Abner Mares-Daniel Ponce de Leon is signed for April 20 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California with Josesito Lopez-Marcos Maidana as a possible co-feature. Read More HERE: Abner Mares to Face Daniel Ponce De Leon for WBC Title, Leaves Behind Thoughts of Donaire … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2012
In a lot of ways, 2012 was the best of times and the worst of times for fight fans. Competition for the eyeballs of fight fans created at least the hint of an effort to deliver good fights to the public and, although Golden Boy and Top Rank still insist on playing promotional turf war, both companies did a decent job of making some of the best fights within their power to make. … [Read more...]
Vanes Martirosyan’s “Ow, My Balls!” Moment: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette In an interview (reported via Eastside Boxing), Vanes Martirosyan, recently removed from his draw against Erislandy Lara in a WBC junior middleweight title eliminator, said “My cut is healing well, but my balls are extremely sore!”, referring to a particularly blatant (in the mind of Martirosyan at least) low blow. For all of the testicles' vaunted … [Read more...]
Saturday’s Fight Recap: Scribblings from the Tweety notebook.
What to do when the Editor in Chief is stuck without access to his website during an entire day of fight action? Grab a notepad and start scribbling observations the old fashioned way: Abner Mares (25-0-1, 13 KOs) UD 12 Anselmo Moreno (33-2-1, 12 KOs) Mares' star keeps rising. The 26-year-old fought the right type of fight against a guy like Moreno. He pushed forward and … [Read more...]
Abner Mares vs. Anselmo Moreno: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison Abner Mares (24-0-1, 13 KOs) puts his WBC super bantamweight title on the line against bantamweight stalwart Anselmo Moreno (33-1-1, 12 KOs), Saturday, November 10 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. This 12-round super bantamweight title fight headlines Showtime Championship Boxing, which also features Leo Santa Cruz’s IBF bantamweight title … [Read more...]