The long-gestating rematch between Leo Santa Cruz (33-1-1, WBA Super) and Abner Mares (30-2-1) is about to get underway. According to the Los Angeles Times, both Santa Cruz and Mares will be featured on an PBC on FOX card taking individual tune ups ahead of their inevitable rematch from their memorable, albeit one-sided first encounter in 2015. Back then, Santa Cruz was … [Read more...]
Are You Not Entertained? How Boxing’s Fans and Media Are Keeping the Sport Down
Here we go again. When news broke last week that Spike TV had ended their two-year relationship with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions, warning signs blared off as the usual suspects came as they usually did to deliver their semi-annual eulogy to the house that Haymon built. Not only did the big hitters of the boxing media decide to start planning the funeral, but fans … [Read more...]
Luis Ortiz/Al Haymon Pact a Fast Track to Nowhere
When news broke that Cuban Heavyweight Luis Ortiz signed with Al Haymon last week, it provided us with the evidence to determine if Al Haymon is a miracle worker, because it will take nothing short of a miracle for Ortiz to get the big fights he feels he deserves. Though Ortiz is considered to be the best Heavyweight nobody wants to fight and Haymon has made it a part of his … [Read more...]
Thurman-Garcia on CBS generates huge ratings, beats the NBA
Last Saturday's Keith Thurman-Danny Garcia welterweight unification bout on CBS proved to be a huge ratings success by boxing standards, peaking at 5.1 million viewers (the second largest TV audience for boxing since 1998 and just behind last August's 6 million who tuned in to see the Errol Spence Jr.-Leonard Bundu bout on NBC.) The entire CBS telecast, which featured an … [Read more...]
Keith Thurman Defeats Danny Garcia, Unifies Welterweight Titles
In a hotly anticipated Welterweight unification, Keith Thurman put on a performance meritorious of the titles he now holds after outpointing Danny Garcia over the course of 12 rounds in Brooklyn. From the very beginning, Thurman utilized a solid mix of movement and boxing to flummox Garcia who did little beyond following Thurman around the ring and hoping to land a big shot … [Read more...]