Hola amigos y familia, welcome to a balmy, 84 degree candy cane scented edition of Panama City's highest grossing, most money spinning proper pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch - We are the boxing equivalent of Die Hard 1, Gremlins, Home Alone and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation all rolled up into one easy-to-digest fruitcake flavored mid-day snick snack. This week's … [Read more...]
Adonis Stevenson vs. Dmitry Sukhotsky: The Boxing Tribune Preview
This Friday at Colisee de Quebec in Quebec City, Canada, Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (24-1, 20 KO’s) makes the fourth defense of the WBC light heavyweight title against Russia’s Dmitry Sukhotsky (22-2, 16 KO’s). The contest, to be broadcast live on Showtime, headlines an eight bout card that also features Kevin Bizier, Andre Dirrell, and Artur Beterbiev in three under … [Read more...]
Kovalev-Pascal Set for March 14, HBO…Under Two Conditions
It was confirmed earlier today that Main Events and InterBox, promoters of Sergey Kovalev (260-1, 23 KOs) and Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs), respectively, have reached an agreement for their two light heavyweights to meet on an HBO telecast set for March 14 in either Montreal or Quebec City. However, the showdown for Kovalev's WBO/WBA/IBF world light heavyweight titles is … [Read more...]
Team Pascal: “Unlike Adonis Stevenson, Jean Pascal Ducks Nobody!”
In the aftermath of last Saturday's Sergey Kovalev-Bernard Hopkins light heavyweight showdown in Atlantic City, former WBC world titlist Jean Pascal now sits firmly as the third most important fighter in the 175 lb. division. As no. 1 contender to both Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev, via the WBC and WBO, respectively, the Haitian-Canadian star is also in the unique … [Read more...]
After the Conquest: What’s Next for “Krusher” Kovalev?
The fun, glorious stuff has already taken place-- Sergey Kovalev scored a one-sided shutout of Bernard Hopkins using his size, strength, and most importantly, unflappable will and focus. He has added Hopkins' WBA and IBF belts to his own WBO strap. Everything happened perfectly for the "Krusher" and the passing of the torch from aged legend to dominant younger star was … [Read more...]