Veteran promoter Javier Bustillo had his fingers crossed that local officials would allow him to hold a boxing card with spectators on July 18 in Lajas. However, the new executive order announced by Governor Wanda Vázquez rejected that idea. For Bustillo, president of Universal Promotions, the determination fell on him like a bucket of cold water.
By Thomas Hauser - Two boxing cards promoted by Top Rank were televised on ESPN this past week. But the primary storyline wasn't the fights which were largely fungible. It was the return of boxing in the Coronavirus Era. Promoting a boxing match in a jurisdiction with responsible oversight is hard under the best of circumstances. It's more difficult...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as career comparisons between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, Manny Pacquiao vs. Gennady Golovkin, fantasy fights involving Pernell Whitaker, Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Shakur Stevenson, and more.
Barely a week into regularly scheduling events, boxing is struggling to flatten the curve. For the third time in six days, a boxer has been pulled from a scheduled bout after testing positive for COVID-19. The latest casualty is Silvia Torres, a 29-year old junior flyweight from Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico who was due to appear on the June 20 card from a TV Azteca studio lot in Mexico City.
There was that small window of opportunity for Michelle ‘Raging Babe’ Rosado to proceed with her ‘Philly Special’ event, which was to take place March 27 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Just two more weeks and another 66 tickets remained for a sold-out show featuring a crosstown heat between local lightweights Stevie Ortiz and Damon Allen.
By Cliff Rold - In the most romantic sense, a great boxing champion takes on all the top comers until some deserving contender comes along to knock them off their perch or they elect to walk away with the title still in tow. In reality, men who could say such things about their title reigns have often been fewer than those whose reigns were managed...
In a recent Zoom interview with World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman, legendary "Hands of Stone" Roberto Duran, was questioned to reveal his personal "top 10 list" for who he believes are the greatest boxers of all-time.
By Corey Erdman - This past weekend showed the polar opposites of strategies boxing promoters will take when it comes to COVID-19. In Las Vegas, days before Top Rank’s mid-pandemic return on ESPN, Mikaela Mayer tested positive for coronavirus and was forced to pull out of her co-feature bout against Helen Joseph. Across the country, 1200 miles away...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as trainers vs. teachers, documentary on Carlos Monzon, Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz, reporters in boxing, Canelo Alvarez, and much more.
By Tris Dixon - One of the great things about boxing is how accessible the fighters are. One of the worst things about boxing is how accessible the fighters are. It can leave them open to opportunists, chancers and even slow-witted family members with good intentions but no idea about the business or it can leave them open to opportunists, chancers and...