By Fox Doucette Reigning WBC champion at junior middleweight Saul “El Canelo” Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KOs) looks to remain unbeaten in the co-feature of Golden Boy's “Star Power” pay-per-view Saturday night, September 17, against former Contender reality series participant Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KOs). The fight will be one of three championship belts on the line from the WBC in … [Read more...]
Star Power PPV: The Only Preview You Need
By Fox Doucette Saturday, September 17, at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific, and at a US price of $59.95 for standard or $69.95 for high-def, HBO Pay-Per-View and Golden Boy Promotions present Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KOs) vs. Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KOs) for the WBC welterweight title in the main event. For Mayweather it is his first fight since May 1, 2010, when he cruised … [Read more...]
Rojas Retains, Other Weekend Results
Courtesy Bad Left Hook ( WBC Super Flyweight Title) Tomas Rojas RTD-11 Juan Jose Montes Alfonso Gomez TKO-2 Calvin Green Kashif Mumtaz TKO-1 Les Sherrington (ankle injury) Juan Alberto "Topo" Rosas KO-6 John Alberto Molina Oscar Ibarra TKO-7 Juanito Rubillar Juan Palacios UD-12 Sammy Gutierrez Jose "Piston" Lopez UD-10 Jorge Paez Jr Michael Farenas … [Read more...]
Alfonso Gomez, Calvin Green set for Top Rank Live, Saturday May 21
Former “Contender” Season 1 star Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO) will make his return to the ring against jr. middleweight Calvin Green (21-5-1, 13 KO), on Saturday May 21, 2010. The bout will take place at a catchweight of 150 pounds, and will headline Saturday’s Top Rank Live show, from the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabezon, California, and will be televised on Fox … [Read more...]
Who Can Defrost the Frozen Welterweight Division?
by Paul Magno The welterweight division still boasts boxing's two best fighters in Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather as well as a pretty serviceable, if slightly unproven, Andre Berto as a third wheel. But below them, other than a 39-year old Shane Mosley, already sporting a one-sided loss to Mayweather and scheduled to face Pacquiao on May 7th, the division is almost … [Read more...]