by Tim Harrison Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas – Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (35-3, 31 KOs) overpowered Adrien “The Problem” Broner (27-1, 22 KOs) in the main event of Showtime’s last major boxing card of the year, knocking down the previously unbeaten prodigy en route to a unanimous decision win. Also on the undercard, Keith “One Time” Thurman (22-0, 20 KOs) stopped Jesus Soto … [Read more...]
Danger Zone: Adrien Broner vs. Marcos Maidana: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison The final big fight card of 2013 gets under way this weekend when WBA welterweight champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner (27-0, 22 KOs) defends his title against hard-hitting Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (34-3, 31 KOs). The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas hosts a triple header, to be shown live on Showtime Championship Boxing, starting at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT this … [Read more...]
Peter Quillin vs. Gabriel Rosado: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison Saturday night from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Showtime brings us a Championship Doubleheader featuring the ageless Bernard Hopkins defending his light heavyweight title against Karo Murat. But the fight that will likely steal the show figures to be undefeated Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin’s (29-0, 21 KOs) WBO middleweight title defense against … [Read more...]
Bernard Hopkins vs. Karo Murat: The Boxing Tribune Preview
Formerly known as “The Executioner”, Bernard Hopkins (53-6-2, 32 KO’s) now re-branded as “The Alien”, defends the IBF light heavyweight world title against once beaten Karo Murat (25-1-1, 15 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey this Saturday night. At this point in his career, every fight is history in the making for Hopkins, who at 48 years of age is the … [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...]