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Jones-Lebedev II Off, Jones Fails Drug Test

April 25, 2014 by Paul Magno 5 Comments

Jones-Lebedev II Off, Jones Fails Drug Test

The Guillermo Jones-Denis Lebedev WBA cruiserweight title rematch in Moscow, Russia has officially been cancelled due to Jones testing positive for the banned diuretic and masking agent, Furosemide. This is the same substance found in Jones' system after his eleventh round KO of Lebedev last May. On that occasion, the positive drug test prompted the WBA to strip Jones of the … [Read more...]

The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2013

December 30, 2013 by Paul Magno 10 Comments

The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2013

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...]

All is well that Enswell: This is boxing’s Sunday Brunch

May 19, 2013 by Jesse Ian Lardies 11 Comments

All is well that Enswell: This is boxing’s Sunday Brunch

Hello team and welcome to another star-studded episode of boxing's Sunday Brunch. This week we're chopping some big fights from over the weekend - from the Former Soviet Union all the way to the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey - Hold on to your locally grown blueberries and crack open an ice cold cerveza Quilmes (the national beer of Argentina), we're about to get … [Read more...]

Surrendered without a fight: Denis Lebedev wins WBA Title

November 1, 2012 by Fox Doucette Leave a Comment

Surrendered without a fight: Denis Lebedev wins WBA Title

by Fox Doucette Just when you thought Denis Lebedev (24-1, 18 KOs) couldn't surprise us any more, he has just become the WBA cruiserweight champion without even throwing a punch. Considering how he got to be even so much as the “interim” champ (by beating James Toney in a black mark on the sport a year ago), the machinations of the oldest of the alphabet soup organizations … [Read more...]

The People Vs. Paper Champions

May 30, 2012 by Fox Doucette Leave a Comment

The People Vs. Paper Champions

by Fox Doucette Quick question. What do Beibut Shumenov (in action this weekend), Guillermo Jones, Robert Stieglitz, Cornelius Bundrage, and Billy Dib have in common? If you guessed “they're fringe contenders calling themselves world champion”, give yourself a pat on the back and a cookie. Sechew Powell is also in action this week, fighting Gabriel Rosado for a minor trinket … [Read more...]

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