This Saturday night, Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz (39-4, 19 KO’s) will look for his fifth consecutive victory when he faces Carlos Cardenas (21-8-1, 14 KO’s) at the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas. Diaz had a good run as the world lightweight champion, a reign that started just over 10 years ago. He’s held the WBA, WBA Super World, WBO, IBF, and IBO titles. After back to back … [Read more...]
Ricky Burns vs. Terence Crawford: The Boxing Tribune Preview
Saturday night at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) defends his world title against undefeated American Terence Crawford (22-0, 16 KO’s). It will be Burns' first fight back since suffering a broken jaw last September against Raymundo Beltran where Burns escaped with what many felt was a gift … [Read more...]
Miguel Vazquez preparing for sixth title defense
Miguel Vazquez (33-3, 13 KO’s) will make the sixth defense of the IBF lightweight title, meeting undefeated Denis Shafikov (33-0-1, 18 KO’s) in Macao, China on February 22nd. The card also features an International featherweight title bout between Akifumi Shimoda (28-3-2, 12 KO’s) and Marvin Sonsona (17-1-1, 14 KO’s), and will also showcase Japans Olympic hero, undefeated … [Read more...]
Beltran-Martinez slated for Pacquiao vs. Bradley II under card
After being the victim of what many are calling the worst robbery of 2013, former NABF lightweight champion Raymundo Beltran (28-6-1, 17 KO’s) will get his shot at the vacant WBO NABO lightweight title when he faces off against former WBO world super featherweight champion Roman Martinez (27-2-2, 16 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round contest on the under card of the rematch between … [Read more...]
Ricky Burns: “I know my jaw’s OK…”
Scottish lightweight Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) is all healed and ready to go. The WBO lightweight champion is set to meet mandatory challenger, Terence Crawford (22-0, 16 KO’s) on March 1st at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. This will be Burns' first fight back after a highly controversial draw against Raymundo Beltran at the same venue this past … [Read more...]