With heated promotional rivals, Top Rank and Golden Boy, planning to air live shows featuring their young, Mexican marquee fighters on Mexican Independence Day, it looks as though Top Rank has scored the September 15th TKO. Originally posted as a rumor by Boxingscene and ESPN, today it was officially announced on the Golden Boy-owned, Ring Magazine website that Saul "Canelo" … [Read more...]
Signing Fever: Khan, Ortiz, Donaire, Alvarez, Rios, Mitchell get opponents
In an unusually busy 24-hour span, Golden Boy and Top Rank Promotions busied themselves with several major signings to ensure summer fights for some of their bigger stars. Golden Boy, which lost Khan-Peterson II and Ortiz-Berto II to positive VADA test results from Peterson and Berto, rebounded with replacement bouts for their fighters as well as the announcement of two … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Interview: Seth Mitchell talks about his TKO victory over Chazz Witherspoon
Undefeated heavyweight contender, Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell (25-0-1, 19 KOs) continued his gradual rise up the heavyweight hierarchy with an exciting third-round TKO victory over Philadelphia’s Chazz “The Gentleman” Witherspoon on Saturday night. Fighting on the televised HBO undercard featuring Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson, Mitchell and Witherspoon gave the Atlantic City fans … [Read more...]
Dawson handles Hopkins over twelve, Mitchell stops Witherspoon in three round thriller
by Gary Purfield Bad Beats Back the Execution: Dawson gets the win he has sought for years Chad Dawson relieved himself of a burden on his back that he had carried for several years tonight when he defeated the future hall of famer, Bernard Hopkins in clear and convincing fashion. It was far from entertaining, but it was the win that Dawson needed to move forward with his … [Read more...]
Opportunity Knocks for Mitchell and Witherspoon
by Gary Purfield The opening HBO TV bout this Saturday from Boardwalk Hall features a crossroads fight for two heavyweight contenders. Before Chad Dawson and Bernard Hopkins engage in their bitter rematch, two college educated Americans will battle for the opportunity to be seen as this country’s next best shot at heavyweight glory. In boxing, the crossroads fights often … [Read more...]