Two former super middleweight world title challengers, Edison Miranda (33-5, 29 KOs) and Allan Green (29-3, 20 KOs) return as light heavyweights Saturday, June 4 in separate bouts on the Carl Froch-Glen Johnson undercard at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Miranda, who has come up short in title shots against middleweight, Arthur Abraham and Lucian Bute at … [Read more...]
To American Fight Fans: Support Andre Ward or Shut up! Magno’s Monday Rant
Welcome to another edition of Magno's Monday Rant, the only boxing column that uses Dante's Inferno as a reference book and a loaded .44 as an office supply... American fight fans like to moan and complain about the sport having seen better days. They cry about the lack of real stars and the difficulty in getting the current top fighters to face one another. And they have … [Read more...]
War in Helsinki: Froch and Abraham Battle for Supremacy
by Paul Magno Two warriors stand in the rubble of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, both looking to salvage their reputations while the tournament crumbles all around them. Andre Dirrell and Mikkel Kessler have opted out, Jermain Taylor and Allan Green were forced out, and the 41-year old Glen Johnson, a natural 175-pounder who hadn't fought at the 168 lb limit in over a … [Read more...]
BODY BLOW #140: BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS – THE JUICE VS THE GLOVE
BODY BLOW #140: BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS - THE JUICE VS THE GLOVE Show Notes: *Why Juanma Is the Next IT Guy. *Why Alan Green will Never Get It. *Why I love Glen Johnson. *Why Zab will always be Zab. *Come On, Son PART 1: Haye vs Harrison *Come On, Son PART 2: The Juice vs The Glove (Pacquiao vs. Margarito) Your Ad Here … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-in
by Chris Milton Allan Green is appealing his KO loss to Glen Johnson because of a supposed illegal punch. Maybe if Green actually bothered to keep his eyes on Johnson the whole thing would never have happened. You can not blame Johnson for something that was entirely Green's fault. Kudos to good old Glengoffe for finally removing the disease that is Allan Green from my TV … [Read more...]