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Andrew's Boxing Blog May 2006 Archive

By Andrew Eisele, About.com Guide to Boxing since 1999

Castillo, Corrales Set for Rubber Match

Wednesday May 31, 2006
Jose Luis Castillo (54-7-1) and Diego Corrales (40-3) are each predicting a victory in Saturday's rubber match in Las Vegas. Corrales got off the deck to stop Castillo in the ... Read More

Surprise! Oliver McCall Back in Action

Tuesday May 30, 2006
Former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall (46-8) returned to the ring on Saturday night with a third-round stoppage of 6'8" journeyman Wallace McDaniel (7-13) in Charleston, SC. This may come as ... Read More

Weekend Boxing Schedule

Friday May 26, 2006
Tonight on ESPN2, it's welterweight Delvin Rodriguez (18-1-1) taking on Luis Hernandez (15-2) in El Paso, TX. On Saturday night, HBO has a potentially action-packed pair of alphabet title fights ... Read More

Briggs KOs Koval in Three

Thursday May 25, 2006
Shannon Briggs (47-4-1) continued his winning streak - now at eleven straight - with a third round stoppage of Chris Koval (23-3). Briggs, 34, is keeping busy against non-contenders in ... Read More

Shannon Briggs Staying Busy; Eyes Title Shot

Tuesday May 23, 2006
With heavyweight title shots going to the likes of Oleg Maskaev (last win over a top ten fighter in 1999) and Owen Beck (lost two of his last three fights), ... Read More

Boxing Fails Math: Barrera Edges Juarez

Sunday May 21, 2006
The crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles went home thinking Marco Antonio Barrera and Rocky Juarez had fought to a draw. Fans who watched the fight on HBO ... Read More

Barrera Set for Juarez Defense

Friday May 19, 2006
On Saturday night in Los Angeles, Marco Antonio Barrera (61-4) will defend his WBC superfeather title against Ricardo “Rocky” Juárez (25-1). Barrera was originally scheduled to fight Jesus Chavez in ... Read More

Naseem Hamed Sentenced to 15 Months

Tuesday May 16, 2006
Former featherweight champ Prince Naseem Hamed has been sentenced in England's Sheffield Crown Court to 15 months in jail for dangerous driving in a May 2005 accident. Hamed, driving his ... Read More

More Trouble for Mayorga ...

Tuesday May 16, 2006
After getting beaten up by Oscar De La Hoya, Ricardo Mayorga tested positive for the banned diuretic Furosemide (also known as Lasix) in his post fight drug test. Diuretics are ... Read More

Hatton Defeats Collazo ... Barely!

Sunday May 14, 2006
Ricky Hatton (41-0) moved up in weight and defeated Luis Collazo (26-2) by unanimous decision to capture the WBA welterweight title. It looked like it might be a short night ... Read More

Former Heavyweight Champ Floyd Patterson Dead at 71

Thursday May 11, 2006
Floyd Patterson, the first boxer to lose and later regain the heavyweight title, died earlier today at his home in New Paltz, N.Y. Patterson, 71, had suffered from Alzheimer's disease ... Read More

Golden Boy Remains PPV Gold

Thursday May 11, 2006
The pay-per-view numbers for Oscar De La Hoya's fight with Ricardo Mayorga clearly demonstrate that Oscar is still the sport's biggest draw. HBO reports the Golden Boy's comeback bout did ... Read More

What Next for Oscar?

Tuesday May 9, 2006
Oscar De La Hoya is back on top of the boxing world. No, he's not the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world -- that distinction belongs to Floyd Mayweather Jr.. ... Read More

Oscar Beats Up the Bully

Sunday May 7, 2006
No one questions Ricardo Mayorga’s status as a professional trash talker outside the ring. However, Oscar De La Hoya had little trouble making Mayorga look like a complete amateur inside ... Read More

Contender Mora Remains Undefeated

Saturday May 6, 2006
The boxers from The Contender television series took another step towards joining the boxing mainstream ... with mixed results. Contender champ Sergio Mora (18-0) was knocked down in the second ... Read More

Mayorga Threatens to Pull Out of Fight

Thursday May 4, 2006
Ricardo Mayorga remains - if nothing else - unpredictable. With just a few days left before his title defense against Oscar De La Hoya, Mayorga is now threatening to pull ... Read More

Who's Next? Ivan Drago?

Tuesday May 2, 2006
On August 12, Hasim Rahman will defend his WBC heavyweight title in a rematch with Oleg Maskaev. In their first meeting, back in 1999, Maskaev not only knocked Rahman out ... Read More

Oscar De La Hoya on Tonight Show

Monday May 1, 2006
Oscar De La Hoya, beginning his final week of preparation for Saturday night's eagerly anticipated bout with Ricardo Mayorga, will appear this evening on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. ... Read More

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