The Boxing Truth®

Over the last decade one of the most popular Boxing venues has been the StubHub Center (Formally the Home Depot Center) in Carson, California. A venue that has played host to several of the sport’s memorable battles in recent years including two of the epic series of fights between Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez, Timothy Bradley vs. Ruslan Provodnikov, and Marcos Maidana vs. Josesito Lopez just to name a few. The StubHub Center has certainly earned it’s place as a big time Boxing venue. On June 21st the Boxing world again focused it’s attention on the StubHub center for a card that featured two storylines, three former world champions beginning their road back into contention and two former top amateur standouts meeting for a vacant world championship.   The card televised by Showtime and it’s sister channel Showtime Extreme had a good balance of intrigue and the element of the unknown. In addition to four fights centered around those two storylines the night’s...

A Boxing card with two intriguing storylines will take place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on Saturday night. The card, which will be televised by Showtime and its sister channel Showtime Extreme in the United States will feature a familiar storyline of former world champions beginning the road back into contention. Former three-time Light-Heavyweight world champion Chad Dawson returns to the ring after a year layoff against contender George Blades. Dawson (31-3, 17 Knockouts), who is coming off not only a year layoff, but also two consecutive knockout losses to Super-Middleweight champion Andre Ward and Adonis Stevenson is what the story of this fight is centered around. The obvious questions that Dawson will have to answer is what kind of effect has those two knockout losses had on him and whether one year out of the ring will result in any ring rust. At his best, Dawson has the kind of hand speed and power that would make him an obvious favorite in th...

Throughout all of sports a common storyline that you will hear discussed among both fans and experts is whether or not an underdog can defeat a heavy favorite. This scenario is quite common in the world of Boxing as it is sometimes referred to as a sport where one should expect the unexpected. The classic scenario of an underdog going against a heavy favorite took place on June 14th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York when WBO Jr. Welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov made the first defense of his world title against undefeated WBO   number thirteen rated contender Chris Algieri. It is somewhat ironic that it was not all too long ago when it was Provodnikov who was considered an underdog against both former WBO Welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and former WBO Jr. Welterweight champion Mike Alvarado. Even though Provodnikov lost a close decision in a hard-fought battle against Bradley in March of last year, the “Game” and determined effort he showed in wh...

On June 7th the Boxing world turned its attention to New York’s Madison Square Garden for one of the most anticipated fights of 2014. A battle for the WBC world Middleweight championship between two-division world champion, and two-time holder of the WBC Middleweight championship Sergio Martinez and former three-division world champion Miguel Cotto. Cotto, who was fighting for the first time at the 160lb. Middleweight limit was attempting to make Boxing history by becoming the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four different weight classes. Although Cotto has certainly earned his status as a first ballot future Hall of Famer, it was understandable for some to consider him an underdog prior to the fight. Cotto was after all moving up in weight and was going against a naturally bigger and highly skilled fighter. The basis of those who considered Cotto an underdog was likely based on his losing two out of his last three fights to Floyd Mayweather and Austin Trout....