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Cotto-Mayorga? Margarito-Quintana?

Talk about the rumor mill.  According today's El Nuevo Día, Ricardo Mayorga has signed a contract to fight Miguel Cotto on July 19th, should Cotto get by Alfonso Gomez.  As you may recall, Mayorga weighed in at 165 for his fight against Fernando ...

From KEVIN GONZALEZ, Bad Left Hook,  11 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Ricardo Mayorga,  Miguel Cotto,  Fernando Vargas,  HBO

Why Tito Trinidad Will Win By Knockout

That's right.  I'm saying it.  Tito Trinidad will knock out Roy Jones Jr. Let's start off with the general notion that Jones and Trinidad are two shot fighters facing off for a dime.  While it's true that they are both past their prime, if any one of ...

From KEVIN GONZALEZ, Bad Left Hook,  16 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Felix Trinidad,  Roy Jones Jr.,  Winky Wright,  Don King,  Ricardo Mayorga

February 9th PPV Card Heating Up

As Scott already talked about, a proposed Chavez Jr-Alfonso Gomez fight went down the drain after Bob Arum realized how much money Chavez Jr. could generate on smaller PPV Cards.  The Dec. 1st card, in which Chavez Jr. defeated Rey Sanchez did 70,000 ...

From KEVIN GONZALEZ, Bad Left Hook,  19 Dec 2007
Related Topics: Bob Arum,  Jorge Arce,  Rey Sanchez,  John Duddy

Jose Sulaiman and WBC Fall to a New Low

It was not a mega-fight by any means.  It didn't feature any superstars or potential superstars.  The two fighters had eleven losses combined between them.  I'm talking about the bout between Naoki Matsuda and Cancún's own Rudy Lopez, which took place ...

From KEVIN GONZALEZ, Bad Left Hook,  17 Dec 2007
Related Topics: Valero Energy,  Lennox Lewis

A November to Remember? Marquez-Juarez Rescheduled.

That's right, the Juan Manuel Marquez-Rocky Juarez fight has been rescheduled (along with the Robert Guerrero mandatory) for November 3rd, and will be aired live on Showtime.  It will be the first of four major fights in November, which is shaping up ...

From KEVIN GONZALEZ, Bad Left Hook,  13 Sep 2007
Related Topics: Joan Guzman

They're Falling Like Flies: Klistchko-McCline Off!

First it was Vargas-Mayorga, then it was Marquez-Juarez.  Now Vitali Klistchko's comeback bout against Jameel McCline has been canceled.  Klistchko suffered a back injury during training, and, apparently, the injury was so serious it required ...

From KEVIN GONZALEZ, Bad Left Hook,  10 Sep 2007

Witter KOs Harris; Judah Stinks Up FNF

In the most important fight of the weekend, Junior Witter defended his WBC junior welterweight belt by stopping former champ Vivian Harris in 7 rounds.  Despite the fact that he was the favorite, I think this is a very impressive win for Witter, who ...

From KEVIN GONZALEZ, Bad Left Hook,  8 Sep 2007
Related Topics: Vivian Harris,  Ricky Hatton,  Zab Judah,  Miguel Cotto,  Shane Mosley

Calderon Beats Cazares; Wins WBO 108-pound title

In a fight between two Bad Left Hook top-20 pound for pounders, Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon succesfully moved up in weight to take the WBO light flyweight title from Hugo Cazares.  Calderon completely dominated the first half of the fight, but was ...

From KEVIN GONZALEZ, Bad Left Hook,  26 Aug 2007
Related Topics: HBO

Heavyweight Tournament: What's the Point?

According to ESPN, the four-man heavyweight box-off that we've been hearing about for the past couple of months is officially a go.  The contestants will be Calvin Brock, Alexander Povetkin, Eddie Chambers and Chris Byrd.  The prize?  a shot at ...

From KEVIN GONZALEZ, Bad Left Hook,  24 Aug 2007
Related Topics: Chris Byrd,  ESPN,  Matt Skelton,  Tony Thompson,  David Tua

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