All Entries Tagged With: "Andre Berto"
The Truth? Boxing Can’t Handle the Truth! Magno’s Monday Rant
In the ass-backwards world of boxing, VADA tests, but cant enforce; The NSAC enforces, but can’t test. The end result is chaos, confusion, lost revenue, and, likely, the end of any real PEDs testing reform.
Andre Berto Fails VADA Drug Test, Victor Conte Responds
Another major fight may have bitten the dust under the weight of true random blood testing and the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) protocol.
Outrageous Fortune: The rise, fall, rise, and fall of Victor Ortiz
A look at the up and down recent career of Victor Ortiz
Paul’s Bulging Mail Sack; Magno’s Monday Rant
Step right up and wrap your eyes around Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack in this week’s Rant.
Notes from the Underground; Magno’s Monday Rant
It’s Monday again and the Rant is here. This week, Magno takes a look at the catfight over Sergio Martinez, the sad middleweight scene, and the muddled brain of Larry Merchant.
Buck-buck-BRAWWK! II (Duck and Cover!): The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette How fitting that your friendly neighborhood commentator gets to run this on Groundhog Day. Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott couldn’t come up with a better analogy for the week’s boxing news if they tried. You’ve got a fighter pulling out of a rematch against a guy he lost to, citing [...]
Berto to Have Surgery on Ruptured Left Biceps, Fight with Ortiz is Canceled
Victor Conte, the strength and conditioning coach for two-time welterweight titlist, Andre Berto, informed BoxingScene.com this morning of the severity of Andre Berto’s injury. “Andre ruptured the same left bicep that he had surgery on previously,” Conte stated. “Andre is having surgery and I was told that the fight is definitely off.” Berto previously ruptured [...]
Berto Suffers Injury in Training, February 11 Fight with Ortiz in Jeopardy
The February 11 welterweight rematch between Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KOs) and Andre Berto )28-1, 22 KOs) is in danger of being canceled or postponed. Berto suffered an arm injury in training today and reportedly went to the hospital to undergo an MRI to determine the extent of the injury. The first fight between Ortiz [...]
Victor Ortiz’s License Approved, Joel Casamayor’s License Revoked in NSAC Wednesday Hearing
In their scheduled hearing today, the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) issued two decisions that affect the livelihoods of fighters competing under their jurisdiction.
Victor Ortiz’s Nevada License in Question over Mayweather Headbutt Admission
Ortiz’s admission that he tried to break Floyd Mayweather’s nose with a headbutt puts February’s Berto-Ortiz bout in jeopardy.
Weight Class of the Year: The Southpaw
Which weight class gave us the best fights and best fighters of 2011? Check out Fox Doucette’s Southpaw column for the answer.
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2011
2011: The Best, Worst, Wildest, and Strangest Moments of the Year…These are NOT your father’s Year-End Awards!
Showtime Snatches Ortiz vs. Berto II from HBO
As reported here more than two weeks ago, the rematch between Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto has been signed and will take place in either January or February of 2012 on Showtime, not HBO.
Berto Ditches IBF Belt, Focuses on Ortiz Rematch
A little over two months after winning the IBF welterweight title from Jan Zaveck via fifth round stoppage, Andre Berto has voluntarily vacated the belt in anticipation of a proposed January rematch with Victor Ortiz.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Villain for Life
Has “Money” Mayweather’s push to exploit his own bad publicity forever tainted his legacy?
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