BOXING

This past weekend was a huge one for heavyweight boxing as no less than five contenders and up and comers were in action.  On Showtime, WBC World Champion Deontay Wilder was pushed into the ninth round by veteran Eric Molina before scoring the knock out stoppage.  For Wilder, it was a triumphant return to his […] More

Heavyweight Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) makes his first WBC Heavyweight title defense against Eric Molina (23-2, 17 KOs) on Showtime. In the undercard Andrey Klimov (19-1, 9 KOs) takes on Jose Pedraza (19-0, 12 KOs) for the vacant IBF Super Featherweight title. If there’s time (and the fight’s still going on), we’ll switch over […] More

Erismandy Lara (20-2-2, 12 KOs) defends his WBA regular light middleweight title against Delvin Rodriguez (28-7-4, 16 KOs). In the undercard, light heavyweight Artur Beterbiev (8-0, 8 KOs) tries to remain unbeaten against Alexander Johnson (16-2, 7 KOs). [related_post_one] More

In the latest Talk ‘N’ Shoot podcast, we continue the theme of “Greatest Boxer of All-Time“.   The theme of the discussion has eight men remaining after a series of simulations, and the matches that we are going to be discussing in this latest episode features Sam Langford vs Willie Pep, Muhammad Ali vs Henry Armstrong, Ezzard […] More

The sport books have loaded up with a slew of new lines for fights scheduled for this weekend, as no less than 10 new fights have popped up at the books. In the United States, the calendar is dominated by three big events: “Premier Boxing Champions” on SpikeTV, The WBC Heavyweight title defense of Deontay […] More

Gennady Golovkin, the No. 1 middleweight in the world and the holder of the IBO, WBC and WBA world titles is looking for a big money fight against the likes of WBC Middleweight champion Miguel Cotto or Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.  But after Cotto’s June 6 stoppage of Australia’s Daniel Geale, it is more likely […] More

Heavyweight boxing has a showcase weekend coming up as there are four significant heavyweight fights on tap.  The biggest of these features new WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder making his first title defense against Eric Molina in a fight set to air on Showtime.  Wilder won the belt back in January to become the first […] More

This Friday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, WBA World Super Welterweight champion Erislandy Lara returns to defend his belt against the challenge of Delvin Rodriguez. Lara will be making the first defense of the title he won last December, while Rodriguez has not fought in more than a year and he was 0-1-1 […] More

Former Olympic Gold medalist and six-weight division boxing world champion Oscar De La Hoya, now 42 years old, is talking about making a comeback, and has tossed out the name of current middleweight king-pin Gennady Golovkin as a potential opponent. The announcement came as a surprise since it has been roughly six and a half […] More

Last night live at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and airing on HBO, Miguel Cotto took care of business, knocking out Australia’s Daniel Geale in the fourth round to retain his WBC World Middleweight title.  A great deal was made about Cotto’s request for a catchweight of 157 lbs. Cotto weighed under 154 lbs despite […] More

Miguel Cotto (29-4, 32 KOs) defends his WBC, Lineal and The Ring MIddleweight titles against Daniel Geale (31-3, 16 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. This is Cotto’s first title defense since beating Sergio Martinez for the titles nearly a calendar year ago in a referee technical decision. Needless to say Cotto was […] More

Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (32-3, 18 KOs) takes on Aron Martinez (19-3, 4 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight bout. The WBA World Featherweight title is also on the line as Vic Darchinyan (40-7, 29 KOs) takes on Jesus Cuellar (26-1, 20 KOs) for the belt. More