The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen 'Breadman' Edwards discussing the upcoming fight between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Liam Smith, last Saturday's ending with Gennady Golovkin and Kell Brook, Roman Gonzalez becoming a four division champion and more.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - I’m excited. It’s almost my favorite day of the year. Well, OK, maybe it's fourth behind my anniversary, my son's birthday and Christmas -- but still, it's pretty big: Sept. 16. The day on which, over the course of seven years back in the 1980s, my life changed forever. First, it was Sept. 16, 1981...
Legendary boxer and Southern California native Bobby Chacon has died, the World Boxing Council announced Wednesday. He was 64. 'With profound sadness I have learned that our dear champion Bobby Chacon passed away this morning,' World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman said on Twitter. "May God have him now. RIP.'
A press conference was held Tuesday at the Cabaret du Casino de Montréal to unveil the 2016-2017 season of Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM). Here is an outline of what was mentioned at the press conference.
Wilson, NC - Undefeated rising Cruiserweight Austin "Babyface Assassin" Bryant of Wilson, NC will face Hafiz Montgomery Saturday, September 10 in Wilson, NC at the Wilson Recreation Center.
Labor day weekend kicked off in fantastic form as Under Dawgs Boxing hosted their second promotion, Dawg Fights II at Denver’s Glitter Dome. In the main event of the card, undefeated prospect Donald Cobb faced Joey Montoya in an 8-round bout for the Colorado State Light Heavyweight title. In an interesting twist, there was a bit of controversy before the fight even began. Donald Cobb’s cornermen failed to register before Colorado’s state mandated deadline to work ringside for his fight.
Liev Schreiber took around 800 punches when filming The Bleeder to make the boxing drama more credible and to not upset the prize fighter whose real life story it portrayed, the actor said at the Venice film festival on Friday.
Montoya comes from a family of boxers, on both sides. His father boxed for 16 years, his uncles from his mother side, all boxed. You can say boxing has always been in his blood, “When my dad stopped boxing, he started coaching so I literally grew up in a boxing gym.”
By Frank Warren - The Olympic heavyweight landscape was once a fertile territory for the big fellas from the USA. Not anymore and there is a shortage of evidence suggesting this is about to change. Heavyweight Olympic gold used to be a banker for the traditionally dominant American team when I was growing up...
MASHANTUCKET, CT - New England boxers dominated last night's Broadway Boxing, presented by DiBella Entertainment and sponsored by Nissan of Queens, Optyx, Azad Watches and Christos Steak House, held in the Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.