Amid the hubbub of Saturday night's fight action, displaying the very best the sport has to offer, light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev showed a bit of the very worst side of human nature. Issued via Twitter pic, Kovalev stands smiling and pointing to a child wearing a T-shirt depicting a fighter with a monkey face photoshopped over his head. The Kovalev-written … [Read more...]
The Real Problem With Premier Boxing Champions; Magno’s Monday Rant
We're a little over one month into the Premier Boxing Champions movement and things are going fairly well...right now. So far, with the exception of a so-so Adonis Stevenson-Sakio Bika Quebec main event and a dreary Broner-Molina undercard feature on the Vegas debut show, the actual quality of the boxing has been pretty good. The production values and overall presentation … [Read more...]
Soldiers Of Fortune; Magno’s Monday Rant
So much about boxing is subjective and it's this aspect of the sport that leads to double standards galore. If, for whatever reason, you have an agenda against a specific fighter, a case can be made for him ducking and dodging his mightiest competitor en route to the top. And this is a safe finger to point because everyone at or near the top has left behind at least a name … [Read more...]
Easy Like Saturday Afternoon: Stevenson Beats Bika
Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada-- Coming into Saturday's CBS afternoon PBC main event, there was little doubt as to the outcome-- Defending WBC light heavyweight champ, Adonis Stevenson was going to win. The question was whether we'd see a fight, a one-sided romp, or an ugly, frustrating stylistic match. As it turned out, we saw a bit of all three. Stevenson … [Read more...]
Adonis Stevenson vs. Sakio Bika: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison This Saturday, April 4 at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Adonis Stevenson (25-1, 21 KOs) will take on Sakio Bika (32-6-3, 21 KOs) in a light heavyweight title fight scheduled for twelve rounds. Stevenson’s WBC light heavyweight title will be on the line, and for some, so will the lineal light heavyweight and RING Magazine titles. The fight … [Read more...]