When Manny Pacquiao steps into the ring on April 12 against Timothy Bradley for a high-profile rematch and a shot at winning back the WBO welterweight title, the smart money will be on the Filipino icon. Online Sportsbook odds have Pacquiao the solid -225 betting favorite and, frankly, this is being rather conservative in this writer's opinion. The reality is that Pacquiao … [Read more...]
Beltran-Martinez slated for Pacquiao vs. Bradley II under card
After being the victim of what many are calling the worst robbery of 2013, former NABF lightweight champion Raymundo Beltran (28-6-1, 17 KO’s) will get his shot at the vacant WBO NABO lightweight title when he faces off against former WBO world super featherweight champion Roman Martinez (27-2-2, 16 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round contest on the under card of the rematch between … [Read more...]
Pacquiao-Bradley II, Set For April 12
Promoter Bob Arum announced on Saturday that Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KOs) and Timothy Bradley (31-0, 12 KOs) have reached a deal for a bout on April 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The bout would be a rematch of a highly-controversial June, 2012 meeting that resulted in Bradley taking the WBO welterweight title from Pacquiao via dubious split decision. Controversy … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune’s Wednesday Grab Bag
by Jim McGrady Sadly we start this week, and the new year, with yet another boxing related death. Japanese super flyweight Tesshin Okada (0-1) passed away Monday due to a brain hemorrhage suffered in his professional debut on a December 20th card against Masafumi Kamiyama (1-0, 1 KO), who was also making his pro debut. Okada was stopped 22 seconds into the fourth and final … [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...]