by Fox Doucette Some nights of boxing absolutely confound analysis and render any attempt at gleaning lessons completely moot. We got one of those kinds of nights tonight from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights. In the main event, Tony Harrison (20-0, 17 KOs) stopped a completely shot, overmatched, “what was he doing fighting?” Antwone Smith (23-6-1, 12 … [Read more...]
Tony Harrison Takes On Antwone Smith: ESPN Friday Night Fights Preview
by Fox Doucette Your boxing weather forecast for ESPN2 Friday calls for excessive violence with a chance of SportsCenter highlight knockouts. Tony Harrison (19-0, 16 KOs), fresh off a one-round smackdown of confirmed middleweight fraud Tyrone Brunson in December, takes on barking dog Antwone Smith (23-5-1, 12 KOs), last seen getting the crap kicked out of him by Jermall Charlo … [Read more...]
Cotto Drops, Shocks, and Stops Martinez, Results from NYC
Madison Square Garden, New York-- For all intents and purposes, this high stakes middleweight title bout was over after the very first round. Early in the first, a quick left hook from Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KOs) badly wobbled the legs of Sergio Martinez (51-3-2, 28 KOs) and led to a three-knockdown first that had the defending champ beginning the second round already four … [Read more...]
Cotto vs. Martinez: The Undercard
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (23-3-1, 19 KO’s) vs. Marvin Sonsona (18-1-1, 15 KO’s) II The son of the famed three division world champion, Vazquez Jr. hasn’t fared well in recent years. Once an undefeated WBO super bantamweight champ, he’s run up a .500 record over the last three years, losing his title and two other title opportunities. In his previous outing he took a unanimous … [Read more...]
Melendez-Brinson, Vidal-Munoz Headline Friday’s Shobox
Just a stones throw from Canastota, N.Y., where the International Boxing Hall of Fame induction weekend is already underway, Showtime’s “Shobox: The New Generation” returns with a live telecast from the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York, promoted by Miguel Cotto Promotions and H2 Entertainment. Leading off the televised portion of the card will a battle … [Read more...]