There's a reason champions are made in the ring and not in a board room or media center. Sergio Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KOs) beat the man who beat the man. He was the consensus world middleweight champion and acknowledged as such by everyone who really mattered. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KOs) was pushed and guided into his spot as WBC middleweight champ and, … [Read more...]
Guillermo Rigondeaux – Wading Through Shallow Waters To Get To The Deep End, Faces Marroquin on September 15
by Jesse Ian Lardies According to multiple sources, WBA Jr. featherweight world champion, Guillermo “El Chacal" Rigondeaux (10-0, 8KOs) has signed to face Texan, Robert Marroquin (22-1, 15KOs) on the undercard of the upcoming Martinez/Chavez Jr. HBO pay-per-view on September 15 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The news comes just days after Nonito … [Read more...]
Alvarado, Banal Victorious; The Rest of Saturday’s Action
Softball Country Arena, Denver, Colorado-- In a jr. welterweight contest, Mike Alvarado (31-0, 22 KOs) scored a one-sided unanimous decision over Gabriel Martinez (27-3-1, 14 KOs) by scores of 99-90, 100-89, 100-90. Robert Marroquin (20-1, 14 KOs) beat Jose Angel Beranza (33-21-2, 26 KOs) via unanimous 8-round decision-- 79-70, 78-71, 78-71. Hoops Dome, Lapu-Lapu City, … [Read more...]