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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

For many years, the Summer Olympics has served as a springboard for top amateur boxers to begin their professional careers after competing for Olympic medals in what has been thought of as the pinnacle of Amateur Boxing. Fighters such as Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks, Leon Spinks, Pernell Whitaker, Evander Holyfield, and a host of others all received much-needed exposure by way of their participation in Olympic tournaments. Following that exposure at the end of their amateur careers, many of them were able to quickly establish themselves in the professional ranks due in large part to getting exposure out of the gate as they embarked on professional careers. It goes without saying however, that the exposure and accolades that come with Olympic Boxing has diminished somewhat over the years. Some may remember the well-publicized scandal that emerged in the 1988 Summer Olympics that took place in Seoul, South Korea where Roy Jones, then competing as a ...

We would like to let our readers know that the first of two pieces discussing the ongoing Olympic Boxing Tournament in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil is currently in the works and will be released on Monday, August 15th. The second of the two pieces will follow on Wednesday, August 24th.  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

When undefeated former Super-Middleweight world champion Andre Ward won the Super-Six World Boxing Classic  Super-Middleweight tournament in 2011 with a twelve round unanimous decision over Carl Froch, it was in many ways a coronation of a great fighter. Ward entered the Super-Six tournament as an undefeated professional and the 2004 Olympic gold medalist in the Light-Heavyweight division.  When all was said and done, Ward left the tournament not only as a unified Super-Middleweight world champion, but also regarded as one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world having defeated several of the top fighters in the Super-Middleweight division over the course of the Super-Six tournament. In a scenario where tournament concepts have taken place in Professional Boxing, in most cases the fighter who emerges triumphant at the end of such tournaments is almost branded as not only one of the best fighters in the world, but also a mainstream attraction in the sport. An ar...

The official weigh-in for the Light-Heavyweight bout between undefeated former Super-Middleweight world champion Andre Ward and Alexander Brand took place earlier today in Oakland, CA. The weights for the entire card are as follows. Main Event: Light-Heavyweight – 12Rds. Andre Ward 175lbs.         vs.     Alexander Brand 173 1/2lbs. North-American Boxing Organization (NABO) Jr. Welterweight title – 10Rds. Maurice Hooker (Champion) 139lbs.    vs.     Tyrone Barnett 142lbs.* ( * Barnett two pounds over the 140lb. Jr. Welterweight limit. Fight still scheduled to take place as of this writing.) Welterweight – 6Rds. Bilal Mahasin 146lbs. vs.        Luis Lugo 146lbs. Heavyweight – 4Rds. Darmani Rock 246lbs.           vs.        Mike Kyle 222lbs. ...

The popular Premier Boxing Champions series closed out the month of July with three intriguing bouts across two nights and three different networks in the United States. The first of the three main events took place on July 29th at the Videotron Centre in Québec City, Quebec, Canada where WBC Light-Heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson made the seventh defense of his world title against WBC number eight rated contender Thomas Williams Jr. in a bout televised by Spike TV. In previewing this fight, this observer stated that it would be interesting to see how the champion would approach the fight against Williams, who came into the fight off of an impressive second round knockout over Edwin Rodriguez in April of this year. Stevenson has earned a reputation as a “Knockout Artist”, who has the ability to both end a fight very quickly, or gradually break down an opponent over the course of a long fight. It also interested me to see how the challenger would respond to Stevens...