PHOTO SHOWS GARCIA-JUAN MA “MISMATCH” BEFOREHAND
Juan Ma (right) @ 175 lbs. in January
Saturday, June 15, 2013
OVERWEIGHT (CHEATING) GARCIA BROS. PREVAIL
American Airlines Arena, Dallas, TX- (HBO)- Champion Mikey Garcia (32-0, 27 KOs) TKO 4 Juan Manuel Lopez (33-3, 30 KOs) (*WBO 126 lb. title) Mikey drops Juan Ma in two with the...
Bernard "Enough Already" HopkinsBOXING FANS NOT IN MASS SUICIDE MODE!
San Francisco, CA– If you think I cried a river after reading the Bernard Hopkins (56-6-2, 32 KOs) fight scheduled for July 13 has been scrapped because the oh-so obscure Karo Murat, a German native couldn’t get a travel Visa...
RARE AS THEY ARE BOXING HAS ETHICS!
San Francisco, CA– Even boxing, dubbed by the “red light district of sports,” has a creed, an obligation. If it were verbal the mantra would be that a boxer makes the contracted weight. Before you say that I can’t address such a subject...
FIGHTING IN DALLAS CAN BE DEADLY!
San Francisco, CA- Fifty years ago this coming November, President John Kennedy went to Dallas, TX to fight for votes and went home in a box. Sad as it is, history might very well repeat itself as Juan Manuel Lopez is in serious peril tomorrow night when he...
Friday, June 14, 2013
ESPN2 HAS CLASH OF UNBEATEN BANTAMS!
South Mountain Arena, South Orange, NJ (ESPN2)- Juan Carlos Payano (13-0, 7 KOs) vs Jundy Maraon (15-0-1, 12 KOs) (118 lbs.) Odds/Prediction: Payano 8-5. Lean towards favorite but Filipino Maraon will try in what looks kind of close on paper.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
GARCIA-JUAN MA HBO BOUT...
BOXING ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR SENIORS
Erik Morales
Los Angeles, CA- As a member of the fourth estate, the media, you have the benefit of looking at things from a safe distance. Evidently when one is still getting paid to fight, it is difficult to know, let alone admit that the “prime years” have...
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS STORY
OAKLAND,. CA — A serial bank robber authorities dubbed the “Button Down Bandit” for the collared, long-sleeve shirts he fancied was arrested Monday morning, ending a nearly three-month investigation into eight East Bay heists, according to the FBI.
EX-WBA WELTER KING HAS PRIOR BANK ROBBERY CONVICTION
James Quindale Page,...
Erislandy LaraANGULO PROVED BOTH GUILE & METTLE
San Francisco, CA- When the first bell clanged for the jr. middleweight (154 lb.) bout between Elislandy Lara and Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo this past Saturday, I must admit to being a tad uninterested. Like many other pundits I was confidently predicting that...
Chad Dawson (left)
TIME TO STICK A FORK IN DAWSON?
New York, NY- This past weekend boxing fans got a chance to see the brief and ultimately unfortunate return of “Bad Chad” Dawson (31-3, 17 KOs). The WBC light heavyweight (175 lb.) championship bout didn’t last as the relatively unknown career...
