by Ted Sares Frank Maloney crosses over to the other side. Wlad dominates, but Pulev lurks and Briggs stalks Wlad considers restraining order on Briggs. Joshua rises and send a chill through the division. GGG is—well—GGG Martin Murray will be in Monaco and then maybe in mix to get beaten by GGG Fury wears a mask while Chisora behaves Solis eats, while Thompson seeks … [Read more...]
Matchmaker’s Corner: “The Jackal” vs “Hi-Tech”, Rigondeaux vs Lomachenko
by Eric "Sugar Foot" Duran The two greatest amateur boxers in the history of the sport. You can go as far as to say, they're two of the greatest amateur athletes ever. Guillermo Rigondeaux amassed a 463-12 record as an amateur. He won gold medals at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. The only thing that kept him from a 3-peat was the secret battle to defect from the Cuban … [Read more...]
Lomachenko Opponent Named for Pacquiao-Algieri Undercard Bout
It has been announced by Top Rank Promotions that WBO featherweight titlist, Vasyl Lomachenko (2-1, 1 KO) will make the first defense of that title on the November 22 Pacquiao-Algieri undercard in Macau against Thailand's Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo(52-1, 33 KOs). The 26-year-old Ukrainian two-time Olympic gold medalist, Lomachenko, won the vacant WBO belt via majority decision … [Read more...]
Crawford, Gamboa And What’s Right With Boxing: The Sunday Brunch
Hola family and welcome home to a thyme, rosemary and laurel leaf scented edition of Omaha's 145th most popular bite-sized weekly pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch - We combine like the boxing column equivalent of the real diecast Voltron, not those fake plastic re-release ones that came out years later, I'm talking a serious choking hazard, people...This week we're … [Read more...]
Four Shades of BS; Magno’s Monday Rant
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." -- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair Saturday, the first "major" boxing day of the year, featured several big fights spread out over the course of the day and in a small handful of countries … [Read more...]