Brooklyn, New York- Light Heavyweight Sean Monaghan and Heather Hardy scored victories on the non-televised portion of tonight’s HBO “Boxing After Dark” card headlined by Ruslan Provodnikov-Chris Algieri. Monaghan dominated veteran Elvir Muriqi and Hardy took a split decision over Jackie Trivilino in the first ever female boxing match at the Barclays Center. Also scoring wins … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Exclusive: Paulie Malignaggi on The World Cup, Cotto-Martinez, Provodnikov-Algieri and More
Yesterday, The Boxing Tribune ran into former two time world champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi at the Ruslan Provodnikov-Chris Aligeri weigh-in, and he provided us with some interesting insight into Saturday night’s main event, as well as last week’s Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez bout. In his last fight, Malignaggi was stopped by current welterweight title holder Shawn … [Read more...]
Provodnikov- Algieri Weigh-In Results
On Saturday night, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York continues its run of hosting championship boxing events when WBO 140-pound titlist Ruslan Provodnikov (23-2, 16 KOs) takes on Chris Algieri (19-0, 8 KOs) in the main event of HBO’s “Boxing After Dark”. In the co-feature, Demetrius Andrade (20-0, 13 KOs) defends his WBO junior middleweight belt against England’s Brian … [Read more...]
Cotto-Martinez: Have We Seen This Before?
There are moments in sports when history repeats itself. The New York Rangers are headed to the Stanley Cup finals like they were 20-years-ago; the Miami Heat are on a finals collision course with the San Antonio Spurs for the second consecutive year and California Chrome is the tenth horse in 25 years to vie for the triple crown. Also, on June 7, Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31 KOs) … [Read more...]
Boxcino Tournament Finals Wrap-Up
Decisive Victories were the theme of tonight’s Boxcino tournament finals at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York. It was a fitting end to a series that was uncontroversial and judged correctly. Willie Monroe Jr. and Petr Petrov won their respective brackets and move on to brighter futures in competitive divisions. Willie Monroe Jr. (18-1, 6 KOs) Def. Brandon Adams … [Read more...]