Entries tagged with "Francisco+Vargas":
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Decked out in his President Trump-loving “America 1st” trunks, Salka was delivering a race-based message to the boxing world…
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It’s all fun and games, until you realize, in politics, unlike an SNL skit, language and leadership have consequences…
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Join me as I break down which of the week's televised fights are most interesting and why. Here's this week's rundown…
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WBC super featherweight champion Miguel Berchelt defends his title against Maxwell Awuku in Cancun, Mexico…
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Loma vs. Rigo is a great fight that everyone who loves the artistry of the sport should thoroughly enjoy…
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When Peter Nelson, a former boxing writer, was named Executive Vice President of HBO Sports in 2015, it was hailed as the dawning of a new day…
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After he turned professional in 2013, "Hi-Tech" waited only seven months until he was given his first shot at a world title…
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There may have been a better time for a bout between them, but it also makes a whole lot of sense now. It could be a make or break bout…
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There's enough proof in the pudding to assure us that Saturday night in L.A. will be a fine one for boxing indeed…
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The Fabulous Forum in Inglewood will play host to an HBO televised clash of rough and rugged combatants…
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The nine fights from the De La Hoya bout saw huge pay-per view numbers. Since then the numbers have steadily declined…
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The WBC released its quarterly report on each division. It also announced upcoming fights and confirmed dates…
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Asked how he would like to be remembered, Ali said, “As a man who never sold out his people…if that's too much, then just a good boxer…”
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Boxing is here to stay. Much like any other sport, it has its stumbles, but the sport itself is too strong to wither away and die…
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The draft is introduced to help the weaker nations and has two rounds where any boxer who does not represent a country competing can be picked...
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Despite the time devoted to making the right year-end selections, the awards usually end up validating the consensus choice…
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Golovkin was the clear favorite of our readers and writers as he romped away from Roman Gonzalez, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Viktor Postol…
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On November 21, 2015, at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the Cotto vs. Canelo undercard, WBC World super featherweight champion Takashi Miura, from Tokyo, Japan, fought Francisco Vargas, from Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, in the fifth defense of his title. Miura was 29-2-2…
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Neither was ever the same again. Let’s hope and pray that their ring deterioration does not extend beyond the ring…
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“You put me in with an average fighter I’m going to fight average, you put me in with a great fighter, I’m going to fight great…”
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“He’s going to come forward. He’s going to try to make it an ugly fight. He’s going to try to press the action…”
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With the loss, Broner can now stop the nonsense of calling himself heir to the throne of Floyd Mayweather, who’s in a different league entirely…
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In his last four fights, Abner Mares has fought three of the top bantamweight fighters in the world and logged a total of 48 rounds of action…