11/20 – Shawn Estrada (15-0, 13 KO’s) vs. Alfredo Contreras (13-17-2, 5 KO’s) - Sportsmans Lodge, Studio City, California, USA A 2008 U.S. Olympian, Estrada picks up a six rounder against the more experienced but not so dangerous Contreras, who has lost his last four bouts. 11/20 – Haskill Rhodes (22-0, 11 KO’s) vs. Miguel Angel Huerta (28-12-1, 18 KO’s) - Sportsmans Lodge, … [Read more...]
The GateKeepers: European Edition
The gatekeepers are former champs, holding the strap until someone dethrones them. They’re fighters who take fights on short notice for a paycheck. Their phone is never silent as big time promoters are constantly calling for their services. They’re the backbone of boxing as, simply, the opponent. Michael Sprott: The Berkshire, England fighter has a respectable resume. … [Read more...]
Roy Jones Survives Knockdown, Takes Controversial Decision Over Glazewski; More Results from Poland
Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland-- At this point, it's a cliche to say that watching a faded Roy Jones Jr. in the ring at 43 years of age is a sad affair. The hand speed is no longer super human, the reflexes are gone, the legs are stiff, and punch resistance is growing weaker with each performance. With this in mind, Roy Jones was still expected to cruise to a victory against … [Read more...]
Jackiewicz v Pasqua: Grinding out a living in boxing
If you’ve never seen Rounders, look for it on Netflix or whatever. It’s a great tale. Matt Damon plays a hotshot law student with a gift for poker. Without spoiling the plot, Damon’s character plays it to the limit and rises, falls and rises again. Among the cast is a friend, mentor and ultimately antithesis who earns his living in the game by playing it safe and simply … [Read more...]
All Kell Broke Loose: Has Kell Brook Arrived?
There was never any doubt about Kell Brook's talent and potential. The only question was whether the gifted fighter from Sheffield could compete on the world's main stage and prove to be more Prince Naseem Hamed than Junior Witter. Saturday at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield, the 25-year-old UK welterweight won every second of his bout with Poland's Rafal Jackiewicz … [Read more...]