The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as the junior welterweight scrap between Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor, more on the career of Roy Jones, the future of former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz, and much more.
Former WBC, WBA, EBU and French lightweight champion Jean Baptiste Mendy has passed away. The boxer passed at the age of 57 on August 31 in Paris after a losing battle against cancer. Mendy fought professionally from 1983 through 2000 compiling a record of 55-8-3-2
Fritz Chervet has passed away at the age of 77 reports Swiss media. Chervet collapsed Saturday morning and was taken to a hospital in Meyrietz-Murten where he died. Chervet was hugely popular in his day and is hailed as the best fighter ever from Switzerland.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such teaching your child to box, Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez, the legacy of Roy Jones Jr., the career of Azumah Nelson, and more.
The go-ahead to resume live Boxing in South Africa has finally been given, albeit with severe conditions in place. As expected, no crowd will be allowed at the venue, with the resultant loss of gate income.
Italy has over the years produced many great fighters and of their greatest, Sandro Mazzinghi, passed away on August 22 at the age of 81. Mazzinghi turned pro in 1961 after a good amateur career and won the world super welterweight title for the first time two years later by beating Ralph Dupas and retained it by beating Dupas in a rematch and also beat the likes of Gaspar Ortega and Tony Montano.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as the greatness of late trainer Naazim Richardson, evaluating Vasiliy Lomachenko, great chins in the sport of boxing, Vergil Ortiz targeting former world champion Keith Thurman, and more.
Several years ago, the WBC instituted a rule where there would be an automatic point deduction in the event of a unintentional/accident foul, like a head clash or elbow. Pursuant to the rule, the referee was bound to deduct one point from the uninjured boxer - if the unintentional/accidental foul would result in the other boxer suffering a cut, a significant abrasion or substantial swelling.
Serious discussions are under way that could lead to a return of “The Contender” reality series on free-to-air BBC in the United Kingdom with heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury as the host, multiple sources have told BoxingScene.
Whaddya know? It’s that time of year again. Even in a pandemic. Hope will soon spring eternal at National Football League training camps. Short-term pretenders are being revealed by bona fide contenders on major-league baseball diamonds.