by Paul Magno When Saul "El Canelo" Alvarez first signed with Golden Boy and was put on the path to mainstream boxing success, the pundits and scribes immediately sunk their teeth into the red-headed, freckled slugger, postulating that the only thing going for the young Mexican fighter was hair color and a boatload of hype. But what these "experts" failed to see was the … [Read more...]
WBC Orders Alvarez-Rhodes
WBC President for Life, Jose Sulaiman announced that the UK's Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KOs) will be new jr. middleweight champion Saul Alvarez's mandatory title challenger. Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KOs), who won the vacant WBC 154 lb. in a controversial title bout with Matthew Hatton on March 5th, will be making the first defense of his title, likely in Mexico and within 90 days of … [Read more...]
Soto, “Canelo” Shine; The Rest of Saturday’s Action
*Photo by Chris Farina/Top Rank Honda Center, Anaheim, CA Humberto Soto (54-7-2, 32 KOs) UD 12 Urbano Antillon (28-2, 20 KOs) Recap: Soto defended his WBC lightweight title against a crude, but motivated Antillon in an action-filled candidate for Fight of the Year last night. Soto was sharp and focused on throwing from the outside while nailing his rival with crisp … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-in
by Chris Milton Audley Harrison has announced he will continue to box. Question is will he ever actually fight? Carl Froch put on a boxing clinic last weekend. Carl now looks to be the favourite to make it through to the final alongside Andre Ward. Anyone else think that Ward is going to get a bye into the finals as Abraham will pull out? According to Dan Rafael, Juan … [Read more...]
UK Mega Show To Be Held on September 18th
UK promoter, Frank Warren, is planning a huge card for September 18th at the LG Arena in Birmingham. The lineup, barring unforeseen injuries or last second withdrawals, is as follows: * European Light Heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly against unbeaten and world ranked German, Karo Murat, in a WBO World Light Heavyweight title eliminator for the right to face Jurgen … [Read more...]