by Fox Doucette Later this week, Cornelius Bundrage (31-4, 18 KOs) makes his second defense of the IBF junior middleweight title against Cory Spinks (39-6, 11 KOs), from whom “K-9” won the title in August of 2010. For Bundrage, this will continue a long and illustrious career of taking the path of least resistance to a world title and still making an awful hash of things along … [Read more...]
Boxing Rankings Update: Shake-up at Welterweight, More…
Saturday's card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas made for big changes in the welterweight Top 10. With three ranked fighters competing on the card (Manny Pacquiao, Mike Jones, Randall Bailey) and a fourth ranked fighter moving up to compete at 147 (Timothy Bradley), big changes were expected. However, the evening's two upsets definitely shook things up. With Timothy … [Read more...]
Bradley Upsets Pacquiao Amid Controversy, Other PPV Results from the MGM Grand
Perplexing is too tame of a word to describe the decision rendered by the three judges presiding over the Pacquiao-Bradley bout at the MGM Grand Saturday night. With Duane Ford and C.J. Ross scoring the bout 115-113 for Bradley and Jerry Roth ruling it 115-113 for Pacquiao, the judging trio contributed to, perhaps, the worst judging travesty in recent memory. From the … [Read more...]
Mike Jones Confident, Ready to Win a Title
By Gary Purfield In the co-feature to the Pacquiao vs. Bradley PPV this weekend Philadelphia’s Mike Jones (26-0, 19 KO) will attempt to complete his journey to a world title. He meets power punching Randall Bailey for the vacant IBF Welterweight title. Jones was pegged as a future title holder the moment he turned pro. He has been groomed for this moment by hall of fame … [Read more...]
Pacquiao-Bradley: The Only Preview You Need
by Fox Doucette On Saturday night, June 9th, at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific on HBO PPV, WBO welterweight champion and Boxing Tribune/Fox Sports #2 pound-for-pound fighter in the world Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) takes on WBO junior welterweight champion-in-recess (presumably pending the result of this fight) and Boxing Tribune/Fox Sports #10 P4P Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 … [Read more...]