Boxing Blog
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He Don’t Get No Respect – May 18th, 2013
“With my wife I don’t get no respect. I made a toast on her birthday to ‘the best woman a man ever had.’ The waiter joined me.”—Rodney Dangerfield Alberto Guevara isn’t getting the respect, or the matches, he deserves. The Mexican bantamweight put…
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King Don: I’m Back, Baby – May 17th, 2013
2013 may be known as the year that was. In keeping with that sentiment, the inimitable Don King, who has been declared deader than a doornail more times than anyone can count, is back, and back in a big way. Earlier today at the Crocus City Hall in Myakinino, Russia, WBA cruiserweight champion…
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A Tale of Two Records – May 17th, 2013
Bheki Moyo, also known as “Becks Tiger,” fighting without claws or teeth but with a pretty good jaw, is on a winless streak of 56 fights…
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What’s Love Got to Do with It – May 15th, 2013
Middleweight prospect J’Leon Love (16-0, 8 KOs), who on May 4 was awarded a questionable decision over Gabriel Rosado (21-7, 13 KOs) on the Mayweather-Guerrero undercard, tested positive for the banned diuretic Hydrochlorothiazide. Love is the second of two boxers fighting under the banner…