After months of anticipation, the Showtime Boxing main-event featuring a match-up between Lucas Matthysse and Lamont Peterson finally occurred. Regardless of the fact took place at a catchweight (thus nullifying the fights status as a title fight), the fight managed to deliver on the all-action expectations that many had going into it. The fight started [...]
In the co-main event of Showtime’s Matthysse vs. Peterson fight card, Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 knockouts) took on Lee Purdy (20-4-1, 13 knockouts) in a welterweight contest. Ever since tasting defeat at the hands of Timothy Bradley, much of the hype that once surrounded Alexander has died down. Slowly but surely though he has managed [...]
It wasn’t a night where anything new was learned, but it was an entertaining bunch of fights anyways. In the main-event of the Showtime Extreme televised undercard of the May 18th Lucas Matthysse vs. Lamont Peterson fight, rising welterweight prospect Shawn Porter (21-0-1, 14 knockouts) took on fringe contender, Phil Lo Greco (25-1, 14 knockouts) in [...]
May 19, 2013
Danny Gonzalez
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May 19, 2013—Shane Mosley had a successful comeback last night against Pablo Cesar Cano in Cano’s backyard of Cancun, Mexico at the Grand Oasis Resort. Mosley hadn’t competed in over a year — a one-sided loss at the hands of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez” back on May 5, 2012 — and Cano last fought in October [...]
One of the best fights on paper this year is Lucas Matthysse facing off against Lamont Peterson and it takes place this Saturday night. According to rumor, the winner of this fight gets Danny Garcia and after that a possible showdown with Floyd “Money” Mayweather. I have been waiting for a fight like Peterson-Matthysse, this [...]
May 17, 2013
LucasBiggers
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This week Dr. Joyce Brothers passed away at the age of 85. She was best known for being the go to psychologist on major media networks giving her opinions on marriage, sex, and love. She was a long time advice columnist for Good Housekeeping and, of all things, a boxing fan. Perhaps fan is not [...]
May 17, 2013
Jacqueline Purcell
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Hype is a fickle beast, and in no sport is this more obvious than in the realm of boxing. Going into his Jan. 25th bout against Jose Hernandez (14-6-1, 6 knockouts), Tony Luis (15-1, 7 knockouts) seemed poised to become the next great talent coming out of Canada. With names like Lucian Bute (31-1, 24 [...]
May 17, 2013
Danny Gonzalez
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Everyone who calls themselves a hardcore boxing fan can finally agree on something. No matter who you favor in this potential Fight of the Year candidate, 99.9% us who will be tuning in this Saturday night seem to think it will produce fireworks for large portion of this fight. The only question being, will there [...]
ON THIS SPECIAL EPISODE WE WILL INTERVIEW OUR GUEST GABRIEL ROSADO, TO DISCUSS J’LEON LOVE TESTING POSITIVE FOR A DIURETIC, AS WELL AS HAVING HIS LOSE CHANGED TO A NO CONTEST. ALSO WE WILL HAVE CURRENT WBO FEATHER WEIGHT CHAMPION MIGUEL ANGEL GARCIA KNOW BY HIS FANS AS MIKEY GARCIA TO SPEAK ON HIS UP [...]
May 16, 2013
ThaBoxingVoice
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