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Ranking the Middleweights: February 2009
Coming off of Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik's successful middleweight championship defense against Marco Antonio Rubio last night, it's time to look over one of boxing's glory divisions once more. Today, honestly, the glory of the division lies mostly in its storied past. There are some good and even a...
Sturm taking yet another inexperienced soft touch
For almost six years now, Germany's Felix Sturm has been near the top of the middleweight standings. His biggest fight came in one of his two career losses, as then-WBO titlist Sturm came to Las Vegas to face Oscar de la Hoya in the "Golden Boy's" first 160-pound fight. We all know the story of...
Ranking the Middleweights: October 2008
Early this year, I ranked the middleweights and discussed just how shallow the division truly was. Though very top-heavy with Pavlik, Abraham and Wright, there was little in the way of real threats after that. The song remains the same. 1. Kelly Pavlik (34-1, 30 KO, Middleweight Champion,...
Sturm retains against Griffin
Quick blurb: Felix Sturm jabbed his way to a lopsided decision over American Randy Griffin on Saturday and earned a fourth successful defense of his WBA middleweight title. The German, whose victory comes 8 1/2 months after the two fought to a draw in October, repeatedly used his left jab...
Chagaev out for July 5 rematch with Valuev
Source: Dan Rafael WBA heavyweight titlist Ruslan Chagaev has been forced to pull out of a July 5 rematch with the man he beat for the title, 7-footer Nikolai Valuev, as a result of a nasty injury suffered in training. The 29-year old Chagaev (24-0-1, 17 KO) suffered a complete tear of his left...
Rising and Falling: May 2008
With all that's happened in the first quarter of boxing in 2008, let's talk about whose stock is going up and whose is going down. Simple intro, right? It's hard to count him since he hasn't really done anything past WrestleMania XXIV, but the stock of Floyd Mayweather, Jr., has taken a hit for...
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