by Fox Doucette Later this week, Cornelius Bundrage (31-4, 18 KOs) makes his second defense of the IBF junior middleweight title against Cory Spinks (39-6, 11 KOs), from whom “K-9” won the title in August of 2010. For Bundrage, this will continue a long and illustrious career of taking the path of least resistance to a world title and still making an awful hash of things along … [Read more...]
The People Vs. Paper Champions
by Fox Doucette Quick question. What do Beibut Shumenov (in action this weekend), Guillermo Jones, Robert Stieglitz, Cornelius Bundrage, and Billy Dib have in common? If you guessed “they're fringe contenders calling themselves world champion”, give yourself a pat on the back and a cookie. Sechew Powell is also in action this week, fighting Gabriel Rosado for a minor trinket … [Read more...]
We’ll pay you NOT to fight; Magno’s Monday Rant
The tendency among boxing fans is to dwell on the sport's dream fights, but there is certainly a case to be made for addition by subtraction in the sport we love. So, in my one-man quest to save boxing and inspired by the U.S. government subsidies paid to farmers for not growing certain crops, here's a look at some upcoming fights that would've been better left … [Read more...]
IBF Junior Middleweight Eliminator featuring Cory Spinks vs. Sechew Powell, Saturday January 28th
Two southpaws will meet in the ring Saturday, January 28th in an IBF junior middleweight elimination bout. Cory “Next Generation” Spinks (38-6, 11KOs) will face Sechew “Iron Horse” Powell (26-3, 15KOs) to decide who will be next to face the 4th ranked junior middleweight in the world and IBF titleholder, Cornelius Bundrage (31-4, 18KOs). Spinks, well known in the world of … [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...]