado, the former WBO junior welterweight champion, has lost his last two … [Read more...]
Japanese Boxing on the Rise
by Ted Sares Fall seven times, stand up eight —Japanese proverb. Boxers from Argentina have had their surge but it has slowed down considerably. Eastern European fighters continue to rise as Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev, Wladimir Klitschko, Vasyl Lomachenko, Ruslan Provodnikov, and Evgeny Gradovich and now Artur Beterbiev make great fights in different global … [Read more...]
Fifteen minutes of complaints and grievances; Harrison’s Monday Rant
by Tim Harrison Some of you may have noticed a slight change in tone in the Monday Rant over the last few weeks – if not the altered title altogether. Boxing Tribune Editor-in-Chief Paul Magno’s annual vacation is coming to an end, and while I’ve enjoyed ranting in his stead, I feel I’ve only partially broken the surface of what it means to truly rant in the “angry old man” … [Read more...]
Naoya Inoue Wins WBO 115 lb. title
by Ted Sares “I prepared different strategies for this fight, but when I saw him I just knew I am going to beat him,”—Omar Navarez Even though 21 year-old’s record is just 8-0, the question can now be legitimately posed: is Naoya “Monster” Inoue a top 10 pound-for-pound fighter? In fact, does he deserve serious consideration for 2014 Fighter of the Year? On December 30 … [Read more...]