Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 KOs) and Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) square off at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday night on pay-per-view for the WBC welterweight title, the WBA Super Duper Ultimate Turbo Edition With Extra Cheese welterweight belt, and (bonus!) the WBC/WBA 154-pound straps, a case of weight class gymnastics at least as absurd as Sugar Ray Leonard … [Read more...]
Mayhem May Suck; Magno’s Monday Rant
Mayweather-Maidana Fight Week is upon us and all the good media lemmings will take a break from posting Pacquiao-Algieri photo-ops as front page news stories in order to run photo-ops of Mayweather with sports cars and Maidana looking tough. But even to the most click-conscious editor and SEO-juicing blogger, it has to be getting harder and harder to drum up interest for … [Read more...]
Vazquez, Shiming, Sonsona prevail in Macau’s Ring of Gold
Miguel Vazquez (34-3, 13 KOs) made the sixth defense of his IBF lightweight title Saturday by scoring a unanimous decision over Russia's Denis Shafikov (33-1-1, 18 KOs) in Macau, China. Vazquez moved and boxed effectively, as expected, but also seemed intent upon winging wide uppercuts to try and catch the forward-leaning and ever-pursuing Shafikov. The uppercuts delivered … [Read more...]
Miguel Vazquez defends IBF title tomorrow night in Macao
Tomorrow night at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort in Macao, China, IBF lightweight champion Miguel “Puppet” Vazquez (33-3, 13 KO’s) defends his world title against undefeated Denis “Djingis Khan” Shafikov (33-0-1, 18 KO’s) of Russia. The two fighters weighed in earlier today for their 12 round contest, with both coming in at 134.8 lbs. The Top Rank promoted card, to be … [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...]