Once again, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was given the opportunity to show that he was something more than a silver-spoon-fed champion who walked the yellow brick road to money, titles and notoriety and once again he failed in spectacular fashion being on the wrong side of a beating delivered by Saul Alvarez in last weekend’s infomercial for Alvarez/Golovkin in the fall. Chavez’s … [Read more...]
Wild America: US Heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Malik Scott Look To Impress in Puerto Rico
by Johnny Walker It's not even fun anymore for the rest of us, watching American boxing fans squirm, make excuses for and even downright give up on what used to be called the sport's "glamor division." While many American boxing fans (and/or fans of American boxers) blame the Klitschko brothers for taking away what used to belong almost exclusively to them, the problem … [Read more...]
Bermane Stiverne and Cristobal Arreola Reach Deal For WBC Title Fight
by Johnny Walker As former WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko fights a perhaps more dangerous political battle in his homeland of Ukraine against a Russian-backed government manipulated by Vladimir Putin, the World Boxing Council has settled on a fight to fill the giant void left by the 6' 7" tall now "Emeritus" champion, who still claims he may yet fight again in the … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2013
There were a lot of bright, glowing moments in 2013 for long-suffering hardcore boxing fans. A return to stacked (or semi-stacked) undercards saw some solid PPV co-features as well as some genuinely entertaining triple and quadruple-headers on HBO/Showtime. The cold war between Top Rank-Golden Boy and HBO-Showtime, instead of "ruining" the sport, actually saw all parties … [Read more...]
Arreola crushes Mitchell in first round blowout, Esquivias retires Marquez
There was a lot of trash talk in the fight's build up, but when all was said and done, it was Chris "The Nightmare" Arreola (36-3, 31 KO's) who talked the talk and walked the walk, blowing out Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell (26-2-1, 19 KO's) in the first round of tonight's main event at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Just one minute into the fight, a straight right … [Read more...]