Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California-- 19-year-old prospect, Frankie Gomez (10-0, 8 KOs) stopped an overmatched Khadaphi Proctor (7-6, 0 KOs) in four rounds to keep his undefeated record Friday night. Gomez sent Proctor to the canvas in the third round and finished the job in the fourth with a barrage of straight right hands and left hooks that convinced the ref that it … [Read more...]
Lara, Manfredo Victorious; The Rest of Friday’s Action
Courtesy of Fightnews: Manfredo, Rodriguez triumph IBF #9, WBC #11 middleweight Peter Manfredo Jr. (37-6, 20 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Daniel Edouard (23-4-2, 14 KOs) on Friday night outdoors on a clear 64° January night at Mallory Square in Key West, Florida. Edouard started strong, but Manfredo turned the fight around when he dropped Edouard with … [Read more...]
In a Perfect World…(The Junior Welters)
by Paul Magno In a perfect world, boxing's fiercest battles would take place inside the ring and the sport's sanctioning bodies would actually facilitate quality match-ups rather than get in the way.... In a perfect world, promoters and managers would realize that making fan-friendly fights will bring in more cash than coddling their fighters with meaningless easy fights and … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-In
by Chris Milton Carl Froch has pulled out of his fight with Arthur Abraham due to a back injury. Froch has often fought with injuries in the past, he is a genuine guy a fighter at heart. If he has had to pull out, then it’s a legit injury. Lets hope Showtime now use their heads and make the double header for the Super 6 semi finals. Well, at least Sam Peter tried to beat … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-In
by Chris Milton We start off a slow week in Boxing with a GBP show on Fox sports featuring the new Oscar De La Hoya, Frankie Gomez. Frankie will be looking at continuing his early KO record in what is really an overblown sparring session. The card if full of unbeaten young prospects. The way GBP continue to fail with developing the stars of the future, we all know one of … [Read more...]