Ji Hoon ‘The Volcano’ Kim 24-8 (18 KOs) meets Mauricio Herrera 18-3 (7 KOs) on Thursday in what promises to be an exciting special edition of ESPN’S Friday Night Fights. Both men are favourites with the FNF audience and have each taken part in a number of minor classics on the ESPN show. Now they are about to meet in the main event from The Omega Products International, Corona, … [Read more...]
Boxing Rankings Updates: Vazquez regains #1 ranking; Mayfield, Diaz, Lopez debut, more…
Updates to The Boxing Tribune World Rankings: -- IBF lightweight champion, Miguel Vazquez, moves from #2 to #1 in the division with Saturday's victory over Marvin Quintero. Ricky Burns falls to #2. -- Karim Mayfield debuts at #9 in the junior welterweight division after beating Mauricio Herrera. Herrera, who was #8, falls from the rankings with the loss. -- At super … [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...]
Signing Fever: Khan, Ortiz, Donaire, Alvarez, Rios, Mitchell get opponents
In an unusually busy 24-hour span, Golden Boy and Top Rank Promotions busied themselves with several major signings to ensure summer fights for some of their bigger stars. Golden Boy, which lost Khan-Peterson II and Ortiz-Berto II to positive VADA test results from Peterson and Berto, rebounded with replacement bouts for their fighters as well as the announcement of two … [Read more...]
Marquez decisions Fedchenko, Rios escapes with questionable split decision over Abril on split-site PPV
In the Las Vegas portion of Saturday's split-site pay-per-view, Brandon Rios (30-0-1, 22 KOs) took a controversial twelve round split decision over a tougher-than-expected Richard Abril (17-3-1, 8 KOs). There really should have been no suspense waiting for the scorecard after the twelfth round. Abril wasn't going to get the decision in a fight like this. The hardest foe to … [Read more...]