On Saturday Sugar Shane Mosley (46-8-1, 39 KOs) will tread the well-worn path of so many boxers of the past, when he steps into the ring against young Mexican Pablo Cesar Cano (26-2-1, 20 KOs) at the Grand Oasis Resort, Cancun, Mexico. It is a path well-trod already for Mosley, as his recent career has become a series of comebacks following defeats, having gone 2-4-1 in his … [Read more...]
Danny Garcia and Peter Quillin steal show in uneven Barclays Center boxing baptism
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York-- In the main event of Showtime's quadruple-header at the Barclays Center, Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KOs) beat Erik Morales (52-9, 36 KOs) in more convincing fashion than he did this past March, scoring a fourth round knockout of the 4-division former world champ. Following 48 hours of controversy and conflicting reports about Morales' failed … [Read more...]
Boxing at Barclays: A look at Saturday’s solid Golden Boy card
This Saturday, October 20, world class boxing returns to Brooklyn, New York as the Barclays Center kicks off their multi-fight deal with Golden Boy Promotions. Technically, four world titles will be up for grabs on the Showtime Championship Boxing show at 8 pm ET/PT. But, as is usually the case these days, the titles, for the most part, are of the "wink, wink" variety. Of … [Read more...]
Malignaggi-Cano, Garcia-Morales in Brooklyn: Good Fights, Good Venue, Lousy Politics
by Paul Magno Boxing is coming to The Barclays Center in Brooklyn on October 20th and the co-headlining bouts, Paulie Malignaggi-Pablo Cesar Cano and Danny Garcia-Erik Morales II, aren't that bad at all-- Too bad you can't say the same about the politics surrounding them. Billed as the first Brooklyn-set world title bouts to be held in decades and the first of a … [Read more...]
Thompson, Cano, Soto-Karass Victorious; The Mexican Boxing Recap
Oasis Hotel Complex, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico-- Sergio Thompson (23-2-1, 21 KOs) had a predictably easy time with Argentina's Juan Ramon Solis (17-6, 6 KOs) en route to a fifth round TKO victory, but also showed why his March victory over Jorge Linares could very well have been a fluke. Short-armed, crude, but aggressive, Thompson pursued a perpetually back-tracking … [Read more...]