StubHub Center, Carson, California-- Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs) did as expected in stopping limited blue collar fall guy Marco Antonio Rubio (59-7-1, 51 KOs) in front of an adoring Southern California crowd on HBO Saturday night. From the moment it was signed, the only mystery in this middleweight title bout was regarding which round the well-traveled Mexican would … [Read more...]
The 10 Most Intriguing Fights Left for 2014
2014 is three-quarters finished and, in many ways, it has been every bit as disappointing as 2013 was exhilarating. However, even though there are just about three months left in the year, hope is not lost for a year-saving finish. In the three months remaining of 2014 there are some key divisional bouts scheduled as well as some important developmental fights for young, … [Read more...]
Nonito Donaire vs. Nicholas Walters: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire (33-2, 21 KOs) makes his third appearance at Carson, California’s Stub Hub Center (formerly the Home Depot Center) in defense of his WBA featherweight title. Donaire will take on the hard-hitting, but relatively unknown Nicholas Walters (24-0, 20 KOs) of Jamaica, who also holds a version of the WBA’s featherweight crown. … [Read more...]
Crawford, Gamboa And What’s Right With Boxing: The Sunday Brunch
Hola family and welcome home to a thyme, rosemary and laurel leaf scented edition of Omaha's 145th most popular bite-sized weekly pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch - We combine like the boxing column equivalent of the real diecast Voltron, not those fake plastic re-release ones that came out years later, I'm talking a serious choking hazard, people...This week we're … [Read more...]
Donaire Wins? Froch KOs And Darchinyan Sleeps: This Is The Sunday Brunch
by Jesse Ian Lardies Holy familia y amigos, welcome back to a gut-wrenching, brain-rattling, easy to swallow dinosaur shaped edition of Mogadishu's 15th most popular weekly boxing column, The Sunday Brunch - We are the number one source for number one sources. We're chopping up all sorts of knockouts, upsets and told-ya-so moments this week. First on tap we discuss the pros … [Read more...]