by Ted Sares As one of my fellow-writers recently and correctly asserts, a power outage seems to exist among today’s boxing stars: see http://theboxingtribune.com/2014/05/power-outage-boxings-biggest-stars/ but if its power and excitement that is in short supply, Argentina (and, of course, Easter Europe) might have what the fans crave. “El Potro” "Abregu may not have … [Read more...]
Abregu stops Dulorme, Mayfield and Vazquez take decisions
Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York-- In the main event of HBO's Boxing After Dark triple-header, Argentina's Luis Carlos Abregu (34-1, 28 KOs) proved that Puerto Rican prospect, Thomas Dulorme (16-1, 12 KOs) is a 'not ready for prime time player' with a two-knockdown RTD 7 win Saturday night in a ten round welterweight bout. Dulorme, at least, looked the … [Read more...]
Boxing After Dark goes back to its roots: Expect war this Saturday
There was a time when HBO's Boxing After Dark series brought us quality contests from fighters yet to make their impact on the mainstream boxing fan. It's the series that brought us Gatti-Ward, Barrera vs. Morales, and a whole host of other memorable wars. Designed to appeal to the hardcore fan, BAD offered good matchmaking and fighters who were hungry for opportunity. Over … [Read more...]
Friday’s Fight Results
For Full Report on the Lebedev-Toney Card in Russia, Click HERE Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California-- Sergio Mora (23-2-2, 7 KOs) RTD 7 Jose Alfredo "Shibata" Flores (45-12, 26 KOs) Coliseo Antonio R. Barcelo, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico-- Manny Siaca (24-7, 20 KOs) UD 10 George Rivera (13-7, 4 KOs) Scores: 99-91, 99-91, 99-91 Estadio Delmi, Salta, … [Read more...]
Timothy Bradley’s Dangerous Detour
by Paul Magno Like a Wild West gunslinger, every world class boxer has just so many showdowns in his heart and body before a rival finally puts an end to his string of victories. No matter how good he is, every fighter has a finite amount of times he can go out to the ring and perform at tip-top form and to the best of his abilities. It's not advisable that any boxer, … [Read more...]