This Saturday, welterweights Selcuk “Mini-Tyson” Aydin (22-0, 17KOs) and Ionut “Jo Jo Dan” Ion (29-1, 16KOs) will meet in the ring for a rematch. The first bout went the distance as Aydin walked away with a split decision win over Ion in June 2010. Aydin will be fighting in front of his home crowd and comes into the bout knowing that he sent Ion to the canvas in the first … [Read more...]
The 4-Round Boxing News Brief
* Former WBO jr. welterweight champ, Kendall Holt (27-4, 15 KOs) will take on 23-year-old prospect, Danny Garcia (21-0, 14 KOs) in a ten round bout, October 15 at The Staples Center as part of the Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson pay per view undercard. * WBC flyweight champ, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (82-3-1, 45 KOs) is signed to take on Mexico's Edgar Sosa (43-6, 26 KOs) October 28 … [Read more...]
Magdaleno Dominates on ShoBox 10th Anniversary Show; The Rest of Friday’s Action
Texas Station Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada-- Super featherweight prospect, Diego Magdaleno (20-0, 7 KOs), showed class and poise as he outclassed a game Alejandro Perez (15-3-1, 10 KOs) to take a unanimous ten-round decision by scores of 98-90, 99-90, and 98-91. The Boxing Tribune also scored the bout 98-90 in favor of the Las Vegas native, Magdaleno. Despite a flash knockdown … [Read more...]
Berto-Ortiz, April 16th at Foxwoods
WBC welterweight champion, Andre Berto (27-0, 21 KOs) will defend against Victor Ortiz (28-2-2, 22 KOs) at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut April 16th. Berto, who has been widely criticized for the overall quality of his opposition, is looking to make the sixth defense of the title he won by beating Miguel Angel Rodriguez in 2008. During his … [Read more...]
Who Can Defrost the Frozen Welterweight Division?
by Paul Magno The welterweight division still boasts boxing's two best fighters in Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather as well as a pretty serviceable, if slightly unproven, Andre Berto as a third wheel. But below them, other than a 39-year old Shane Mosley, already sporting a one-sided loss to Mayweather and scheduled to face Pacquiao on May 7th, the division is almost … [Read more...]