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In 2003, HBO debuted the acclaimed series 'Legendary Nights,' twelve thirty minute documentaries looking back on the best of HBO’s first thirty years in the boxing business. A decade later, they added an additional 'round' with a feature length look at the Arturo Gatti-Mickey Ward series.
By Cliff Rold - The announcement of a middleweight title fight this week between champion Saul Alvarez and former Jr. welterweight titlist Amir Khan couldn't have come at a better time for press and social media. Boxing has very little going on at center stage right now. We're a few weeks away from the next fight that really moves the needle. Alvarez-Khan gave people something to talk about. It doesn't make it a good fight. This is about what happens when the bigger stars don't align for better fights to be made.
It didn’t look like much of a fight going in. It was less than that in the ring. Sergey Kovalev was better than Jean Pascal a year ago. He was several leagues better the second time around. Nothing about their first fight made this rematch all that interesting. Jean Pascal's lucky but exacting decision over Yunieski Gonzalez made it less so. What was the point here?
The older brother of middleweight champion Saul Alvarez, 29-year old Ramon Alvarez (23-4-2, 15 KO), 154, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, kept a ten-bout unbeaten streak going on Saturday night at the Centro De Convenciones, Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico, stopping 37-year old James Winchester (17-12, 6 KO), 154, of Reidsville, North Carolina, in nine rounds. The referee was Cristian Curiel.
By Cliff Rold - Every once in a while, rematches turn out dramatically different than expected. Ezzard Charles had already defeated Jersey Joe Walcott twice entering their third contest. Walcott did him in with a one-punch knockout for the ages. Edwin Rosario appeared on his way to a second win, in fabulous fashion, against Manny...
By Cliff Rold - Some of the most anticipated nights in boxing history were sequels. Rematches of classic fights have a mixed bag in terms of outcome. There is no denying their allure in the lead up to the opening bell. The chance to see lightning strike twice is rare but worth waiting for. This Saturday does not carry that kind of mystique. Sergey Kovalev-Jean..
Danny Garcia rarely has an easy fight. He’s never had a losing one. Winning is the name of the game and, unlike the last two serious opponents he faced, there was little controversy after twelve rounds. One could make a case Robert Guerrero might have done enough to play even on the scorecards. He had the stronger first half in the fight last Saturday. It was Garcia who closed stronger, winning most if not all of the last six rounds.
Heavyweight: Deontay Wilder found a way to win against journeyman Arthur Szpilka but it was an ugly, awkward outing from the start against his third straight non-contender. Compared to Luis Ortiz’s performance against contender Bryant Jennings, it was enough to see Wilder and Ortiz to switch places in the top ten. Czar Glazkov exits the ratings after a passive start and injured end against Charles Martin, who sneaks in at the bottom of the top ten.
In the televised opener, 25-year old former 115 lb. titlist and current Jr. featherweight battler Juan Carlos Sanchez (21-4-1, 9 KO), 122, of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, rebounded from a decision loss to Cesar Juarez with a unanimous decision in ten rounds over 23-year old Jhon Gemino (12-6-1, 5 KO), 122, Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines. The fight wasn’t a thriller but Gemino made a good case with energy and aggression. It wasn’t enough against the taller, longer, and more experienced Sanchez.
By Cliff Rold - He put the catchweight tease of a return to Jr. welterweight behind him in his last fight. Now, former 140 lb. king Danny Garcia will attempt to add a belt at 147 lbs. Can he be the man to fill the void left behind by retired welterweight king Floyd Mayweather? A former Mayweather challenger is going to begin asking that..