It was the worst kept secret in Monaco, but the bout between Martin Murray and Domenico Spada was little more than a prelude to a February 2015 contest between WBA middleweight champ Gennady Golovkin and the UK's Murray. As for Saturday's contest, itself, it was a predictable win for the more talented Murray (29-1-1, 12 KOs), who didn't dazzle, but managed to dominate the … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: October 23rd – 26th, 2014
10/23 - Aaron Pryor Jr. (19-7, 12 KO’s) vs. Marcus Upshaw (17-13-2, 8 KO’s) - Renaissance Hotel, Washington, District of Columbia, USA After a four fight losing streak, Pryor comes in off three straight victories, winning the USNBC Silver super middleweight title in his last bout. Upshaw is 4-6 in his last 10, losing and eight round decision last time out. 10/24 – Manuel … [Read more...]
ESPN3 Picks Up Saturday’s Monaco Card Featuring Martin Murray, Randy Caballero,Eleider Alvarez, Hekkie Budler
ESPN3.com has picked up the rights to carry the live stream of this Saturday's interesting and diverse boxing card from Monaco. Headlining the five-fight card will be UK middleweight Martin Murray (28-1-1, 12 KOs) against Italy’s Domenico Spada (39-5, 19 KOs). Murray,32, whose career-best efforts have thus far earned him a tough decision loss to Sergio Martinez in 2013 … [Read more...]
Tarver Stops Sheppard: The Tuesday Night Wrap
In tonight’s main event at the BB&t Center in Sunrise, Florida, former world light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Antonio Tarver (30-6, 21 KO’s) returned to the ring, this time as a heavyweight, to score a fourth round stoppage over journeyman Mike Sheppard (21-16-1, 9 KO’s) in what was scheduled as a 10 round contest for the interim NABA heavyweight title on Golden Boy … [Read more...]
Donaire Decisions Salado; The Rest of Friday’s Action
Auditorio Plaza Condesa, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico-- Glenn Donaire (19-4-1, 10 Kos) takes a solid unanimous decision over Mexico's Omar Salado (23-5-2, 14 KOs) in Mexico City by scores of 116-112, 118-111, 115-113 to take the WBC Latino super flyweight title. Donaire, 32, looked strong, Salado, also 32, looked old. Donaire is now 2-0 since coming back from a … [Read more...]