by Eric "Sugar Foot" Duran 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. Emanuel Augustus- With recent news regarding a … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2011
2011 was a mixed bag for fight fans. Marred by poor officiating, awful judging, and stifling promotional politics, boxing could easily have drifted into a dark era of malaise. Instead, the sport proved, once again, that there's nothing wrong with boxing that can't be fixed by what's right with boxing. The rise of quality stars in their twenties is slowly, but surely forcing … [Read more...]
Bleed Him Dry: FNF Recap
by Fox Doucette Back in the early 1990s, Urge Overkill had a hit with “Sister Havana”, in which singer Nash Kato encouraged the titular character to “come around to my way of thinkin'.” The judges at ringside for tonight's Friday Night Fights card at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California got brought around to a way of thinking that led to a flat-out robbery in the … [Read more...]
John Molina-Robert Frankel To Headline Friday Night Fights
Fringe lightweight contender John Molina (22-1, 18 KOs), of Covina, California, will be in action at the Pechanga Resort-Casino in Temecula, California, Friday night, June 25, against journeyman Robert Frankel (28-10-1, 5 KOs). The broadcast will air as part of ESPN2's Friday Night Fights series at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific time. Molina is best known to regular FNF viewers … [Read more...]