by Fox Doucette Heavy-hitting junior lightweight prospect Javier Fortuna (20-0, 15 KOs) delivered his second spectacular early-round knockout of the year on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, demolishing Cristobal Cruz (39-14-3, 23 KOs) in just two rounds in the main event. In the co-feature, Magomed Abdusalamov (15-0, 15 KOs) continued his demolition of all brave or foolish enough … [Read more...]
Swan Song For Katsidis After Loss to Mensah?: FNF Recap
by Fox Doucette On ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, Australian Michael Katsidis (28-6, 23 KOs) may very well have sung the swan song to his career, as he went down by majority decision to Ghanaian journeyman Albert Mensah (25-3-1, 10 KOs) in a very entertaining main event. The co-feature was a blink-and-you-missed-it one-round affair in which Alan Sanchez (10-2-1, 4 KOs) avenged a … [Read more...]
Rigondeaux, Referee Knock Out Rico Ramos: ShoBox Recap
By Fox Doucette There is a new sheriff in town at 122 pounds. Cuban amateur legend Guillermo Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KOs) controlled the pace of the fight before stopping, now-former WBA junior featherweight titlist, Rico Ramos (20-1, 11 KOs) in the sixth round by a stoppage that carries with it controversy reminiscent of another recent high-profile fight refereed by Joe Cortez, … [Read more...]
Class is in the Eye of the Beholder: Mayweather Stops Ortiz in Four on Star Power PPV
MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada-- The story is getting just a little bit old as the HBO broadcast team once again made Mayweather the underhanded, classless villain, even in a series of events precipitated by a Victor Ortiz flagrant headbutt. Still, the former five-division world champ, Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs) came out on top with a controversial fourth round stoppage of … [Read more...]
Joe Cortez: Hall of Fame Profile
World renowned referee Joe Cortez was one of five living figures inducted into the 2011 class of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. An event-filled weekend beginning Thursday, June 9, will come to a fitting close on Sunday, June 12th, with the formal induction ceremonies taking place in Canastota, New York. Born in Harlem, New York, Cortez had a successful amateur … [Read more...]