By Shawn Craddick

Paulie Malignaggi just pulled off the upset by beating Vyacheslav Senchenko for his WBA Welterweight Title. Malignaggi who is not a power puncher somehow landed shots to Senchenko's face to the point his eye was swollen shut. Not to mention he did some damage to Senchenko's nose too. By the time the 9th round came around, Paulie keep targeting that left eye and eventually the referee stopped in to save the fighter from any more damage. Paulie was credited with…

By Shawn Craddick

Bernard Hopkins had a good run. This night had to eventually come. The sad part was always, Bernard Hopkins thinks that he wins "every fight" no matter how he looks. He cannot lose in his mind but the judges see different. Bernard's record now stands at…

by Shawn Craddick

With the recent departure of Alex Ariza, Manny Pacquiao has to work on his own strength and conditioning by himself. Freddie Roach says he does have a fill in, but can he push Manny Pacquiao to the limit like he always does? More than likely Alex Ariza left behind some…

By Shawn Craddick

Floyd Mayweather has been known to influence alot of people. Especially with his close knit crew the Money Team. A particular member of the Money Team is Floyd's best friend 50 Cent a.k.a Curtis Jackson. During a recent conference call yesterday Floyd…

By Shawn Craddick

Brian Viloria has caught the world by storm with his strong style of attack by becoming the WBO Flyweight Champion when he dethroned Giovani Segura. The other flyweights were scared to face Givoani by they way he beat Ivan Calderon and others. That is until Brian…

By Shawn Craddick

Manny Pacquiao might be as tough as they come if you step in the ring with him, and after he beats you for 12 rounds or less he will invite you out to celebrate. This is the kindness that Manny Pacquiao has always displayed. Even during press conferences when he…

By Shawn Craddick

Antonio Tarver has struck gold once again with his interview for his upcoming fight with Lateef Kayode. With camera's and microphones all in his face he answered questions about whether he could handle the youth and the power of Kayode, but Tarver was quick to display his trash talking skills and let the media know he is ready and in shape for whatever Kayode brings to the table. Tarver says he has traps for him and he hopes that he comes forward as the…

"Is the Champ about to fall again?"

by Val Soliman

Two of the world class trainers including Emmanuel Steward and James Ali Bashir were not impressed with the reigning WBA Super Welterweight Champion's preparation for his toughest opponent ever in his entire career. Cotto is a clear…

By Shawn Craddick

Floyd Mayweather has teamed up with Sugar Shane Mosley for the "Spring of Style" event in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand. Both Floyd and Shane are known for giving to different charities and this will be sponsered by Floyd's Record Label Philthy Rich Records and his…

"Most Promising among Propects"

by Val Soliman

It's getting clear as he continues to fight. Knockout after knockout. Victory after victory. Better watch out because a new breed of champion is coming your way . One of the most promising fighter among the prospects coming from Cebu city,…

By Shawn Craddick

In another interesting 24/7 HBO telecast which displays Floyd Mayweather vs Miguel Cotto behind the scenes as they show week by week training leading up to the fight, they show an interesting clip of Floyd Mayweather Jr talking about his father Floyd Sr. Last…

By Shawn Craddick

Boxingsocialist had a chance to catch up with Nonito Donaire and asked him about the Mares vs Morel fight as well has his upcoming fight. Nonito last fought two months ago when he moved up in weight to fight Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. It was his first fight at super…

By Shawn Craddick

It seems like Social Media is the best place to vent without being face to face with the person your upset with. In this case we have Vanes Martirosyan who is upset with Oscar De La Hoya. Apparently Oscar De La Hoya is pushing hard to get two of his…

By Shawn Craddick

In a great interview that Emanuel Steward gave, he talked about his protege Adonis Stevenson along with Thomas Hearns, and Lennox Lewis. The one question that was powerful was, how…

By Shawn Craddick

The Love vs Hate relationship will never stop between Oscar's Goldenboy Promotions vs Bob Arum Toprank Promotional company. We all witnessed a bad decision this Saturday in the Brandon Rios vs Richard Abril match. Most observers felt that Richard Abril did enough…

By Shawn Craddick

Boxingsocialist had a chance to catch up with Floyd Mayweather's other uncle Jeff Mayweather. While Jeff stays busy at the gym he gave us some updates on his fighters as well as his thoughts on Brandon Rios, Gamboa, Floyd Mayweather Sr and Floyd Jr. meeting back together. Also he talked to us about a surprise boxing veteran he might be working with. Check out the interview below.

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By Shawn Craddick

Wow, Alex Ariza let everyone know what the deal was. Atleast in his eyes. Brandon Rios won a split decision over Richard Abril. This not only produced boos from the crowd but it had the social media networks going crazy. Scouring for 15 minutes straight, we could not…

By Shawn Craddick

Floyd Mayweather is back at it again on HBO 24/7 with Miguel Cotto. There's a face on the show that we have seen before and that's Floyd's best friend 50 Cent whose real name is Curtis Jackson. The show starts with Floyd Mayweather talking and bringing 50…

By Shawn Craddick

Often times it has been noted that boxers purposely drop about 15-20lbs just so they can come in heavier than their opponent in hoping to have a "strength advantage". Sometimes this backfires right in their face. Sometimes the boxers are so weak with only have 24 hours…

By Shawn Craddick

Powerful words spoken by the 154lb and 160lb champion, depending on what day you catch him. Sergio bounces back and forth between these two weight classes. Sergio rise to fame came with his win over Kelly Pavlik and beat him pretty easily. Then the rematch with…