Cuban featherweight Yuriorkis “El Ciclon de Guantanamo” Gamboa (21-0, 16 KOs) will make his return after more than a year on the shelf when he challenges IBF featherweight champion, Juan Carlos Salgado (26-1-1, 16 KOs), who retained his title with a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Jonathan Victor Barros on Saturday night. Super middleweight contender Andre “The Matrix” … [Read more...]
What 50 Cent Means to Boxing; Magno’s Monday Rant
The biggest story from my vacation time was the emergence of rapper 50 Cent as an active participant in the sport. In the span of about two weeks' time, "Fiddy" announced the creation of TMT (The Money Team) Promotions, gay-bashed Oscar De la Hoya on Twitter, and picked up a nice stable of world class fighters. To say the least, it was a meteoric rise for the … [Read more...]
The Mystery Surrounding “The Money Team”: Portions of a Scotch-Stained Notebook
by Tim Harrison Boxing Tribune Editor-in-Chief Paul Magno is on vacation until August 12, so “Magno’s Monday Rant”, the one column openly reviled by the Boxing Writers Association of America, will be absent until his return. In its place will be “Portions of a Scotch-Stained Notebook”, an actual, physical notebook I keep notes and thoughts in throughout the week (and yes…I … [Read more...]
Yuriorkis Gamboa and Andre Dirrel sign promotional deals with 50 Cent
Former Olympic medalists, Yuriorkis “El Ciclon de Guantanamo” Gamboa (21-0, 16 KOs) and Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell (20-1, 14 KOs) have reportedly signed promotional agreements with rapper Curtis Jackson, aka “50 Cent’s” new promotional outfit, TMT Promotions (The Money Team), according to Jackson’s website www.thisis50.com. Gamboa, the 2004 flyweight Olympic Gold Medalist … [Read more...]
Taylor, Dirrell Stop Overmatched Club Fighters in Ring Returns
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California--After twenty-six months away from the ring, former middleweight world titlist, Jermain Taylor (29-4-1, 19 KOs), stopped overmatched Maryland club fighter, Jessie Nicklow (22-3-3, 8 KOs) in the eighth round of their scheduled ten. Taylor dominated throughout and performed as expected against a fighter whose greatest claim to … [Read more...]