by Chris Milton A happy new year to you all, welcome back to the weekly weigh inn. Normally around this time of year boxing fans are salivating at the thought of several big fights that are due in the coming months. This year we have barely anything to look forward to. Sure we have Bradley v Alexander and Montiel v Donaire, but what else is there? The Boxing landscape is … [Read more...]
Crisis on Infinite Earths: The WBA’s 32 World Champions
by Paul Magno It's hard to imagine a champion more deserving of singular honors than Juan Manuel Marquez. From his win over Joel Casamayor, victories over Juan Diaz, and dismantling of a supremely brave and motivated Michael Katsidis in the lightweight division, Marquez embodies what a champion should be. However, in the same division of the same sanctioning body, there's … [Read more...]
Miguel Acosta-Brandon Rios, Feb. 26th
In what should be an interesting battle in the lightweight division, Venezuela's Miguel Acosta (28-3-2, 22 KOs) will meet Brandon Rios (26-0-1, 19 KOs) at the Palms Casino Resort, February 26th, in Las Vegas. The 24-year old Rios is coming off a breakthrough year in 2010 with wins inside the distance over fellow prospect, Anthony Peterson, as well as Jorge Luis Teron and … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune’s World Rankings: A Look at the Lightweights
As detailed earlier, The Boxing Tribune World Rankings offer a fair and accurate look at each of boxing's seventeen weight classes. Using a unique formulaic criteria based on activity and level of opposition within a fighter's own division, The Boxing Tribune stands firmly behind it's world rankings and hopes that others will use them as a standard of fairness in the … [Read more...]
Venezuelan Boxing: Out of the Blue and Into The Limelight
by Dafs117As Edwin Valero prepares for the biggest challenge of his career next Saturday at the Monterry Arena against Antonio DeMarco, The BTBC looks at the recent rise in Venezuelan fighters on the world scene. * * *With the population of 26 million, Venezuela has … [Read more...]