Photo by Etzel Espinosa–Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico-- Austin Trout (22-0, 13 KOs), in a competent, professional effort, controlled his jr. middleweight contest with Rigoberto Alvarez (26-3, 19 KOs) and came away with a one-sided unanimous decision for a WBA 154 lb. belt. Alvarez, fighting in his hometown, never managed to get by a basic … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Fight of the Week: Nobuo Nashiro vs. Tomas Rojas
by The Boxing Tribune Nobuo Nashiro (14-2-1, 9 KOs) vs. Tomas Rojas (34-12-1, 23 KOs), a WBC super flyweight title bout between two of the division's best, is an interesting match-up of two fighters who are arriving at the same place, but have taken very different paths to get there. While Japan's Nashiro was cutting to the front of the professional line and winning his … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh-In
by Chris Milton The best of wishes to Emanuel Augustus. I hope he realizes just how much hardcore fans love and respect everything he has done for the game. I also hope he realizes now that he's retired and he is far less likely to get robbed. So HBO killed off any chance of Alexander v Bradley being a good fight by anointing it this generation's Hearns v Leonard. Thanks … [Read more...]
Uchiyama-Solis to Unify WBA 130 lb. Title: Japanese Boxing Report
Just announced: A January 10th bout between reigning WBA super featherweight champ, Japan's Takashi Uchiyama (16-0, 13 KOs) and WBA interim titlist in the same division, Mexican, Jorge Solis (40-2-2, 29 KOs) at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan. Uchiyama won his title by beating Juan Carlos Salgado in January of this year and has since made three successful title … [Read more...]
Paul Magno’s Daily Grind: Monday, June 21st
New week, New Grind... * In noteworthy weekend action: Former Heavyweight champ, Hasim Rahman beat Shannon Miller via TKO 4...Exciting Lightweight/Super Featherweight prospect, Adren Broner, beat Carlos Claudio via RTD 7...Tomas Rojas won some WBC USNBC Super Flyweight trinket via RTD 6 against Felipe Almanza...Hekkie Budler beat Juanito Rubillar via 12-round Split Decision … [Read more...]