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These are desperate times for featherweight hopeful Bernabe Concepcion. Loser of two fights in a row, the affable Cataduanes, Philippines native may indeed be only 23 years old but he badly needs a win to get his career back on track.
In April of 2009, the career of Kassim ‘The Dream’ Ouma was an afterthought to many.
It could be very easy for Ishe Smith to let his frustrations mount these days. The former star on NBC’s inaugural season of The Contender, Smith now finds himself as a fighter who is blessed with God-given talents yet cursed with the fact that he is simply too big of a risk for many contenders and prospects to consider dealing with.
On September 17th, one of the biggest fights of the year will go down when undefeated superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. faces off with WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz inside of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lost in the fight’s excitement has been the fact that another one of boxing’s rising stars will be stepping back into the ring a few hundred miles away in Parker, Arizona when Jose Benavidez Jr. steps back into the ring.
I recently spoke with trainer Robert Garcia to get his thoughts on the forthcoming rematch between IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko as well as his take on how his fighter Nonito Donaire factors into the equation. Donaire holds the WBC and WBO bantamweight titles and is looked at by many as the perfect opponent for either Agbeko or Mares after they settle their feud in the ring.
On August 13th, trainer Robert Garcia had a vested interest in the bantamweight title showdown between former champion Joseph ‘King Kong’ Agbeko and newly-crowned IBF champion Abner Mares. In front of a raucous crowd inside of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mares pulled out a majority decision verdict over his rugged foe from Ghana but the fight wasn’t without its controversy.
I first caught a glimpse of junior welterweight prospect Jesse Vargas in April of 2010. At the time Vargas was getting ready for an appearance on the undercard portion of Floyd Mayweather’s drubbing of Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand and he could be found putting in work at the IBA gym in Southeast Las Vegas.
This past weekend I caught up with junior middleweight contender Deandre Latimore moments after Abner Mares' controversial majority decision victory over Joseph Agbeko at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The recent news surrounding the St. Louis native has been his newfound involvement in the camp of Floyd Mayweahter Jr. as a sparring partner as ‘Money’ prepares for his September 17th date against Victor Ortiz.
On June 25th, junior middleweight contender Sechew Powell made a bid for his first world title when he met IBF champion Cornelius ‘K-9’ Bundrage for a second time. Powell had stopped Bundrage in eighteen harrowing seconds six years ago, a fight in which the two men traded knockdowns in the opening seconds before Powell would rise to ice Bundrage off with a straight left hand, and there was no reason to think he wouldn’t have success in the rematch.
On Friday afternoon, former champion Zab ‘Super’ Judah could be found inside of the confines of the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Judah was in the building to check out his former foe Floyd Mayweather Jr. get down to work in preparation for his September 17th clash against Victor Ortiz at the nearby MGM Grand but also had a few thoughts he wanted to get off of his chest.