by Eric Duran Every year new champions are crowned, current champions are dethroned and many questions hang over of the head of contenders. A contender can be a champion, but not necessarily the best in the division. A contender can a former prospect ready to make the jump to the next level. In some cases, a contender is a former champ looking to make one last … [Read more...]
Ted the Bull’s Boxing Awards for 2014
"Terence Crawford is the nearest thing we will get to Floyd once he leaves."—Alan Peddie "Lomachenko is a guy who makes you believe that you're watching something out of the ordinary when you see him fight."—Max Kellerman "When I first met him [Anthony Joshua] I couldn’t believe he was bigger than me – an inch taller at 6ft 6in. I thought oh my God. Then I thought oh … [Read more...]
Roman Gonzalez, Takashi Miura Retain Titles in Japan
Earlier today at the Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez (41-0, 35 KO's) and super featherweight champion Takashi Miura (28-2-2, 21 KO's) both retained their world titles with sixth round stoppages of their opponents in the nights two main features of the night. It was the first title defense of the … [Read more...]
“Gallo” Estrada Returns to the Ring 12/6 in Hermosillo; Nava and Tyson Marquez on Undercard
WBA/WBO flyweight champ Juan Francisco "El Gallo" Estrada (30-2, 20 KOs) returns to the ring December 6 at the Centro de Usos Múltiples in his hometown of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico against Filipino Joebert Álvarez (14-0-1, 6 KOs) in a ten-round non-title bout. Estrada's last bout was a dominant, breakthrough TKO 11 performance over countryman Giovani Segura that drew … [Read more...]
“Chocolatito” Gonzalez to Defend WBC 112 lb. Belt Against Rocky Fuentes
Three-division world champ and current WBC flyweight titlist Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez (40-0, 34 KOs) will be making the first defense of his belt on November 22 against Filipino Rocky Fuentes (35-7-2, 20 KOs) in Japan. Nicaragua's Gonzalez took the WBC belt in an impressive ninth round stoppage of defending champ Akira Yaegashi on September 5. The 27-year-old rising star … [Read more...]