WBO president, Paco Valcarcel has admitted that the ridiculous 119-109 score issued by Spanish judge, Fernando Laguna Saturday for Arthur Abraham in his bout against Paul Smith was way off the mark. Actually, using his own words, Laguna "srcewed up." “Regarding Abraham v Smith, I assure you that I review each and every scorecard for WBO title fights," said Valcarcel. … [Read more...]
Avalos Ditches Rigondeaux Title Shot to Pursue Frampton
Earlier last week, it was announced that no. 1 mandatory contender to Guillermo Rigondeaux's WBO junior featherweight title, Chris Avalos, had chosen not to take his title shot. On Friday, Avalos' promoter, Top Rank, announced that Avalos was pulling out of the Rigondeaux fight in order to pursue a bout with the UK's Carl Frampton, who is the IBF junior featherweight … [Read more...]
WBO Presses Gov’t to Define “Advisor” Role, Limits
WBO president, Paco Valcarcel has petitioned Senators Harry Reid and John McCain to amend the 1996 Professional Boxing Safety Act to better define the role of "advisor" in the sport-- clearly an indirect reference to the growing power of advisor Al Haymon. A well-defined set of regulations regarding the advisor's powers and limitations would prevent would be power brokers … [Read more...]
WBO Shocker: Korobov to Fight Demetrius Andrade for Vacant Middleweight Belt
When Peter Quillin vacated his WBO middleweight title recently, it was taken for granted that mandatory challenger Matt Korobov would then take on no.2 ranked Billy Joe Saunders for the belt-- and that may have been the case, had WBO junior middleweight champ Demetrius Andrade not decided to petition the organization for the slot opposite Korobov. By ruling of the WBO … [Read more...]
Sergey Kovalev vs. Cedric Agnew: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison This Saturday night, Russian sensation Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (23-0-1, 21 KOs) will keep busy when he takes on undefeated Cedric Agnew (26-0, 13 KOs) of Chicago, Illinois. The fight will be shown live on HBO starting at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT from the Ballroom at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Kovalev has been in the news as a result of rival … [Read more...]