Austin Trout (23-0, 13KOs) will face Australian fighter Frank LoPorto (15-4-2, 7KOs) this Friday November 11th at Cohen Stadium in El Paso, Texas. The card will be broadcast Live on Showtime at 11:05pm ET/PT. An El Paso native, Trout comes into the fight undefeated and ranked 7th in the division by The Boxing Tribune. He will be making his second straight WBA title defense … [Read more...]
Super Six? Junior Middle’s Got Super 16
By Fox Doucette Earlier this week, the esteemed editor in chief of this fine publication and I got into a bit of a discussion about whether Kermit Cintron (33-4-1, 28 KOs), who is scheduled to fight Saul Alvarez (38-0-1, 28 KOs) on November 26th for El Canelo's WBC belt at 154, is the toughest test that Alvarez has yet faced. I argued that Cintron is just Matthew Hatton or … [Read more...]
154 Pounds: Boxing’s Soup Kitchen
by Fox Doucette Let's play a little game of free association. What do you think of when I say words like “woeful”, “pathetic”, and “sad”? If you're like me, you think of stuff like Greek sovereign debt, the US economy, maybe some homeless guy in a gutter with all of his belongings in a rucksack and a pigeon passing overhead taking a crap on him. And, of course, you think … [Read more...]
Trout Outboxes Lopez in Sweltering Heat; The Rest of Saturday’s Action
Auditorio Miguel Barragan, San Luis Potosi, Mexico-- Austin Trout (23-0, 13 KOs) made the first defense of his WBA jr. middleweight title in the sweltering heat of San Luis Potosi by outworking and outboxing Mexico's David Lopez (40-13, 23 KOs) and taking the wide unanimous decision. From the very beginning, Trout moved effectively and showed himself to be too talented and … [Read more...]
Trout in Sink or Swim Bout with Lopez, June 11th
WBA jr. middleweight titlist, Austin Trout (22-0, 13 KOs) will make the first defense of his belt this Saturday against tough veteran, David Lopez (40-12, 23 KOs) at the Auditorio Miguel Barragan in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The 25-year-old southpaw from Las Cruces, New Mexico, Trout, won the vacant title in February via one-sided unanimous decision over lackluster Rigoberto … [Read more...]