Hola familia y amigos, welcome to a butter poached "snake surprise" flavored episode of Panama's number one rated weekly pragmatic pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch - We are to Liberian ebola plagues what Bill O'Riley is to the American media. This week we're all over the place, hitting on several hot topics and pressing issues including: this, that, and most likely, the … [Read more...]
Barthelemy, Martirosyan, Karpency Victorious in Dreary Showtime Triple-Header
Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut-- In what turned out to be little more than a Showtime-televised sparring session, Rances Barthelemy (21-0, 12 KOs) made the first defense of his IBF super featherweight title against Argentine survivalist Fernando Saucedo (52-6-3, 8 KOs) via unanimous decision. The Three judges' scorecards of 120-108 should tell the reader … [Read more...]
Barthelemy, Nelson-Martirosyan Confirmed for 10/4 Showtime Card
Showtime has announced a double header billed as a "Showtime Boxing Special Edition" on October 4 and held at the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut In the main event Rances Barthelemy (20-0, 12 KOs) will make the first defense of his super featherweight title against former world title challenger Fernando Saucedo (52-5-3, 8 KOs). On the undercard, Willie Nelson … [Read more...]
Golovkin Stalks, Stops Macklin in Three
Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut-- HBO Darling, Gennady Golovkin (27-0, 24 KOs) keeps proving his case as a killer-in-the-making. This time he stalked and eventually stopped the usually durable Irishman, Matthew Macklin (29-5, 20 KOs) in three rounds, ending the show with a wicked liver shot. From opening bell to closing bell, the result was never in doubt as … [Read more...]
Gradovich upsets Dib (and 50 Cent) for Bizarro World Title on Friday Night Fights
Coming into this Friday Night Fights main event at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut, Billy "The Kid" Dib (35-2, 21 KOs) was a world champ of the "wink, wink, nudge, nudge" variety, only. After Friday, his people can't even claim that. Evgeny "The Mexican Russian" Gradovich (16-0, 8 KOs), trained by Robert Garcia, would outwork and outfight the … [Read more...]