Lou DiBella’s Broadway Boxing is returning to the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Former regional titlist Gabriel Bracero, Luis Orlando Del Valle, Ionut Dan Ion, and former world champion Yuri Foreman are among the fighters appearing on the 10 bout card this coming Thursday, April 4th. Yuri Foreman (29-2, 8 KO’s), the former WBA middleweight champion, will meet Gundrick … [Read more...]
Martinez Reigns Supreme, Cotto Humbles Mayorga; The Rest of Saturday’s Action
(Michael Dwyer/ AP Photo) Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Connecticut-- Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KOs) TKO 8 Sergiy Dzinziruk (37-1, 23 KOs) Too big, too athletic, and too talented. Sergio Martinez defended his middleweight title and his spot among the pound for pound best in the sport against a tough and game Sergiy Dzinziruk. Boxing from the outside with his … [Read more...]
Manny Pacquiao’s Next Opponent: 5 Realistic Choices
by Madcow Manny Pacquiao and I have one big thing in common-- and it's not our ongoing love of sex with young Filipino women. No, the boxing deity and I share a love of damaged goods. Manny loves fighting damaged fighters and I prowl dive bars looking for damaged ladies for an easy romp in my bovine headquarters. After he does away with The Tijuana Burrito Fart, … [Read more...]
The Weekend Hangover: Controversy, Controversy and More Controversy…
New York, New York – Boxing returned to the Yankee Stadium in bizarre fashion as Miguel Cotto (33-2, 28 KO) stopped a hobbling Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO) in the ninth round to win the WBA junior middleweight title. Cotto, 153.5, utterly dominated the fight, wobbling Foreman, 154, on numerous occasions with hard straight punches early on. It was obvious that Cotto was the … [Read more...]
Money, Money, Money: Odds on Foreman-Cotto and The Weekend Action
As a keen boxing fan, I take a healthy interest in what the books are thinking, as it normally is a good indication to see how the fight will turn out in the casual fans’ mind. Maybe once in a while I’ll back up my predictions with putting some money down, but for enjoyment and the profit, not to fuel any sort of addiction.For those unfamiliar with how it works, it’s not that … [Read more...]