Before a pro-Garcia crowd at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the still undefeated Mexican-American Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia (32-0, 27 KO’s) of Oxnard, California would easily pick apart the vulnerable and shot looking Juan Manuel Lopez (33-3, 30 KO’s), finishing off the shaky legged Puerto Rican at 1:35 of round 6. Dropping the [...]

When recently prompted with the question, “who do you think should throw the towel in?,” my first thought was that after this Saturday night in his bout with undefeated WBO featherweight champion and rising star “Mikey” Garcia (31-0, 26 KO’s) of Oxnard, California, Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez (33-2, 30 KO’s) should likely be considered a [...]

In the main event of the evening before a spirited sell out crowd at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, hard hitting Argentinian welterweight Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (34-3, 31 KO’s) would do what he does best, hit hard. The victim, a game Josesito Lopez (30-6, 18 KO’s) of nearby Riverside whom he would [...]

Live from the Home Depot Center in Carson, California this Saturday night, to be televised on Showtime Championship Boxing, Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s) of Buenos Aires, Argentina will in the main event defend his WBA Intercontinental Championship against Riverside, California’s own Josesito Lopez (30-5, 18 KO’s). And in what should be an [...]

A rarity when missing a gig, famed ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. for perhaps only the second time during his tenure will be conspicuously absent when Showtime Championship Boxing takes to the airwaves on Saturday night. This is due to the Santa Monica, California native being inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame this [...]

Chicago, IL, Tuesday June 4, 2013–Bobby Hitz announced that Saturday night’s “Fight Night at the Horseshoe”, featuring WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight Champion “Fast” Fres Oqendo defending his title as well as vying for the vacant NABA Heavyweight belt against Derric Rossy, will be offered live on the Internet via Ustream.  The webcast will be hosted by Super Middleweight contender [...]

If there were any doubts as to whether or not Argentinian knockout artist Lucas Martin Matthysse (34-2, 32) is the real deal, you can throw those doubts out the window. For he would in emphatic fashion this past Saturday night stop Washington, D.C.’s IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont “Havoc” Peterson (31-2-1, 16 KO’s), a man [...]

In what first appears as slight of hand by the IBF in wanting to allow its current 140-pound champion Lamont “Havoc” Peterson (31-1-1, 16 KO’s) to retain his belt, this by way of not coming to terms with Argentinian opponent Lucas Martin Matthysse (33-2, 31 KO’s), rather this weekends much anticipated showdown has been deemed [...]