by Ted Sares The Closers: Part One The Closers: Part Two The Closers: Part Three This series would not be complete without mentioning some notable non-closers. And no, this is not going to be devoted solely to Floyd Mayweather Jr, though he is a prime non-closer given that his last non-controversial stoppage was when he bounced Rick Hatton’s head off the ring post … [Read more...]
50-0-0: Who gets there first?
by Ted Sares “I know I’ll beat Juan Manuel Marquez—Cesar Cuenca After struggling with Marcus “El Chino” Maidana on May 3, Floyd Mayweather (now at 46-0) may no longer be the only viable challenger to reach and/or surpass Rocky Marciano’s record of 49-0 and then retire. Willie Pep (62-0), Julio Ceasar Chavez, Sr. (89-0-1) and Nino LaRocca (56-0) passed it but … [Read more...]
Marquez to return on April 21 against Cesar Cuenca
Zanfer Promotions, the promoter of record for Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KOs), has reported he will make his return to the ring on April 21 when he takes on the light-punching, Argentinean southpaw, Cesar Cuenca (42-0, 1 KO) in Mexico. Marquez, who lost a close split decision to Manny Pacquiao in November, was in preliminary talks to meet with IBF/WBA jr. welterweight … [Read more...]
In a Perfect World…(The Junior Welters)
by Paul Magno In a perfect world, boxing's fiercest battles would take place inside the ring and the sport's sanctioning bodies would actually facilitate quality match-ups rather than get in the way.... In a perfect world, promoters and managers would realize that making fan-friendly fights will bring in more cash than coddling their fighters with meaningless easy fights and … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-In
by Chris Milton We start off a slow week in Boxing with a GBP show on Fox sports featuring the new Oscar De La Hoya, Frankie Gomez. Frankie will be looking at continuing his early KO record in what is really an overblown sparring session. The card if full of unbeaten young prospects. The way GBP continue to fail with developing the stars of the future, we all know one of … [Read more...]