Hola family and welcome to another tangy episode of the number one Sunday Brunch substitute, Boxing's Mid-Week Meal Ticket - We are the physical manifestation of J.R.'s Pepper Power Slam BBQ Beef Jerky - in typographic format. We're broadcasting live from deep inside of a Panamanian stone sarcophagus this week where we're hitting on a few topics, including: Miguel Cotto's … [Read more...]
Adamek-Glazkov, Chilemba-Grachev Make Weight
Tomorrow night, Tomasz Adamek (49-2, 29 KOs) takes on Vyacheslav Glazkov (16-0-1, 11 KOs) in a 12-round heavyweight battle at the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The card’s co-feature is a 10-round 175-pound bout between Isaac Chilemba (21-2-2, 9 KOs) and Denis Grachev (13-2-1, 8 KOs). Another intriguing fight on the bill is former welterweight title holder Kermit … [Read more...]
Kermit Cintron’s Last Stand? Faces Ronald Cruz Saturday
The times have sure changed for former world champ Kermit Cintron (34-5-2, 28 KOs). Where, once upon a time, the heavy-handed battler of Puerto Rican descent was thought to be a potential superstar, fate and a couple of ugly beatings have conspired to ruin Cintron's rise to boxing stardom. Now a betting underdog of anywhere between +110 to +130, according to … [Read more...]
Javier Fortuna vs. Luis Franco: FNF Preview
by Tim Harrison Friday Night Fights on ESPN2 returns to the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma this Friday, August 2, when Javier Fortuna (22-0, 16 KOs) takes on former Cuban amateur standout Luis Franco (11-1, 7 KOs) in a ten-round featherweight bout. In the televised co-feature, former welterweight world title holder Kermit Cintron (33-5-2, 28 KOs) takes on little-known … [Read more...]
Poor Judging TKO’s Friday Night Fights With Double Draw Evening
Rotten scores from inept judges marred this week's edition of Friday Night Fights from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois as two solid victories were somehow mangled into split decision draws. In the main event, Donovan George (24-3-2, 21 KOs) outworked veteran David Lopez (41-13-1, 23 KOs) over ten rounds in a super middleweight contest, winning seven of those frames on … [Read more...]