By Richard Downie Last Saturday, Callum Smith scraped through 116-112, 117-110, 117-111 to open up the Super Middleweight portion of the WBSS against in a by the numbers performance against Erik Skoglund. Outside of a steady jab, Skoglund offered little much as he gave away the first third of the fight to Smith. Skoglund found his rhythm at the end of the fourth … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: September 11th – 16th, 2014
9/11 – Golden Boy Live - Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Jamel Herring (8-0, 5 KO’s) vs. Luis Alberto Pelayo (11-4, 7 KO’s) Errol Spence (13-0, 10 KO’s) vs. Noe Bolanos (24-10-1, 16 KO’s) Undefeated U.S. Olympians fight on the under card in a pair of eight round contests. Read the full events preview HERE 9/13 – Erik Skoglund (20-0, 11 KO’s) vs. Stefan … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – April 12th – 16th, 2014
With Pacquiao – Bradley 2 upon us, just about everything else qualifies for this week’s column… 4/12 – Andy Lee (31-2, 22 KO’s) vs. Frank Horta (34-12-5, 13 KO’s) - Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg, Denmark With a bout scheduled for May, Lee picks up an eight rounder on the Nordic Fight Night card. He’s looking for his fourth straight win when he faces the former France … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – October 18th 2013
Allan Green (32-5, 22 KO’s) vs. Blake Caparello (18-0-1, 6 KO’s) – Australia The once promising prospect Allan Green takes a trip down under for a shot at the vacant IBO light heavyweight title against undefeated Aussie, Blake Caparello. The hard punching Green made a big name for himself in 2005 with a highlight reel knockout of Jaidon Codrington on ShoBox, but never … [Read more...]