"Will someone please pass along the message that I want to fight Antonio Tarver!!!!! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Heavyweight gatekeeper Jason Gavern is calling out Antonio Tarver via Facebook this morning. Tarver dispatched of Jonathan Banks last evening on ESPN's Thursday Night Fights. Gavern is 26-18-4 … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: December 11th – 13th, 2014
12/11 – Fedor Chudinov (12-0, 10 KO’s) vs. Ben McCulloch (14-1, 11 KO’s) - Dynamo Palace of Sports in Krylatskoye, Moscow, Russia Undefeated contenders face off for the interim WBA super middleweight title. Chudinov won his last three inside the distance, and McCulloch has stopped his last eight opponents. Both fighters hold regional titles. *Chudinov won via KO … [Read more...]
Austin Trout, Chris Arreola on 12/11 ESPN2 “Special” Card, Tarver-Banks Possible
It's being reported that the December 11 card on ESPN2 and hosted at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California will be a fairly star-studded affair. Sharing the main stage will be former junior middleweight world titlist Austin Trout (27-2, 14KOs) in a bout against Luis Grajeda (17-3-2, 13KOs) and heavyweight Chris Arreola (35-4, 31KOs) against an opponent to be … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: September 26th – 29th, 2014
9/26 – Anselmo Moreno (35-2-1, 12 KO’s) vs. Juan Carlos Payano (15-0, 8 KO’s) - Mesquite Arena, Mesquite, Texas, USA Moreno makes the fifth defense of the WBA Super World bantamweight title after eight straight wins in “regular” WBA bantamweight title bouts. His only loss since 2002 was to Abner Mares, the WBC super-bantamweight champ. Payano has fought some experienced … [Read more...]
10 Hopeless Boxing Renovation Projects
Who doesn't love the career comeback? Every once in awhile a world class fighter, through sheer will to win, turns around a career headed for the boxing trash bin and pushes his way to a ring rebirth. More common, though, is the once-main stage fighter who refuses to accept the fact that, well, it's over. Once a fighter's time is done, they can take a break, change trainers, … [Read more...]