4/3 - Leonard Zappavigna (31-2, 21 KO’s) vs. Shuhei Tsuchiya (15-3, 13 KO’s) - The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Victoria, Australia Zappavigna looked like he was headed for big things when he beat Ji-Hoon Kim in an IBF eliminator nearly four years ago. After losing his world title shot to Miguel Diaz, he was stopped in his next bout by Ammeth Diaz and has reverted to … [Read more...]
The All-Magno Team; Magno’s Monday Rant
With baseball's All-Star Game approaching and boxing in its usual mid-Summer funk, I thought it would be interesting to try my hand at one of these corny little lists so prominently featured on A-1 supreme sources of info like Bleacher Reports and Spitbucketrejects.com. I'm going to go through each of boxing's seventeen weight divisions and list the character that most … [Read more...]
Rubio Batters Baldomir, Forces Corner Stoppage After Four.
Gimnasio Miguel Alemán Valdez, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico-- At stake was the ridiculous WBF super middleweight title, but both Marco Antonio Rubio (55-6-1, 48 KOs) and Carlos Baldomir (49-15-6, 15 KOs) put forth an honest effort in Saturday's clash-- for the four rounds it lasted. Ultimately, though, it was Rubio, fighting nearer his optimal weight and closer to his physical … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Fight Previews (Ward-Dawson, DeMarco-Molina, Rubio-Baldomir, Bellew-Miranda, Adamek-Walker…more)
Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KOs) vs. Chad Dawson (31-1, 17 KOs) Oracle Arena, Oakland, California For better or worse, this is as close to an All-American mega-bout as we're going to get these days. From a curiosity standpoint, alone, fans have to be looking forward to this defense of Ward's WBC/WBA world super middleweight titles. Both fighters do frustrate, though. Ward looks … [Read more...]
Boxing Rankings Update: Bundrage Moves Up, Molina Moves In, More…
There were only three ranked fighters in action last week (Cornelius Bundrage, Erislandy Lara, Marco Antonio Rubio) and only one managed to move up within their division. Cornelius Bundrage, with his TKO7 victory over Cory Spinks, moves up from #10 to #8, moving past an inactive Alfredo Angulo and Erislandy Lara, who was also victorious on Saturday. Lara, despite a win, … [Read more...]