by Johnny Walker At the age of 41, US heavyweight veteran Tony Thompson had a resurgent year in 2013, making the trip to Liverpool, the back yard of 6' 9" heavyweight giant David Price twice to stop the man many had already anointed as the successor to the world champion Klitschko brothers, at least in the UK. Thompson then decided to make a move designed to get him a … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – March 22nd – 26th, 2014
3/22 - Jorge Paez Jr. (37-4-1, 22 KO’s) vs. Vivian Harris (31-9-2, 19 KO’s) - Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico “El Maromerito” has won 10 straight since a close decision loss to Jose Lopez in 2011 and along the way defeated Omar Chavez twice, and won the interim WBC Youth World welterweight, WBC International Silver light middleweight, and WBC International … [Read more...]
Heat Treatment: Heavyweight Division Sizzles With Title Eliminators and Other Treats for 2014
by Johnny Walker If boxing's heavyweight division was, as this writer has contended, underrated in the value it provided in 2011 and 2012, there's no getting around the fact that in 2013 it did kind of suck. When even Klitschko fans can't really defend an aesthetic disaster like the world champion Wladimir 's Povetkin fight, you know times are tough. Actually, even the … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines- July 26th, 2013
Koki Kameda (31-1, 17 KO’s) vs. John Apolinario (17-3-3, 4 KO’s) –Tokyo, Japan Kameda is making the seventh defense of his WBA world bantamweight title. The wildly popular Japanese fighter is a three time world champion, also having held the light flyweight and flyweight titles. His lone defeat came at the hands of Pongsaklek Wonjongkam in 2010, it cost him the flyweight belt, … [Read more...]
Odlanier Solis returns Saturday against Konstantin Airich
By Gary Purfield Saturday from the Convention Center in Pharr, TX Cuban heavyweight Odlanier Solis makes his return to the ring in a twelve round bout for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental title. Solis was last seen challenging Heavyweight title holder Vitali Klitschko in March of last year. Solis lost the bout by first round knockout after suffering a leg injury at the end … [Read more...]