by Paul Magno The welterweight division still boasts boxing's two best fighters in Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather as well as a pretty serviceable, if slightly unproven, Andre Berto as a third wheel. But below them, other than a 39-year old Shane Mosley, already sporting a one-sided loss to Mayweather and scheduled to face Pacquiao on May 7th, the division is almost … [Read more...]
Kell Brook to Fight December 11th
Kell Brook (22-0, 15 KOs), The UK's top welterweight and the WBO's #1 ranked 147 pounder, will take on Philip Kotey (21-5-s, 15 KOs) of Ghana December 11th at Liverpool's Echo Arena. Brook's last fight was a TKO 5 win over his biggest name to date, former world title challenger, Michael Jennings, in September. Klotey has fought almost exclusively on the African circuit and … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-In
by Chris Milton Gale Van Hoy has finally entered a decent scorecard for a boxing match. Van Hoy scored Mike Jones and Soto Karass 94-94. Well done Mr Hoy, although we expect normal services to be resumed as soon as possible. PPV numbers for the mismatch last weekend are starting to float around, it seems as though 1.4 million households bought the Manny Pacquiao Antonio … [Read more...]
Pacquiao Owns Margarito; Haye Blasts Harrison: The Rest of Saturday’s Action
Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, TX Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) UD 12 Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs) Recap: Pacquiao used his speed and versatility to utterly dominate a game, but overmatched Antonio Margarito. Pacquiao called the shots throughout, making a bloody mess of the Tijuana native, especially under the right eye. With Pacquiao gaining in confidence and … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-in
by Chris Milton Allan Green is appealing his KO loss to Glen Johnson because of a supposed illegal punch. Maybe if Green actually bothered to keep his eyes on Johnson the whole thing would never have happened. You can not blame Johnson for something that was entirely Green's fault. Kudos to good old Glengoffe for finally removing the disease that is Allan Green from my TV … [Read more...]