Continuing from Monday's Part One, here's the second and final installment of The Boxing Tribune's look at 2014's Best, Worst, and Strangest in Boxing: Fighter of the Year: Terence Crawford There has been some late resistance in giving the quiet kid from Omaha the honor he deserves, mostly because of Sergey Kovalev's big win over Bernard Hopkins registering much higher … [Read more...]
Broner Beats Malignaggi in Nitwit Duel, Banks Gift-Wraps Mitchell Redemption
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York-- Adrien Broner (27-0, 22 KOs) did what he was supposed to do Saturday night against Paulie Malitgnaggi (32-5, 7 KOs), but didn't go out of his way to impress in his first gig on Showtime. At the end of the evening, "The Problem" came away with an odd split decision win and a WBA welterweight belt that is so paper-thin at the moment, that it … [Read more...]
Broner Vs. Malignaggi, Mitchell Vs. Banks II Set For June 22nd
On Saturday June 22nd, former two-time world title holder Adrien “The Problem” Broner will jump two weight classes to face WBA Welterweight Champion Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The co-featured bout will be a re-scheduled rematch between Seth Mitchell & Johnathan Banks. Both matchups will be aired on Showtime … [Read more...]