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Written by The Sweet Science
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 14:22
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Saturday’s HBO World Championship Boxing presentation of Timothy Bradley Jr. vs. Ruslan Provodnikov was a hit both in the ring and on HBO. The live fight on HBO delivered 1.2 million viewers, equaling the previous week’s audience for the World Championship Boxing telecast from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn when Bernard Hopkins defeated Tavoris Cloud. This past weekend’s event in Carson, Calif. peaked with an audience of 1.4 million viewers during the height of the action. The buzz over the extraordinary 12-round fight between Bradley and Provodnikov paid off the following morning when 274,000 viewers tuned in for the Sunday morning encore play. That figure was a 57% improvement over the comparable replay of the previous week’s fight on HBO. HBO Boxing has had four live boxing telecasts in 2013; they rank as the top four performing televised boxing events on cable for the year. Next up is the highly anticipated rematch from Las Vegas Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado II on Saturday,... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 14:21
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Al Bello, shooting for Getty Images, and Tom Hogan, of Hoganphotos.com, took top honors in the Boxing Writers Association of America photo contest. They will be recognized at the 88th annual BWAA Awards Dinner on April 11 at the Capitale in New York, along with placing entries in the BWAA writing competition. The writing contest winners will be announced when the judging is completed. Bello, who also took a second place in the Action Photo category, placed first in the Feature Photo category, for a shot of an exuberant Juan Manuel Marquez leaping onto the tops to celebrate after knocking out Manny Pacquiao. Hogan’s winning photo was of Miguel Cotto landing a left hand to the face of Austin Trout. Showtime photographer Tom Casino also placed in two categories, taking a second in Feature and third in Action. The other top-three finisher is Will Hart, for HBO, with a third in Feature. Honorable mentions went in a deep and impressive field went to Hart, Chris Farina and Naoki Fukuda in Action... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 14:20
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March 19, 2013 - After weeks of intense training in his hometown of Gilroy, Calif., Six-Time and Four-Division World ChampionRobert "The Ghost" Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO's) has arrived in Las Vegas to continue training camp as he prepares to dethrone Eight-Time, Four-Division and current WBC Welterweight World Champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather (43-0, 26 KO's). The championship showdown will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., live on SHOWTIME PPV® Saturday, May 4, 2013. "Las Vegas is my home now and these next six weeks of training will be very grueling, but I'm well prepared to make the sufficient sacrifices that will be needed to dethrone Mayweather," said Guerrero. "The first day of camp in Las Vegas is in the books and my body is filling out perfectly. I'm feeling extremely strong right now. I will have all my bases covered for this fight and I'm leaving no stone unturned. Believe me, Floyd is in trouble and there is nothing he can do to escape the punishment... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 09:29
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March 19, 2013 - It has been officially announced that undefeated Puerto Rican knockout specialist Jorge Maysonet Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs) will take on 26 year old southpaw Gabriel Tolmajyan (13-2-1, 3KOs) in the televised co-feature of ESPN's Friday Night Fights on April 5th, featuring Marvin Quintero (25-4, 21 KOs) vs. Ammeth Diaz (31-11, 22 KOs) in an IBF lightweight title elimination bout scheduled for 12 rounds. The fight will take place at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California.The show will air live at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT on ESPN2, and will be available online through WatchESPN.com and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app. The card will also air live on ESPN Deportes +, the new digital extension of ESPN Deportes, and will air tape delayed on ESPN Deportes Saturday, April 6, at 2 a.m. and 3 p.m.Both fighters will enter the fight looking to make a statement in front of a national TV audience, but the spotlight shouldn't bother Maysonet Jr. too much due in part to the time... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Monday, 18 March 2013 20:09
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20 NEW Boxing Greats will enter the NYBHOF on Sunday, April 28th NEW YORK (March 6, 2013) – Golden-era heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Dempsey, and legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum lead a star-studded cast of 20 inductees into the second-year New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) The second annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.n. ET), April 28, at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York. “This is an exceptional group of inductees,” NYSBHOF and Ring 8 president Bob Duffy said. “We are inducting legitimate New Yorkers in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. All of these inductees have a significant impact on New York State boxing during their respective times. There are many other potential inductees but this is only our second year. We’re confident that any deserving people who haven’t been inducted yet will be inducted in due time. There’s a process we’re following. New York State was the driving force in boxing... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Monday, 18 March 2013 20:08
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Brewer on Adama Loss Grady "Bad Boy" Brewer (30-15) is dissatisfied with the results of his fight with Osumanu Adama (21-3) Saturday night in Lowell, Mass. The two faced off on CFC Fight Night at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell, in Lowell, MA. "Adama didn't do enough to win this fight," he said. "I hurt him twice, once in the fifth round that could have been scored a 10-8 round, and another time later in the fight, I landed more punches and was more consistent, and he was wild with his punches when he got confused and couldn't figure out how to fight me." Prior to the fight, Adama failed to make weight and lost his chance for the titles that were at stake, the WBC IC middleweight title and the IBC IC middleweight title. "That's unfinished business," Brewer said. "Those belts are in limbo. I'd rematch Adama for the belts, for sure, or whoever else is in line for those titles."... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Sunday, 17 March 2013 11:03
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LOWELL, Mass. (March 16, 2013) - Hometown favorite "Irish" Joey McCreedy celebrated St. Patrick's Day in style, winning an eight-round majority decision over Canadian-invader Michael "Flash" Walchuk in tonight's "CFC Fight Night" main event, presented by Chicago Fight Clubs Promotions, at Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell. McCreedy (14-6-2, 6 KOs), who picked-up the vacant UBF US-Northeast light heavyweight title, hurt Walchuk (9-9, 2 KOs) in the opening round with a powerful overhand right, but McCreedy suffered a cut over his right eye in the second, and worked his way through the remainder of the fight for a hard-earned victory. McCreedy captured the vacant UBF US-Northeast light heavyweight title. "This was a 360-degree turn from my last fight in Lowell," McCreedy said after the fight. "I credit my training camp, my head trainer Dicky Eklund, strength coach...my whole team, including my promoter, manager, dad, mom and girlfriend. "I thought I had him out in the first round. I hurt him but... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Saturday, 16 March 2013 08:21
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (March 15th, 2013) – The original Contender turned out to be the last one standing Friday night at Twin River Casino. In a battle of former reality-television stars, Providence, R.I., super middleweight Peter Manfredo Jr. (39-7) inched closer to his 40th career victory and won for the second time since returning to professional boxing with a dominant performance against fellow Contender participant Walter Wright (14-4). Manfredo effectively worked his jab and simply out-boxed Wright over the course of 10 roudns to earn a 98-93, 100-90, 97-93 unanimous decision win against Wright, who took the fight – his first in two years – on just two week’s notice. Toward the middle rounds, Wright could barely see out of his right eye, which had swelled shut due to excessive shots from Manfredo. “The Pride Of Providence,” a Season 1 finalist on The Contender reality television series, returned in November with a convincing win over Rayco Saunders and is now one win shy of... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Friday, 15 March 2013 14:39
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DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (March 15, 2013) - Newly crowned International Boxing Federation (IBF) super featherweight titlist Argenis "The Thunderstorm" Mendez (21-2, 11 KOs) has given his promoter, Acquinity Sports, its first world champion. Last Saturday night in Costa Mesa (Calif.), Mendez became an instant star by registering a sensational Knockout of the Year caliber victory over defending IBF champion Juan Carlos Salgado (26-2-1, 16 KOs) on HBO Latino. Mendez, a 2004 Dominican Republic Olympian now living in Miami, dropped Salgado in the opening round and finished off his Mexican opponent in the fourth. The two had fought eight months ago in Mexico, in which Salgado won a controversial 12-round decision by scores of 114-112, 114-112, and 115-110. Mendez, who has risen to No. 2 in The Ring Magazine ratings, was the mandatory challenger and the 26-yearold promised that he wasn't going to leave the outcome of this fight in the hands of the judges again. "We were confident in what he was going... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Friday, 15 March 2013 10:30
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Cintron Has 147 Good Reasons Not to Give Up Kermit Cintron won a world title at welterweight. Take away two suspicious losses to the disgraced cheater Antonio Margarito and he's never lost as a welterweight. He has almost insurmountable physical gifts of height and superior strength as a welterweight. And so, after losing three of four in a disastrous 18-month stretch, what's he going to do to get his career back on track? He's going back to welterweight. "I feel that it's always been my weight," explained the former champion. "I took my last couple fights at I54 lbs. because they were good opportunities, but you know I was always a better fighter at 147. I didn't gain the weight of a true 154 pounder. I went up to 153 lbs. on fight night, while the guys I was fighting went up to 170 to 175 lbs. I feel that 147-lbs is where I belong. I'm already on weight and I have a week left. It was never a problem to make welterweight." "EL Asesino" Cintron (33-5-1, 28 KOs) will face Chicago attraction... Read more...
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