Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California-- Friday night's Premier Boxing Champions debut card on Spike TV was all about former champs looking to stay afloat in boxing's deep waters-- and all three featured players on the broadcast managed to bull their way to success. In the main event, former WBC and IBF welterweight champ Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) beat area … [Read more...]
Andre Berto vs. Josesito Lopez: The Boxing Tribune Preview
To say that a bout is “do or die” has become a cliché in the boxing writing business, but the debut main event of Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California certainly fits the bill of a “must win” for both fighters. Andre Berto (29-3, 22 KOs) and Josesito Lopez (33-6, 19 KOs) have both fallen on hard times and, more … [Read more...]
The Gatekeepers: Part 7
The gatekeepers are former champs, holding the strap until someone dethrones them. They’re fighters who take fights on short notice for a paycheck. Their phone is never silent as big time promoters are constantly calling for their services. They’re the backbone of boxing as, simply, the opponent. Josesito Lopez: " Riverside Rocky" was an unknown commodity when he … [Read more...]
Ortiz Stops Kayode in One, Cuellar Stops JuanMa in Two, More Results from GBP/Fox Sports 1 Card
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada-- In the heavyweight main event of a Fox Sports 1 Golden Boy card, Luis Ortiz (22-0, 19 KOs) stopped former cruiserweight contender Lateef Kayode (20-1, 16 KOs) in the first round of a scheduled 12-round bout. Kayode looked over his head in his heavyweight debut, dropped by Ortiz at the 37-second mark of the first round and … [Read more...]
Ortiz-Kayode, Juanma, Josesito, and Charlo on GBP Fox Sports 1 Thursday Card
Golden Boy Promotions has decided to empty out their bench for this coming Thursday's Fox Sports 1 show at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, creating what they hope to be a high profile cable card that leads into Saturday's Mayweather-Maidana pay-per-view event. The well-stocked card is chock full of recognizable names, but, unless something shocking happens, … [Read more...]