Sillakh: They Can’t Hide Forever
WBC #2 ranked light heavyweight Ismayl Sillakh (17-0 14KO) calls former champion Jean Pascal’s excuses to back out of a WBC-ordered showdown against him transparent. “They can’t hide from me forever,” said Sillakh of fellow top light heavies Jean Pascal (WBC #3 ranked), Chad Dawson (WBC #1 ranked), and Bernard Hopkins (WBC champion). “Enough […]
Livingston making up for lost time
NEW YORK (October 25, 2011) – Undefeated middleweight prospect DonYil Livingston, whose cousin is world super middleweight champion Andre Ward, is making up for lost time. The 27-year-old Livingston (6-0-1, 3 KOs), fighting out of Palmdale, California, was a highly decorated US amateur boxer who was so disillusioned with the politics of boxing that […]
Boxing Links (7-3-11)
David Haye’s broken toe excuse criticized USA Today Even in Britain, boxing experts said Haye should have either withdrawn from the fight or kept quiet about the injury he said he had sustained in training three weeks before Saturday’s fight. “He shouldn’t be in the fight if he had a broken toe,” … See all stories on […]
Official decisions are final! Is it time for Instant Replay?
Should officials decisions be final when we have technology that can support them right or wrong? After watching the 141 pound NCAA match at the championships in Philadelphia I started asking some questions. People I respect in our sport are now starting to talk a little louder, starting to endorse some changes. Instant replay in […]
Tua may have taken shoulder injury too lightly
NEW YORK (July 28, 2010) – WBO No. 2 rated heavyweight David “Tuamanator” Tua complained about a sore left shoulder during several training sessions leading up to his July 17th 12-round draw against former world title challenger Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett in Atlantic City. However, when asked about it by his trainer, Roger Bloodworth, David […]
MALIGNAGGI VS. DIAZ FINAL ROUND & AFTERMATH ANALYSIS
unifiedchamp.com Paulie Malignaggivs Juand Diaz_clip3 by grestrep By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Watch the above clip of the final round of Diaz v. Malignaggi, and you will notice body language tells the whole story. Diaz is so busy getting his face mopped up he doesn’t have time to raise his arms. Meanwhile Malignaggi is […]
AFFLICTION “DAY OF RECKONING” PLAY BY PLAY REPORT
ROUND BY ROUND BY: RICH BERGERON [mpinpage] Dan Lauzon Vs. Bobby Green: This fight was really all over the place with Green looking a little too wild but maybe promising except for his three groin strikes. Would have been cool in the early days of the UFC, but there’s no Andrew Golotta excuse for […]