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Belated Thoughts On PBC 8/27/2016 Card

The Premier Boxing Champions series has steadily increased in popularity among both Boxing fans and experts alike since its debut in January of last year. Beyond the much-needed exposure that the series has brought the sport, one of the primary reasons for the series popularity is it has put on several competitive fights and entertaining cards since its inception. The latest Premier Boxing Champions card, which took place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA on August 27th, certainly fit the description of competitive and entertaining. In the main event of this card former two-division world champion Robert Guerrero returned to the ring for the first time since dropping a hard fought twelve round unanimous decision to two-division world champion Danny Garcia in January of this year in a bout for the vacated World Boxing Council (WBC) Welterweight world championship. Guerrero’s opponent for the would be “Comeback” fight was David Peralta. Peralta, a veteran of twenty-eight professi...

Brief Update

We would like to let our readers know that a recap of the August 27th Premier Boxing Champions card headlined by a twelve round Welterweight bout between former two-division world champion Robert Guerrero and David Peralta is currently in the works and will be released on Wednesday, August 31st. Stay tuned. “And That’s The Boxing Truth.” The Boxing Truth® is a registered trademark of Beau Denison All Rights Reserved.  Follow Beau Denison on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Beau_Denison

Premier Boxing Champions 8/27/2016 Weigh-In Results

The official weigh-in for the latest edition of the Premier Boxing Champions series took place on Friday in Anaheim, CA. The weights for the entire card are as follows.   Main Event: Welterweight – 10Rds. Robert Guerrero 146lbs. vs.     David Peralta 147lbs. Super-Middleweight – 10Rds. Alfredo Angulo 164 3/4lbs.     vs.     Freddy Hernandez 163lbs. Middleweight – 10Rds. Terrell Gausha 155lbs.   vs.     Steven Martinez 154lbs. Heavyweight – 6Rds. Stephan Shaw 258lbs.   vs.     Jonathan Rice 266lbs. Jr. Welterweight – 6Rds. Luis Bello 139lbs.          vs.     Omar Reyes 140lbs. Featherweight – 4Rds. Victor Morales Jr. 125lbs.        vs.     Erick Lainez 125lbs. Jr. Welterweight – 4Rds. Abram...

Reflecting On Olympic Boxing 2016

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil saw what should be considered an overall improvement for Olympic Boxing. A return to basics in regard to not only the scoring format in returning to the traditional 10-point must system where a winner of a round earns 10 points while the loser of a round earns 9 or less, as well as a return of no headgear for men competing in the Boxing tournament seemed to have a positive impact on the 2016 Olympics. Bouts in the tournament were generally quick paced and did have more entertainment value than had been the case in previous Olympic tournaments that were fought under the previous computerized scoring format that was in place from 1992-2012. The 2016 tournament also saw the inclusion of three professional fighters who competed against amateurs in the tournament. As controversial as the decision to allow professional fighters to compete against amateurs seemed however, it did not have as much an impact as some thought it would as all...

What’s Next For Jarrell Miller?

The Heavyweight bout between undefeated rising contender Jarrell Miller and battle tested veteran Fred Kassi was an interesting fight on paper. Miller, a fighter who has risen to top ten contender status in the World Boxing Association (WBA), the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) respective Heavyweight ratings has quickly established himself as a fighter to watch having knocked out fifteen of eighteen professional opponents prior to the fight with Kassi and had also won the North American Boxing Organization (NABO) championship in the Heavyweight division. In previewing this fight, this observer stated that two questions are usually asked when a fighter establishes himself as a top contender. A question of whether or not that fighter will face a significant test as a top contender followed by a question of how long it might be before that fighter gets an opportunity at a world championship. Some believed that Fred Kassi may have b...

ShoBox 8/19/2016 Weigh-In Results

The official weigh-in for Showtime Sports’ latest edition of it’s ShoBox: The New Generation series took place on Thursday in Rochester, NY. The official weights for the entire card are as follows.  Main Event: North American Boxing Organization (NABO) Heavyweight championship – 10Rds. Jarrell Miller (Champion) 296 1/2lbs.         vs.        Fred Kassi 237lbs. North American Boxing Organization (NABO) Bantamweight championship – 10Rds. Antonio Nieves (Champion) 117lbs.           vs.        Alejandro Santiago 117 1/2lbs. Vacant North American Boxing Organization (NABO) Lightweight championship – 10Rds. Baholdir Mamadjonov 135lbs.                    vs.        Mason Menard ...

Miller-Kassi Preview

In the sport of Boxing, a common topic that you will hear discussed and asked among Boxing fans of any description as well as experts will be in regard to who is the next “Great” and/or rising Heavyweight? Obviously, such a topic will invoke varying opinions as well as stir more than a few debates. The recent history of the division has seen a bit of an upward trend of such discussion due in large part to the rise of undefeated WBC Heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder as well as the emergence of undefeated unified WBA/WBO/IBO world champion Tyson Fury, who ended longtime champion Wladimir Klitschko’s over decade-long reign over the division last November. Although much of the focus of the division has naturally centered on both Wilder and Fury as two of the division’s central figures, undefeated knockout artist Anthony Joshua, who won the IBF Heavyweight world championship earlier this year has also established himself as a player. As Wilder, Fury, and Joshua sit atop a divi...