The Boxing Truth®

When a world champion establishes dominance as a champion through holding a championship for lengthy periods of time and multiple title defenses the obvious question that will be asked among Boxing fans and experts alike is who might come along who can derail that champion. There have been of course many dominant champions in several different weight classes throughout the history the sport who eventually saw their reigns come to an end. For long-reigning unified IBF/WBO/WBA/IBO Heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko, his second reign as a Heavyweight world champion saw him become the very best the division had to offer. Over nine years since regaining a portion of the Heavyweight world championship in 2006 Klitschko saw his reign extend to eighteen successful title defenses, thirteen of those defenses ending in knockouts and successfully unifying four of five recognized world championships along the way. For a significant part of that period of time Klitschko sha...

The next step in Wladimir Klitschko’s march towards Boxing history will take place on Saturday night in Dusseldorf, Germany when Klitschko will make the nineteenth defense of his unified IBF/WBO/WBA/IBO Heavyweight world championship against undefeated IBF number one contender Tyson Fury at the ESPRIT Arena. In his last title defense, Klitschko defeated a very “Game” challenger in previously unbeaten top contender Bryant Jennings via twelve round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY. Klitschko, will now prepare to face his third straight undefeated challenger in the form of 6’9 Tyson Fury. Fury, unbeaten in twenty-four professional fights will have a rare height and reach advantage over the 6’6 Klitschko. Fury will come into this fight off of an eighth round stoppage of Christian Hammer in February of this year. Although Fury will have a four-inch reach advantage and a three-inch height advantage over Klitschko, Klitschko will have a significant ...

IBO Jr. Middleweight world champion Erislandy Lara successfully made the first defense of his world title with a dominant third round stoppage of former IBF Welterweight world champion Jan Zaveck on Wednesday night at Hialeah Park Racing and Casino in Hialeah, FL.  A fight card that was significantly impacted by rain and caused a delay of the fight, Lara wasted no time in his bout against Zaveck once the green light was given for the bout to take place. Lara began this fight fighting in the pocket and not using as much lateral movement as is usually his norm, perhaps due to the condition of the ring canvas that was covered with a tarp during the weather delay. Lara’s accurate counter punching and hand speed were simply too much for Zaveck, who was staggered by a straight left hand midway through the first round. Lara continued picking his spots in the second round throwing and landing his punches in between Zaveck’s wide punches. Lara would stagger Zaveck for the ...

On November 21st the focus of the Boxing world centered on the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV for the much-anticipated battle between multi-division world champion Miguel Cotto and former WBC Jr. Middleweight world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Much of the focus in the week leading up to the fight centered on the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) decision to withdraw its recognition of Miguel Cotto as its Middleweight world champion for Cotto’s failure to comply with the WBC’s rules and regulations and ruling that the championship would be on the line for Alvarez only. Despite much of the attention being focused on the subject of the WBC Middleweight world championship prior to the fight, the sport of Boxing was treated to a fight that lived up to expectations when Cotto and Alvarez squared off in the ring. For twelve rounds two of Boxing’s biggest stars engaged in a closely fought tactical battle. Many of the rounds in this fight were extremely close and di...