Everyone loves a knockout. Even the most boring, sleep inducing contest can be saved with a few concussive shots to the dome. There's rarely a debate when a fight ends in this manner; it's a punctuation on anything that had happened in the rounds prior. With that said, here’s a look at some of the year’s best knockouts, in reverse chronological order. You can decide for … [Read more...]
Fallen Warriors (Part Eight)
Marco Antonio "El Texano" Nazareth (4-4, 3 KO’s) Born: 4-12-1986, Died: 7-22-2009 Nazareth died as a result of brain injuries sustained in a return bout with Omar Chavez, son of Julio Cesar Chavez. Nazareth was looking to avenge a four round decision loss he had suffered over a year prior, but was dropped in the opening round of the rematch and stopped in the fourth … [Read more...]
U.S. Televised Boxing Schedule, week of 05/22/2016 *Eastern Standard Time
5/27 (Friday) 9pm CBS Sports Net – Sports Spectacular Fight Night Jarrell Miller vs. Nick Guivas (10) Nick Casal vs. Antonio Chaves Fernandez (6) 5/28 (Saturday) 8pm gfl.tv Go Fight Live PPV Nick Kisner vs. Lamont Capers (8) Isiah Seldon vs. Eddie Edmond (6) Chuck Mussachio vs. Willis Lockett (6) + 6 four round under card bouts 10pm FOX Sports 1 – Premier … [Read more...]
Cordero Retains Interim Title by KO
Dayana Cordero (12-5-2, 11 KO’s) retained the interim WBA bantamweight title last night, stopping challenger Maribel Ramirez (9-9-2, 3 KO’s) in the seventh round of their contest at Coliseo Municipal in the champs homeland of Colombia. Cordero scored two knockdowns in her first defense, dropping Ramirez in the opening frame and once again in the third. She took a few shots … [Read more...]
U.S. Televised Boxing Schedule, week of 5-15-2016 *Eastern Standard Time
5/17 (Tuesday) 9pm Fox Sports 1 – Premier Boxing Champions Murat Gassiev vs. Jordan Shimmell (12) 5/20 (Friday) 10pm Estrella TV Eddie Gomez vs. John Karl Sosa (10) Fidel Maldonado Jr. vs. Art Hovhannisyan (10) 11pm CBS Sports Net Hanzel Martinez vs. Prosper Ankrah (8) Emmanuel Robel vs. Gerardo Cuevas (8) 5/21 (Saturday) 3pm Go Fight Live gfl.tv … [Read more...]