Oasis Hotel Complex, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico-- Jorge Linares' (31-3, 20 KOs) tough-luck career suffered another setback Saturday night as unheralded and unknown Mexican, Sergio Thompson (22-2, 20 KOs) scored a second round TKO over the former two-division world titlist from Venezuela. In the beginning, the bout looked like the set-up it was intended to be-- a marginal … [Read more...]
Linares Takes On Thompson This Saturday, Eyes Rematch with Demarco
by Gary Purfield This Saturday from the Oasis Hotel Complex in Cancun, Mexico, Jorge Linares 31-2 (20 KO) takes on Sergio Thompson 21-2 (19 KO) in a WBC Lightweight Title eliminator. Linares has more to lose on Saturday night than just the fight, as a win sends him into a rematch with Antonio Demarco, who won a bloody battle with Linares last October. Linares has long … [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...]
Calm Down: Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson Did Not Just Kill Boxing
by Sean Morehouse So I didn’t catch the Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson fight this weekend on PPV. 4th row seats to watch my beloved Iowa Hawkeyes in action were too good to pass up. There are no sports I put above boxing, but a fight I have low expectations for on television ranks slightly below a live football game where I have great seats. As I’m not the kind of guy … [Read more...]
15 Yard Penalty– Roughing the Legend. Chad Dawson Steals Title from Hopkins
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California-- Believe it or not, with only a couple of real punches landed in little over five minutes of action, Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KOs) became the WBC light heavyweight champion via TKO when Dawson tossed defending champ, Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KOs), to the canvas, causing a bout-ending shoulder injury. The final sequence of the bout … [Read more...]