by Fox Doucette Tonight's edition of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights was like a bad blind date. Slow, plodding, not terribly passionate, and at the end you were left with a guy with a disappointed look on his face when he heard the opinion of who he was supposed to be trying to impress. Carlos Molina (20-5-2, 6 KOs) played the role of the disinterested woman and his suitor, Damian … [Read more...]
Carlos Molina Gets Elevated To Main Event: FNF Preview
by Fox Doucette Some guys have all the luck. In the case of junior middleweight fringe contender Carlos Molina (19-5-2, 6 KOs), his good fortune is finding himself elevated to main event status from the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights season finale as he takes on Damian Frias (19-4-1, 10 KOs). Meanwhile, veteran Chicago-based super … [Read more...]
Cloud-Pascal Postponed; Pascal’s Hand Injured
by Fox Doucette The IBF light heavyweight title fight scheduled for August 11 between champion Tavoris Cloud (24-0, 19 KOs) and Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KOs) has been postponed; ESPN's Dan Rafael reports that Pascal had to pull out of the fight with an injury to his right hand suffered in training. Promoter Yvon Michel, whose GYM Promotions had been putting on the original … [Read more...]
Edwin Rodriguez vs. Don George on Saturday, March 17th
On the undercard of the Martinez-Macklin bout, Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (20-0, 14 KOs) will face Don “Da Bomb” George (22-1-1, 19 KOs). The bout will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The bout will air live on the HBO World Championship Boxing broadcast that begins at 10PM ET/7PM PT. At the age of 26, Rodriguez comes into this bout undefeated and … [Read more...]
Librado Andrade vs. Don George, Saturday December 17th in a Super Middleweight Title Eliminator
Librado Andrade (30-4, 23KOs) will take on Don George (22-1-1, 19KOs) Saturday, December 17th in Cozumel, Mexico. The winner of this bout will be the mandatory challenger to IBF titleholder Lucian Bute. Andrade has gone 3-3 in his last six bouts losing once to Aaron Pryor Jr., ranked 9th, and twice to Lucian Bute, ranked 1st in the division. A win Saturday, would pit … [Read more...]