2018 is going to be a bumper year for boxing, for actual real boxing, as opposed to the sideshow that dominated the end of 2017 with the Mayweather and McGregor ‘fight.’ This year will see many top boxers duke it out and will see fights where the winner isn’t clear before the boxers have even touched gloves. We will see heavyweights going toe to toe, future stars proving their … [Read more...]
Canelo vs. Golovkin 2 is Official!
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 29, 2018): A sequel to the most anticipated boxing event in years will arrive on Cinco De Mayo as Lineal and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) and WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) will clash in a historic and highly anticipated 12-round rematch Saturday, May 5. The event … [Read more...]
Canelo: Golovkin Rematch in May is Top Priority
When the long-awaited Saul Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin middleweight clash ended in a controversial draw to the benefit of Alvarez (who many thought lost the fight), the thought was that a rematch would be hard to sign. After all, it took Alvarez more than two years to actually agree to the first bout and a second bout, in many ways, would be more of a risk than the first … [Read more...]
Howard’s End: All About Adalaide
48 hours after Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin ended in a split (and deserved) draw, prolonging their battle to be the face of the sport for at least another night, we still aren’t talking about the ramifications of what happened or even about how good of a fight it was. We are still fuming over judge Adalaide Byrd’s horrendous and egregious 118-110 scorecard for Alvarez that … [Read more...]
Saul Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin Ends in Stalemate
The battle for Middleweight supremacy and to presumably crown the face of boxing was not decided tonight as both Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin will need to meet again to settle their long gestating score after their highly-anticipated fight ended in a draw. It was a tale of two fights as Alvarez used movement and footwork to trouble a slow to start Golovkin who worked … [Read more...]