by Fox Doucette Repeat after me kids: A belt does not a champion make. Need proof? Try the WBA strap at light heavyweight. Besides Danny Green (who won the belt in 2007 then moved up to cruiserweight without ever making a title defense), there has not been a “champion” since Roy Jones got elevated to super champ from the regular variety in 2001. There have been beltholders, … [Read more...]
Independent Media, Unite! Magno’s Monday Rant
Howdy and welcome to another edition of Magno's Monday Rant, the weekly boxing column that longs for the day when sports writers could openly talk about their drinking and womanizing... It takes a special breed of human being to write, full-time, about boxing. I hate to burst any bubbles, but there's virtually no money to be made as a boxing scribe. Even at the major boxing … [Read more...]
Shumenov Stops Joppy in Six
Defending WBA light heavyweight champ, Beibut Shumenov (11-1, 7 KOs) dispatched of last-minute replacement, William Joppy (39-6-2, 30 KOs) in Shumenov's native Kazakhstan in the second defense of his 175 lb. title. The bout was originally scheduled to be a title unification between Shumenov and WBO Champ, Juergan Braehmer, but Braehmer would back out of the contest last … [Read more...]
The Weekly Weigh In
by Chris Milton A happy new year to you all, welcome back to the weekly weigh inn. Normally around this time of year boxing fans are salivating at the thought of several big fights that are due in the coming months. This year we have barely anything to look forward to. Sure we have Bradley v Alexander and Montiel v Donaire, but what else is there? The Boxing landscape is … [Read more...]
Joppy Fills In Against Shumenov
Former middleweight champion, William Joppy, will take the place of Juergen Braehmer against Beibut Shumenov (10-1, 6 KOs) this Saturday in Kazakhstan. Joppy (39-6-2, 30 KOs), who was on the undercard and set to face light heavyweight prospect, Gayrat Ahmedov, will step up in a last minute WBA light heavyweight title bout to replace WBO champ, Braehmer, who abruptly left … [Read more...]