12/13 – Lucas Browne (19-0, 17 KO’s) vs. Clarence Tillman (11-15-2, 6 KO’s) II – Victoria, Australia Aussie heavyweight Browne has gained quite a following recently. After a one sided decision over James Toney in April, he stopped Travis Walker and Richard Towers in just over a three month period. He’s been lobbying for a bout with U.K. fighter David Price, who’s coming off … [Read more...]
Silkov’s Top Ten Most Exciting Fighters of All Time
Boxing fans love a list. There is just something about boxing and lists that go together. Like cookies leading to the invent of chocolate chips or the bicycle leading to the car-- boxing stokes the flames of list makers. Whether it is a list of top contenders, Champions, or fights we’d like to see, or even fights we don’t want to see. We’ve all either written or read a boxing … [Read more...]
Boxing Power Rankings Jr.: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Last week, Salvador Sanchez II made one of the weakest cases for talent being hereditary, as he dropped his record to 30-5 (18 KOs) at the hands of undefeated Jayson Velez, who got a name opponent in name only onto his record himself. The third-round KO of the guy with the Juan Epstein hairdo and the Dirk Diggler boxing trunks reminded absolutely nobody of … [Read more...]
Paul Magno’s Daily Grind: Saturday, June 26th
Weekend Grind... * Light Heavyweight prospect and BTBC House Fighter (as voted on by the members of the BTBC Fan Forum). Nathan Cleverly has earned his Math degree from Cardiff University in his native Wales. Cleverly is scheduled to make the first defense of his European light heavyweight title against Nadjib Mohammedi of France on the 10th of July. After that, he's looking … [Read more...]