Former junior welterweight top contender Lucas Matthysse plans on returning to the ring on the Canelo Alvarez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. undercard. It will be the Argentine's first fight since a crushing knockout loss to Viktor Postol in October of 2015. Right now, the plan is to kick off a campaign at welterweight with a bout against the solid, but utterly unspectacular Pablo … [Read more...]
Chad Dawson-Andrzej Fonfara added to Thurman-Garcia undercard (And this is a good thing)
Boxingscene is reporting that a Chad Dawson-Andrzej Fonfara light heavyweight co-feature has been added to the March 4 Keith Thurman-Danny Garcia undercard at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The bout may or may not be televised on the CBS broadcast, but it will be the no. 3 bout on the card, underneath the main event and the intriguing junior middleweight match between … [Read more...]
Deontay Wilder is going nowhere fast
If only Deontay Wilder were Eastern European. Life would be much easier for the WBC heavyweight champion if his people could somehow manage to wedge him into that open space in the hearts of many fight fans reserved for hard-punching white pugs sold as absolute bad-asses. But, much to Wilder's detriment, he's black and he's loud-- often cartoonishly loud. He's not the … [Read more...]
Adrien Broner vs. Adrian Granados: Upset Special?
Adrien Broner may be on the precipice of a make or break moment-- and he's probably not even aware of it. On February 18. the four-division world champ and current WBA junior welterweight titlist is booked to have a showcase fight in front of his hometown Cincinnati audience. Those betting on boxing will see that his challenger, Adrian Granados, is about a three-to-one … [Read more...]
Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr.: Everyone is saying the right things, but…
If reports in the media are true, IBF welterweight champ Kell Brook is close to making a deal that would see him defend his belt against fast-rising star and IBF mandatory challenger Errol Spence Jr. Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn is certainly saying the right things, going public with a reported request to the IBF to delay the scheduled February 7 purse bid while hammering … [Read more...]