With baseball's All-Star Game approaching and boxing in its usual mid-Summer funk, I thought it would be interesting to try my hand at one of these corny little lists so prominently featured on A-1 supreme sources of info like Bleacher Reports and Spitbucketrejects.com. I'm going to go through each of boxing's seventeen weight divisions and list the character that most … [Read more...]
Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Tomas Rojas: The Boxing Tribune preview
The WBC bantamweight title will be on the line when Shinsuke Yamanaka (16-0-2, 11 KOs) puts the belt on the line against former super flyweight titlist, Mexico’s Tomas Rojas (39-13-1, 26 KOs) at the Xebio Arena in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan on Saturday, November 3. Yamanaka’s last win was the most impressive of the 30-year old Japanese southpaw’s young career. He scored a … [Read more...]
‘Tyson’ Marquez Plays it Safe Against Cautious Lumacad, Takes Majority Decision; Brian Viloria Next?
Palenque de la Feria Ganadera, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico-- The fans were booing as early as the third round as the usually fan-friendly WBA 112 lb. champ, Hernan "Tyson" Marquez (34-2, 25 KOs) went through the motions, just doing enough to take a majority ten round decision against safety-minded Filipino, Fernando Lumacad (26-4-3, 11 KOs) in a non-title super flyweight bout. … [Read more...]
‘Tyson’ Marquez, faced with career uncertainty, fights Fernando Lumacad this Saturday
With a lucrative Fall showdown against WBO flyweight titlist, Brian Viloria possibly in play, WBA flyweight champ, Hernan "Tyson" Marquez (33-2, 25 KOs) finds himself in a tough spot before this Saturday's non-title clash with tough Filipino fringe contender, Fernando Lumacad (26-3-3, 11 KOs) at the Palenque de la Feria Ganadera in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Faced with a … [Read more...]
Montiel Stops Angkota in Nine; The Rest of Saturday’s Action
Gimnasio German Evers, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico-- Fernando Montiel (47-4-2, 37 KOs) fought as well as necessary to defeat Indonesian journeyman, Angky Angkota (25-7, 14 KOs) in front of a partisan crowd in Montiel's home state of Sinaloa. For most of the fight, Montiel fought backing up, choosing to counter an Angkota who was coming forward, but not landing anything of … [Read more...]