BoxingSocialist's Blog – September 2012 Archive (15)

Floyd Mayweather Drops $50,000 on Strippers, What about Ms. Jackson?

By Shawn Craddick



What I don't understand is when your in your thirties and have kids and you are engaged to to a beautiful woman, why in the world are you throwing $50,000 to some strippers? What's worse is that Ms. Jackson doesn't feel the least bit disrepected.…

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 28, 2012 at 1:28pm — 1 Comment

ROAD TO GLORY PRESS CONFERENCE FOR HBO BOXING AFTER DARK TRIPLEHEADER

WHO:

EDWIN RODRIGUEZ, IBF #3, WBC #4, WBA #8 undefeated USBA super middleweight champion



JASON ESCALERA, undefeated super middleweight prospect



LUIS ORLANDO DEL VALLE, WBA #4 undefeated featherweight contender



VIC DARCHINYAN, former 3-time, 2-division world…

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 26, 2012 at 1:43pm — No Comments

2012 US Olympian Marcus Browne signs with Al Haymon

NEW YORK CITY (September 26 2012) - Staten Island light heavyweight Marcus Browne, a 2012 U.S. Olympian, has signed with the most powerful advisor in boxing, Al Haymon.



Browne was the first Atlas Cops & Kids Boxing Program product to compete in the Olympic Games. Browne is a…

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 26, 2012 at 11:51am — No Comments

Can Andre Berto Compete at 154lb Weight Division vs K9 Bundrage?

By Shawn Craddick



Andre Berto has been sidelined twice this year. Once when he was preparing for his match up with Victor Ortiz in which the fans was going to be set for an interesting rematch. Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto had a knock down drag out fight last time with Ortiz being the…

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 23, 2012 at 8:54pm — 1 Comment

Ajose Olusegun vs Lucas Matthysse Did $65,675 Gate

Here are the incoming reports or should we say updated reports from the Ajose Olusegun vs Lucas Matthysse fight on Sept 8th at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. That same night they went up against Chad Dawson vs Andre Ward. Here are the numbers below.

$65,675 gate


377 tickets sold


1336 unsold


810 comps

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 21, 2012 at 1:40pm — No Comments

ALMOST FULL CIRCLE FOR RODRIGUEZ & O'CONNOR HBO TripleHeader

NEW YORK (September 20, 2012) - Bay State boxers Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez and Danny O'Connor have come almost full circle since their amateur days, training together in Houston and now fighting on DiBella Entertainment's "Road To Glory" card, September 29 on a special HBO Boxing After…

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 20, 2012 at 11:47am — No Comments

Sergio Martinez Took Pics of his Hand and it Looks Bad

Sergio Martinez is a happy man right now after he won his WBC Title back from Sergio Martinez. The win didn't come without paying a cost. After the fight he let everyone know that he broke his left hand and also that he tore some ligaments after he got knocked down and hurt by Chavez Jr. Some where…

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 18, 2012 at 9:42pm — No Comments

Where Does Freddie Roach Go From Here With So Many Losses Now?

By Shawn Craddick

Although you cannot put full blame on coaches when your fighters don't perform, you have to hold the trainer somewhat accountable even though your dealing with grown men. Often I talk to trainers and they said it's as bad as babysitting fighters no matter how old…

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 17, 2012 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Sergio Martinez Looks a little flabby around waist and left hand still looks Damaged, Pics Inside

Sergio Martinez does not look like he is in tip top shape or form. With these recently released pictures he seems to show some flab around his waist line and that is something we are not used too. Also if you pay close attention to his left hand, his knuckle seems out of place. Maybe his hand is not fully healed yet. Time will tell this coming Saturday.…

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 10, 2012 at 4:52pm — No Comments

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr to make $3 Million and Sergio Martinez $1.4 Million, Plus ....

Nevada State Athletic Commission confirms WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-0-1, 32KOs) will receive a purse of $3 million dollars and Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28KOs) will receive a purse of $1.4 million dollars. After that, they will receive whatever is…

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 10, 2012 at 4:45pm — No Comments

Amir Khan is Accepting Applications to be his Trainer

By Shawn Craddick



Well it seems like Amir Khan is "finally" parting ways with Freddie Roach has his head trainer. He wants to return to the ring in December with a new focus and new trainer. I doubt that Freddie Roach will lose any sleep over this. The again he might come back to Freddie Roach. He did drop Alex Ariza before and they got back together. Who knows. Take a look at the video below ..........



             …

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 4, 2012 at 10:53pm — 2 Comments

Miguel Cotto Keeps Alot of Money by Fighting Austin Trout, Cotto Promotions

By Shawn Craddick



I know alot of fans are upset at Miguel Cotto fighting Austin Trout for the championship belt but what alot of people don't realize is that he is close to the end of his career and he get's to keep alot of the money in this fight. Miguel Cotto is the one promoting it with his Cotto Promotions company. If he would have fought Manny Pacquiao, he would have to take the lesser share of the profits, shared the promotions with Toprank, and also have to fight at a…

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 3, 2012 at 3:55pm — 4 Comments

Edison Miranda Knocked Out Chad Dawson in Sparring? Watch Video

By Shawn Craddick



Listen we all know how hard Edison Miranda hits. We all know that he is helping Chad Dawson in preparation for his fight against against Andre Ward. We have all heard that Chad got KO'd in sparring against Miranda. What we don't know is if those are just rumors or not. Let's take a look at the video and see what we can find out. If this event took place or not ........



                     …

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 3, 2012 at 1:52pm — No Comments

Gennady Golovkin has Already Beaten Andre Dirrell and Lucian Bute, WATCH Video

By Shawn Craddick



Alot of people are taken by surprise of Gennady Golovkin, but he has been around for a long time. He has beaten some of the top fighters in Amateurs who are now Professional fighters who have won belts or fought for a title. The other day after his win, they asked him if he would be willing to move up to fight Andre Ward and he said sure. Most people though what is wrong with this guy, he is a little small guy that shouldn't be in there with the likes of Andre…

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 2, 2012 at 11:21pm — No Comments

3 Ways to Improve Amir Khan's Chin

By Shawn Craddick



Amir Khan has been over this again and again. What can be done about his chin. The hottest topic right now is switching trainers. Is that enough though. Is having a strong chin something you have to be born with or can it be developed? Although Amir has the goods to be a descent fighter, he is not a complete package. With a weak chin must come great defense. Let's take a look at the video below and see what we can come up with .....



           …

Continue

Added by BoxingSocialist on September 2, 2012 at 11:10pm — No Comments

Blog Topics by Tags

Monthly Archives

2013

2012

2011

2010

FanvsFan Widget

© 2013   Created by BoxingSocialist.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

SideBar -->