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Jr. featherweight has given boxing some of the greatest fights of the last forty years. Saturday did not add anything to those storied annals. In the most anticipated fight of 2016 so far, fans had to wait into the second half of the event for the battle to break out. It wasn’t for lack of excitement. The crowd was on fire at the opening bell.
By Cliff Rold - Just one week more than sixteen years ago, arguably the greatest fight in the history of the Jr. featherweight division kick started one of the great years boxing has seen. Before 2000 was over, fans would be treated to the classic first battle between Oscar De La Hoya and Shane Mosley, the peak of Lennox Lewis' dominance...
By Cliff Rold - Hardcore fight fans in the States have one destination this weekend. Sho Extreme, 5:30 PM EST. In a year full of stay busy time sucks so far, this is a main event worthy of everyone's time. WBA 122 lb. titlist Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KO) meets IBF 122 lb. titlist Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KO). Nothing else on the dial this week looks as good on paper. If one can find it, the fourth fight between cruiserweights...
It was the sort of fight that did the sport, and the man who should have won, no favors. Make no mistake. Fedor Chudinov should still be undefeated. He outworked, outfought, and cut veteran Felix Sturm, commanding most of the first eleven rounds of their rematch last weekend. He threw more and landed more and should have won more rounds.
by Cliff Rold - He has been an exemplar of maximizing the (really, really) split title era. He’s also been pretty fun to follow. In another time, Germany's Felix Sturm might have ridden his controversial 2004 loss to Oscar De La Hoya into a showdown with Bernard Hopkins. He probably wouldn’t have won but that would have been his best course...
Light Heavyweight: Jean Pascal’s second loss to Sergey Kovalev sends him sharply down the ratings. Kovalev remains the top rated light heavyweight after lineal champion Adonis Stevenson. Sadly, they appear farther apart from fighting than ever. Kovalev awaits the results of Andre Ward’s fight in the spring with Sullivan Barrera to find out where his big fight happenings can occur.
By Cliff Rold - It's not boxing's oldest weight class, though its history goes back farther than one might think. The modern incarnation of the 122 lb. weight class was born under the auspices of the WBC in the mid-1970s, shortly thereafter joined by the WBA. An earlier incarnation existed for a flicker in the early 1920s but didn't...
By Cliff Rold - It's funny how fast a division can change. Red-hot can become lukewarm or ice cold in just a few fights and a few moves on the scale. Instant reloads are a rarity. We might be seeing one at 168 lbs.
The broadcast opened in the Jr. lightweight division with both men weighing just over the division limit. 24-year old Andy Vences (15-0, 10 KO), 130 ¼, of San Jose, California, went eight rounds for the first time with a unanimous decision win over 21-year old Yardley Suarez (14-3, 8 KO), 132, of Sinaloa de Leyva, Sinaloa, Mexico. The referee was Jack Reiss.
By Cliff Rold - It took long enough to get settled but Tuesday night the announcement was made. The road to Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward is officially underway. The long expected but well delayed Ward bout with Sullivan Barrera was given a date and site. For Ward (28-0, 15 KO), the former WBA, WBC, and world super middleweight champion, this is this is the beginning of his real comeback...