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

