by Chris Milton We start the week on Thursday in Australia with Alex Leapai taking on Owen Beck in a heavyweight contest. It’s a fight we normally wouldn’t care about, but after Leapai’s barn burner and potential FOTY against Travis Walker, its worth taking a look at this fight purely for the entertainment value. On Friday, we move to ESPN and to the Chris Arreola … [Read more...]
‘Two Gunz’ Goes Out with a Bang
by Dafydd Thomas “I put my best foot forward and did the best I could. I fought to my last breath." – Monte Barrett In the bookmakers’ eyes, 39 year-old Monte Barrett was a no hoper. At a 14-to-1 underdog, the one-time title challenger was there to collect his final paycheck against David Tua at Atlantic City, and was expected to wilt after the first left hook Tua landed … [Read more...]
Paul Magno’s Daily Grind: Monday, June 21st
New week, New Grind... * In noteworthy weekend action: Former Heavyweight champ, Hasim Rahman beat Shannon Miller via TKO 4...Exciting Lightweight/Super Featherweight prospect, Adren Broner, beat Carlos Claudio via RTD 7...Tomas Rojas won some WBC USNBC Super Flyweight trinket via RTD 6 against Felipe Almanza...Hekkie Budler beat Juanito Rubillar via 12-round Split Decision … [Read more...]
Paul Magno’s Daily Grind: Saturday, June 19th
Grind...Here...Now... * The Yuriorkis Gamboa-Orlando Salido bout scheduled for July 24th on HBO has been postponed due to a cut on Salido. The cancellation also probably means the end of the proposed undercard scorcher between Brandon Rios and Anthony Peterson. * Miguel Cotto will be the Grand Marshall of the Puerto Rican Day parade in Chicago later today. * Prime … [Read more...]