welterweights Stories - Bad Left Hook
Ranking the Welterweights: January 2009
The welterweight division is constantly touted as the sport's best, but the truth is with recent evacuations of key fighters, it's really no deeper up top than a lot of other weight classes. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is semi-retired ("retired" say he and Leonard Ellerbe), so he's out of the discussion....
Ranking the Welterweights: August 2008
It's been a huge couple of weekends for the 147-pound division, obviously, so let's re-shuffle the deck and rank the top ten. For the record, I don't think this is the best division in the sport. The lightweights have added Pacquiao, Marquez and Guzman, the three best 130-pounders in the world...
Bad Left Hook Fight Night: Zab Judah v. Joshua Clottey
Show starts live at 9:30. The lines are Judah (+185) and Clottey (-225). I think there's money to be made on Zab tonight, but we'll see. ZAB JUDAHRing Magazine No. 6 JOSHUA CLOTTEYRing Magazine No. 7 36-5 Record 34-2 25 KO 20 Brooklyn,...
Tomorrow, tomorrow: Cotto and Margarito go to war
I can't hype this one any more than it has been. I can't tell anyone any more than they've heard that this is a MUST-SEE FIGHT. it is already a Fight of the Year candidate. Two rugged, proud fighters that never fail to bring action. When's the last time a Cotto fight let you down? When's the...
Update on Oscar Diaz: "It's not good," says Duva associate
Source: Dan Rafael Welterweight Oscar Diaz, who collapsed in his corner after the 10th round of a TKO loss to Delvin Rodriguez on Wednesday night and was rushed to University Medical Center in San Antonio in critical condition, was being taken into surgery to relieve swelling on his brain early...
Pavlik back in action September 27 against...Paul Williams?
Source: Max Boxing (Steve Kim) From Steve Kim's Max Boxing article: When reached on Thursday afternoon at the Top Rank offices in Las Vegas, Bob Arum believed he had a deal in place for his middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik to face the current WBO welterweight titlist, Paul Williams, on...
Should The Ring recognize Cotto-Margarito?
Championship vacancies can be filled by winning a box-off between The Ring’s number-one and number-two contenders, or, in certain instances, a box-off between our number-one and number-three contenders. Currently, the welterweight championship of the world is vacant, with Floyd...
Miranda reaches crossroads, Abraham reaches new heights
SCOTT'S BAD LEFT HOOK UNOFFICIAL SCORECARD Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total <!-- {FIRST FIGHTER SCORES} --> Arthur Abraham 9 9 10 TKO 28 <!-- {FIRST FIGHTER SCORES END} --> <!-- {SECOND FIGHTER SCORES BEGIN} --> ...
Quick n' Dirty: Saturday winners
Showtime: Arthur Abraham beat the hell out of Edison Miranda in the fourth round, knocking him down three times before the referee stepped in. Abraham-Pavlik now has to be considered a no-doubter among boxing's most desired fights. Raul Marquez upset Giovanni Lorenzo via unanimous decision,...
10 Points of Interest: Kelly, Sergio, Juanma, Paul & The Gang
Item Number One: Kelly Pavlik, the Leading Man in American Boxing? If Floyd Mayweather, Jr., is really done with boxing, and with Oscar de la Hoya on the final road of his long journey, American boxing is going to need a new headliner. There isn't a whole lot to choose from. Puerto Rico, Mexico,...
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