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 [...]
Saturday’s Top Rank card has to be considered a success with its crowded arena and hefty ratings considered, but the success of the card itself was an achievement as well. The HBO2 card featured Zou Shiming, one of China’s most celebrated athletes at this point and a 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist. Capitalizing on such a [...]
From rounds two to seven, fans were treated to a brawl which had a brutality that is only comparable to that of a dog fight. [...]
March 31, 2013
Danny Gonzalez
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During the March 29th edition of ESPN's Friday Night Fights two words immediately came to mind: 1) Mismatch 2) Confusion [...]
March 30, 2013
Danny Gonzalez
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The world was introduced to Ruslan Provodnikov in his fight with Timothy Bradley. It was a fight that delivered above expectations and is the early clubhouse leader for fight of the year. Many boxing fans have known Provodnikov because of his numerous appearances on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fight Series where Provodnikov has been successful every [...]
March 29, 2013
Victor Salazar
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Yes fight fans, the time has come. After months of talking and only 5 and half months since the 1st classic, on Saturday night, it’s time for Rios-Alvarado part 2. Except this time, it will be for the WBO junior welterweight title in Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. In October of [...]
March 29, 2013
Peter Clarke
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After what proved to be an eventful press conference announcing the Heavyweight main event between Steve Cunningham and Nazim Richardson on April 20 in Madison Square Garden, Tha Boxing Voice caught up with the well-known Philadelphia trainer Nazim Richardson who will be in Cunningham’s corner on April 20. During the press conference there were [...]
March 28, 2013
Jacqueline Purcell
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When you talk of boxing in Canada (in terms of Canadian fighters) only three fighters come to mind right away: Jean Pascal, Lucian Bute, and Adonis Stevenson. All three of these fighters are currently fighting in the light heavyweight division and lucky for the fans two of them are facing each other this May in [...]
March 27, 2013
JulioGarcia
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Hopefully tempers have begun to settle and fans can start to rationalize the logic behind HBO President Ken Hershman’s decision to cease any further business activity with Golden Boy Promotions. The initial reaction from fans seemed to suggest that people who watch boxing don’t watch Game of Thrones because the outcry was complete with empty [...]
March 27, 2013
Mario Mungia
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In Canada, boxing takes a backseat to MMA. With a lack of world class fighters, it is hard for Canadians to back their boxers other than national pride when facing an opponent from elsewhere in the world; all that is about to change. Canada’s top two fighters Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal have signed to [...]
March 26, 2013
JulioGarcia
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