Berto is Next, May-Weather We Like It Or Not 08/06/2015 Jacob Rivera The big announcement was made this week regarding Floyd Mayweather's final fight (so he would have us believe). What was initially thought of as a joke of potential opponents; Berto & Mayfield, turned out to be the complete opposite. Could it be true that the greatest boxer of this generation pulled Andre Berto's card for his last fight? As most I was confused with this pick especially since Berto has gone 3-3 in his last six bouts with his last loss being a stoppage in the 12th by
Jacob Rivera The big announcement was made this week regarding Floyd Mayweather's final fight (so he would have us believe). What was initially thought of as a joke of potential opponents; Berto & Mayfield, turned out to be the complete opposite. Could it be true that the greatest boxer of this generation pulled Andre Berto's card for his last fight? As most I was confused with this pick especially since Berto has gone 3-3 in his last six bouts with his last loss being a stoppage in the 12th by
Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged 08/04/2015 Jacob Rivera With all that is great about sports there is the flipside of pitfalls, boxing is no exception. The sport that many love so much for the guts & glory, the theatrics of the comeback, the toe to toe battles, the respect & legacy, we have just as many issues. PEDs, too many belts & organizations, bad referee stoppages, meaningless matchups, money & politics, but beyond all of these I feel the worst of all is the judging. It has become a rarity that on every single card there is not at
Jacob Rivera With all that is great about sports there is the flipside of pitfalls, boxing is no exception. The sport that many love so much for the guts & glory, the theatrics of the comeback, the toe to toe battles, the respect & legacy, we have just as many issues. PEDs, too many belts & organizations, bad referee stoppages, meaningless matchups, money & politics, but beyond all of these I feel the worst of all is the judging. It has become a rarity that on every single card there is not at
DSG Makes Easy Work of Malignaggi in His Debut at Welterweight 08/01/2015 Henry Alexander(Mr.Smith) was live on hand to witness & report on the PBC at Barclays Tonight’s Wrap Up Premiere Boxing Champions (PBC) Garcia vs. Malignaggi Bizarre, disappointing, and surprising are some adjectives I’d use to describe my night at the fights, featuring Danny Garcia vs. Paulie Malignaggi for PBC. The undercards were surprisingly entertaining and action-packed. For starters, let me give Pritchard Colon his props for delivering a sensation KO of Michael Finney that
Henry Alexander(Mr.Smith) was live on hand to witness & report on the PBC at Barclays Tonight’s Wrap Up Premiere Boxing Champions (PBC) Garcia vs. Malignaggi Bizarre, disappointing, and surprising are some adjectives I’d use to describe my night at the fights, featuring Danny Garcia vs. Paulie Malignaggi for PBC. The undercards were surprisingly entertaining and action-packed. For starters, let me give Pritchard Colon his props for delivering a sensation KO of Michael Finney that
Fight Predictions: Garcia vs Malignaggi 07/30/2015 August 1, 2015 Barclay's Center Brooklyn, NY Garcia vs Malignaggi Predictions: Lu Quezada If I was in New York, I'd go to see this fight. We've got Paulie Malignaggi from Brooklyn and Danny Garcia with a strong NY fan base. The fan vibe at Barclays Center is going to be energetic for sure. Garcia received a nice gift of victory from the judges in his last fight against Peterson. Along with many other fight fans, I felt Peterson was most definitely robbed. I don't want to overuse that
August 1, 2015 Barclay's Center Brooklyn, NY Garcia vs Malignaggi Predictions: Lu Quezada If I was in New York, I'd go to see this fight. We've got Paulie Malignaggi from Brooklyn and Danny Garcia with a strong NY fan base. The fan vibe at Barclays Center is going to be energetic for sure. Garcia received a nice gift of victory from the judges in his last fight against Peterson. Along with many other fight fans, I felt Peterson was most definitely robbed. I don't want to overuse that
Krusher Destroys in Main Event & Gonzalez Pascal Entertain in Firefight 07/26/2015 Recap by Jacob Rivera Another one bites the dust & Sergey Kovalev is running out of dance partners. Like the famous line from Rocky IV, "What he hits, he destroys." Kovalev continues to live up to his name & dispatch yet another over matched opponent. What all the fans want is a unification bout with the lineal champion that left town Adonis Stevenson, but how likely is that to happen as long as Kovalev is with Duva & HBO & Stevenson is with Haymon & the newly sprouted PBC? The only real chance
Recap by Jacob Rivera Another one bites the dust & Sergey Kovalev is running out of dance partners. Like the famous line from Rocky IV, "What he hits, he destroys." Kovalev continues to live up to his name & dispatch yet another over matched opponent. What all the fans want is a unification bout with the lineal champion that left town Adonis Stevenson, but how likely is that to happen as long as Kovalev is with Duva & HBO & Stevenson is with Haymon & the newly sprouted PBC? The only real chance
Fight Predictions: Kovalev vs Mohammedi 07/25/2015 July 25, 2015 Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV Kovalev vs Mohammedi Predictions: A no-brainer here with the constantly dangerous Kovalev who is making a defense of his IBF belt against the mandatory Mohammedi. Kovalev should be able to get some rounds & action in eventually catching Mohammedi in the 6th round for the KO victory Pascal vs Gonzalez Pascal coming off his last spirited effort against Kovalev looks to get back on track & get the rematch with Sergey that he so desires. Gonzalez an
July 25, 2015 Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV Kovalev vs Mohammedi Predictions: A no-brainer here with the constantly dangerous Kovalev who is making a defense of his IBF belt against the mandatory Mohammedi. Kovalev should be able to get some rounds & action in eventually catching Mohammedi in the 6th round for the KO victory Pascal vs Gonzalez Pascal coming off his last spirited effort against Kovalev looks to get back on track & get the rematch with Sergey that he so desires. Gonzalez an
