9/11 – Golden Boy Live - Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Jamel Herring (8-0, 5 KO’s) vs. Luis Alberto Pelayo (11-4, 7 KO’s) Errol Spence (13-0, 10 KO’s) vs. Noe Bolanos (24-10-1, 16 KO’s) Undefeated U.S. Olympians fight on the under card in a pair of eight round contests. Read the full events preview HERE 9/13 – Erik Skoglund (20-0, 11 KO’s) vs. Stefan … [Read more...]
Mayweather-Maidana Mayhem: The Only Preview You Need
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 KOs) and Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) square off at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday night on pay-per-view for the WBC welterweight title, the WBA Super Duper Ultimate Turbo Edition With Extra Cheese welterweight belt, and (bonus!) the WBC/WBA 154-pound straps, a case of weight class gymnastics at least as absurd as Sugar Ray Leonard … [Read more...]
Klitschko, Mayweather, and the Mismatch; Magno’s Monday Rant
All mismatches are not alike. When Aussie truck driver, Alex Leapai made his ring walk to meet Wladimir Klitschko at the Stechert Arena in Germany on Saturday afternoon, he inspired all the confidence of portly ESPN boxing writer Dan Rafael taking his mark next to Usain Bolt in a 40-yard dash. And Klitschko-Leapai, as a main stage, supposedly elite-level contest was, … [Read more...]
FOTYSF?: This Is Your Sunday Brunch!
by Jesse Ian Lardies Hola amigos y familia, welcome to Argentina’s Sunday Brunch – The most widely talked about, most irradiated boxing podcast South-East of the Mississippi and West of Chernobyl; we are the reason that Night Court is no longer on air. This week we’re talking about the fight of the year candidate that took place Saturday night. Also on tap: Are we alone … [Read more...]
Joe Goosen and the Demolition Derby
by Ted Sares Boxing has become more demolition derby than sweet science—Mike Silver Bob Arum recently said Timothy Bradley’s value went up by choosing to brawl. See: http://www.boxingscene.com/arum-bradleys-value-went-up-by-choosing-brawl—76678 That being the case, I suspect Arum would say that John Molina’s value went sky high by choosing to take part in what can only … [Read more...]