When Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (47-1-1, 32 koes) meets Bryan Vera (23-7, 14 koes) for the second time this Saturday, he will be looking to put behind him the controversy of their first meeting, last September, when he and the three judges seemed to be just about the only people present at the Stubhub Centre that night, who believed that Chavez deserved to take the decision. To say … [Read more...]
Novoa stops Zhong, wins WBC title in China
In an all-out slugfest between minimum-weights, Oswaldo Novoa (13-4-1, 8 KO’s) stopped defending champion Xiong Zhao Zhong (22-5-1, 12 KO’s) in the fifth round to win the WBC minimum-weight title. The Mexican challenger was aggressive from the start, as he and the champion went toe-to-toe, with Zhong steadily losing ground as the bout wore on. The pressure was finally too … [Read more...]
Jose Sulaiman Was No Friend Of Boxing; Magno’s Monday Rant
There's nothing boxing loves more than a phony maudlin farewell. After a death, in the midst of everyone screwing everyone else, the industry pauses for a moment to feign grief for "one of their own" before going right back to their dirty work. Sometimes, that grief is well-founded and proper. Sometimes, though, it shows you just how phony and superficial the fight game can … [Read more...]
WBC President, Jose Sulaiman, Dead at 82
Jose Sulaiman, president of the WBC, passed away earlier today at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 82 after a long, undisclosed illness. Sulaiman, who was born in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico in 1931, went from amateur boxer and low-level official to ultimate boxing power broker over the course of nearly seven decades in the sport. Elected president of the … [Read more...]
Tyson Fury Backtracks on Statements About WBC
by Johnny Walker Rising Anglo-Irish heavyweight Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KOs) has, over the past couple of years, made a name for himself as much for his social media outbursts as for what he has accomplished inside the squared circle. The 6'9" giant has been known to shoot from the lip and worry about the consequences later, and this has often gotten him in hot water with … [Read more...]