There were a lot of bright, glowing moments in 2013 for long-suffering hardcore boxing fans. A return to stacked (or semi-stacked) undercards saw some solid PPV co-features as well as some genuinely entertaining triple and quadruple-headers on HBO/Showtime. The cold war between Top Rank-Golden Boy and HBO-Showtime, instead of "ruining" the sport, actually saw all parties … [Read more...]
Klitschko walks through Pianeta en route to TKO 6 victory
There were no surprises at the SAP-Arena on Saturday as IBF, WBA, and WBO heavyweight champ, Wladimir Klitschko (60-3, 51 KOs) walked right through supremely overmatched Francesco Pianeta (28-1-1, 15 KOs) en route to an easy sixth round TKO victory. Pianeta, who had somehow achieved a no. 7 ranking in the WBA on the weight of wins over faded veterans Frans Botha and Oliver … [Read more...]
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Francesco Pianeta
There's going to be an ugly mismatch taking place Saturday afternoon, U.S. time, at the SAP-Arena in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany as undisputed heavyweight king, Wladimir Klitschko (59-3, 50 KOs) defends his WBA,WBO, and IBF belts against Italian pastry dessert, Francesco Pianeta (28-0-1, 15 KOs). If this bout were not being held on the same day as a media-sucking … [Read more...]
Results from Germany, Mexico, and Argentina: Saturday’s Fight Re-Cap
RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Muelheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KOs) TKO 2 Stjepan Bozic (24-5, 15 KOs): The sterile, eerily robotic German fans got about 30 seconds of Abraham's new, all-aggressive style on Saturday before the former IBF middleweight champion, and current super middleweight whipping boy, slipped right back into old habits. The … [Read more...]