“Pascal challenged me. Pascal called me out. He is risking his belt, and I am going to make him wish he hadn’t...The pressure is more on him than on me. I am going to dissect this guy. I am going to take him apart." --Bernard Hopkins “I know very well who was doing the head butting the night of October the 31st (2009). I know Agbeko was a great fighter, but I want him to … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-in
by Chris Milton Audley Harrison has announced he will continue to box. Question is will he ever actually fight? Carl Froch put on a boxing clinic last weekend. Carl now looks to be the favourite to make it through to the final alongside Andre Ward. Anyone else think that Ward is going to get a bye into the finals as Abraham will pull out? According to Dan Rafael, Juan … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-In
by Chris Milton Gale Van Hoy has finally entered a decent scorecard for a boxing match. Van Hoy scored Mike Jones and Soto Karass 94-94. Well done Mr Hoy, although we expect normal services to be resumed as soon as possible. PPV numbers for the mismatch last weekend are starting to float around, it seems as though 1.4 million households bought the Manny Pacquiao Antonio … [Read more...]
What did you expect?
by Paul Magno Last Saturday we saw two one-sided contests, promoted to the max and sold to the masses as something more than the mismatches they actually were. On the main stage of Cowboys' Stadium, we saw a completely overmatched Antonio Margarito literally beaten to a bloody pulp by Manny Pacquiao over twelve one-sided rounds. The beating was so one-sided that … [Read more...]
Pacquiao Owns Margarito; Haye Blasts Harrison: The Rest of Saturday’s Action
Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, TX Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) UD 12 Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs) Recap: Pacquiao used his speed and versatility to utterly dominate a game, but overmatched Antonio Margarito. Pacquiao called the shots throughout, making a bloody mess of the Tijuana native, especially under the right eye. With Pacquiao gaining in confidence and … [Read more...]