It was the worst kept secret in Monaco, but the bout between Martin Murray and Domenico Spada was little more than a prelude to a February 2015 contest between WBA middleweight champ Gennady Golovkin and the UK's Murray. As for Saturday's contest, itself, it was a predictable win for the more talented Murray (29-1-1, 12 KOs), who didn't dazzle, but managed to dominate the … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: October 23rd – 26th, 2014
10/23 - Aaron Pryor Jr. (19-7, 12 KO’s) vs. Marcus Upshaw (17-13-2, 8 KO’s) - Renaissance Hotel, Washington, District of Columbia, USA After a four fight losing streak, Pryor comes in off three straight victories, winning the USNBC Silver super middleweight title in his last bout. Upshaw is 4-6 in his last 10, losing and eight round decision last time out. 10/24 – Manuel … [Read more...]
ESPN3 Picks Up Saturday’s Monaco Card Featuring Martin Murray, Randy Caballero,Eleider Alvarez, Hekkie Budler
ESPN3.com has picked up the rights to carry the live stream of this Saturday's interesting and diverse boxing card from Monaco. Headlining the five-fight card will be UK middleweight Martin Murray (28-1-1, 12 KOs) against Italy’s Domenico Spada (39-5, 19 KOs). Murray,32, whose career-best efforts have thus far earned him a tough decision loss to Sergio Martinez in 2013 … [Read more...]
Boxing Rankings Update: Burns is #1, Frampton and Bogere Debut, More…
Several ranked fighters were victorious last week, but only a couple of changes took place in the world rankings: Ricky Burns assumes the #1 spot in the lightweight division, moving up from #3, partly due to his win over Kevin Mitchell and partly due to Brandon Rios' exit from the division. Carl Frampton debuts in the junior featherweight top ten at #5 after his win over … [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...]