On March 1st at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, undefeated (with one win), Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko makes a giant leap up in professional opposition when he takes on the experienced 33 year-old Orlando “Siri” Salido (40-12-2, 28 KOs) for the WBO featherweight title. Salido re-captured the belt with a crushing stoppage over Puerto Rican, Orlando Cruz (a fight in which … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2013
There were a lot of bright, glowing moments in 2013 for long-suffering hardcore boxing fans. A return to stacked (or semi-stacked) undercards saw some solid PPV co-features as well as some genuinely entertaining triple and quadruple-headers on HBO/Showtime. The cold war between Top Rank-Golden Boy and HBO-Showtime, instead of "ruining" the sport, actually saw all parties … [Read more...]
Bradley over Marquez, Salido Crushes Cruz, More from Las Vegas
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada-- In a bout with plenty of implications for the welterweight division's immediate future, Timothy Bradley (31-0, 12 KOs) earned a twelve round split decision over Juan Manuel Marquez (55-7-1, 40 KOs) by scores of 115-113, 116-112, and 113-115. Many scenarios could've played out in this defense of Bradley's WBO welterweight title … [Read more...]
A Working Class Hero Is Something To Be: Orlando Salido And The Hard Road To Glory
Boxing Tribune Editor-in-Chief, Paul Magno, is also a Featured Contributor at the Yahoo Contributor Network. Read his latest: Orlando Salido: Boxing's Working Class Hero, HERE. … [Read more...]
Chavez Jr., Tim Bradley, Robert Guerrero And Orlando Cruz Are All (Mostly) In For It In The Mid-Week Hangover
First of all I would like to extend kudos to one Orlando Cruz who recently came out of the (no doubt fabulously color coordinated) closet. You should always be yourself and be proud of who you really are...Anyway, everyone was talking about Cruz for at least a few days and you can't buy that kind of exposure (the media coverage, not the In & Out/Brokeback Mountain kind of … [Read more...]