Assuming that the very top of the middleweight division will be up for grab as Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin battle once or twice more to determine supremacy, attention should shift to those 160-pounders right below them and all the great fights right there for the making. What's left of the middleweight division is plenty compelling enough to inspire big bouts and wild … [Read more...]
Has The Ship Sailed? Golovkin, Alvarez Moving Away From Superfight
Whether you believe the reports saying that Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs failed to crack 150,000 buys or you believe Golovkin’s people saying that it did 170,000 buys, the truth is that neither number could be considered a success without making a huge reach or claiming ignorance. Golovkin’s second pay-per-view not only failed to prop him up to superstar status (much … [Read more...]
David Lemieux Tramples Curtis Stevens in Crossroads Clash
In a bout that served as a process of elimination for the Middleweight division, Lemieux and Stevens both came in the fight knowing that a win could re-ignite the momentum each man lost after being respectively battered by Gennady Golovkin and a loss would be devastating for their future prospects. Not as devastating, however, as the left hook that Lemieux landed that not … [Read more...]
David Lemieux vs. Curtis Stevens: The Boxing Tribune Preview
If next weekend’s clash between Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs is a battle for Middleweight supremacy, then that makes this weekend’s fight between David Lemieux and Curtis Stevens a battle for Middleweight survival. The bout pits two of the division’s most appealing also rans that highlights not only the continuously sorry state of the Middleweight division but also has … [Read more...]
David Lemieux vs. Curtis Stevens: Must See TV
On March 18th Madison Square Garden will host unified Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s defense against Daniel Jacobs. This is not an article about that fight. No, I won’t bore you with a tale of the champion, his belts, or a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden. We’re heading upstateto the Turning Stone Resort and Casino to look at what just might be a more exciting … [Read more...]