Hello friends and welcome to another episode of the Sunday Brunch Show. Today we will be touching on the fantastic firefight between Rios and Alvarado from the Mandalay Bay Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and also the future options for both of those warriors. Also on tap, we discuss Gennady Glovokin's knockout win over Nobuhiro Ishida and what's in store for him when he finally … [Read more...]
Richard Abril vs. Sharif Bogere: The Boxing Tribune Preview
Richard Abril (17-3-1, 8 KOs) and Sharif Bogere (23-0, 15 KOs), the WBA's no. 1 and no. 3 ranked lightweights, respectively, will meet one another for the vacant WBA 135 lb. title this Saturday on Showtime at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This one has been in the making since the Fall of last year, but scheduling conflicts and a Bogere shoulder injury … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2012
In a lot of ways, 2012 was the best of times and the worst of times for fight fans. Competition for the eyeballs of fight fans created at least the hint of an effort to deliver good fights to the public and, although Golden Boy and Top Rank still insist on playing promotional turf war, both companies did a decent job of making some of the best fights within their power to make. … [Read more...]
The Business of Bullshit; Magno’s Monday Rant
Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York, Austin Trout scored a unanimous decision over Miguel Cotto. Years of hard work and dedication paid off for the Las Cruces, New Mexico native as he walked into Cotto's adopted home turf and affirmed his status as an elite junior middleweight. With the win, Trout now moves on to Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and the type of money … [Read more...]
Sharif Bogere-Richard Abril Called Off: Bogere Injured
by Fox Doucette The title fight for the vacant WBA lightweight strap between Sharif “The Lion” Bogere (23-0, 15 KOs) and “interim” titlist Richard Abril (17-3-1, 8 KOs) has been called off, as ESPN.com's Dan Rafael reports that Bogere has suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon in training. The fight was to have been the main event of an HBO card on November 24. The card … [Read more...]