By Gary Purfield Despite the many, and I really mean many, reasons not to hold two major cards on the same night Top Rank and Golden Boy are going through with trying to compete and upstage each other Saturday night with their competing Mexican stars. It appeared Golden Boy would blink when opponent after opponent fell through for Canelo Alvarez, but they simply will not … [Read more...]
Golden Bummer: Josesito Lopez vs. Saul Alvarez is official, no CBS
With heated promotional rivals, Top Rank and Golden Boy, planning to air live shows featuring their young, Mexican marquee fighters on Mexican Independence Day, it looks as though Top Rank has scored the September 15th TKO. Originally posted as a rumor by Boxingscene and ESPN, today it was officially announced on the Golden Boy-owned, Ring Magazine website that Saul "Canelo" … [Read more...]
Jhonny Gonzalez bests Elio Rojas in Cancun, Salgado decisions Honorio
Grand Oasis Resort, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico--In an entertaining prizefight between two quality pros, WBC featherweight champ, Jhonny Gonzalez (52-7, 45 KOs) took a decisive twelve round decision over WBC featherweight "Champion in Recess," Elio Rojas (23-2, 14 KOs) by scores of 117-111, 116-112, and 116-111. Making the fourth defense of the belt he took from Hozumi … [Read more...]
Jhonny Gonzalez–Elio Rojas Saturday in Cancun, Juan Carlos Salgado–Martin Honorio on undercard
Reigning WBC featherweight champ, Jhonny Gonzalez (51-7, 45 KOs) looks to make the fourth defense of his title against WBC featherweight "champion in recess," Elio Rojas (23-1, 14 KOs) at the Grand Oasis Resort in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico this Saturday. Gonzalez, who also had a two-fight reign as WBO bantamweight champ, won his current WBC strap by stopping Japan's … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2011
2011 was a mixed bag for fight fans. Marred by poor officiating, awful judging, and stifling promotional politics, boxing could easily have drifted into a dark era of malaise. Instead, the sport proved, once again, that there's nothing wrong with boxing that can't be fixed by what's right with boxing. The rise of quality stars in their twenties is slowly, but surely forcing … [Read more...]