There was nothing new or unusual to report from the final press conference before Saturday's Orlando Salido-Rocky Martinez super featherweight title bout. Everybody was in the best shape of their careers...excited for this great opportunity...eager to prove themselves in combat...blah, blah, blah... But Orlando "Siri" Salido (42-12-2, 29 KOs) has never been a man of words, … [Read more...]
Garcia Destroys, Donaire Rebounds, Andrade Emerges on HBO Triple-Header
American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas-- Mikey Garcia (33-0, 28 KOs) affirmed his reputation as a stone cold boxing assassin by stopping WBO super featherweight titlist, Roman "Rocky" Martinez (27-2-2, 16 KOs) in eight rounds in the main event of an HBO Boxing triple header. A shocking flash knockdown of Garcia in the second was the only surprise in this bout as the … [Read more...]
Mikey Garcia vs. Rocky Martinez, plus Donaire vs. Darchinyan & Martirosyan vs. Andrade: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison Top Rank and HBO return this Saturday with a Boxing After Dark broadcast featuring Roman “Rocky” Martinez’s (27-1-2, 16 KOs) WBO junior lightweight title defense against former featherweight titlist Mikey Garcia (32-0, 27 KOs), at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. The fights are set to begin at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT, with Vanes Martirosyan … [Read more...]
Brian Viloria Dethroned On Fists Of Gold Macau Card
Juan Francisco Estrada 23-2 (17koes) showed he has ’Fists of Gold’ of his own, by dethroning Brian ‘The Hawaiian Punch’ Viloria after a great fight on the Macau Card in China. Estrada won the WBO and WBA World Flyweight titles, with a brilliant display of box-fighting, that slowly wore down the Hawaiian and had the brave Viloria struggling to stay on his feet in the final … [Read more...]
Martinez Survives 12th Round Surge, Outclasses Chavez Jr. in Unanimous Decision Win
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...]