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There was much intrigue and anticipation leading up to the World Jr. Middleweight championship unification bout between undefeated multi-division world champion Floyd Mayweather and undefeated WBC Jr. Middleweight world champion Saul Alvarez. This fight had all the plausible ingredients to be a major pay-per-view and box office draw. It also however, had the ingredients going in of a fight between a future Hall of Famer and a young unbeaten champion who has yet to enter his prime. A fight that had the potential to be a classic. All of the anticipation leading up to this fight culminated in what overall should be considered a great night for the sport of Boxing on September 14 th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the lead up to this fight, this observer stated that it was critical in my opinion that Alvarez put pressure on Mayweather from the outset. I stated that Alvarez needed to be consistent in throwing his jab and also consistent in pushing Mayweather back. ...

Throughout Boxing history there have always been fighters that have come to define a certain time period and have become the face of the sport.   Whether it was Sugar Ray Robinson one of the sport’s biggest stars in the 1950’s, Muhammad Ali who became the face of the sport during the 1960’s and 1970’s, on through to Sugar Ray Leonard who was a focal point in the 1980’s and Oscar De La Hoya in the 1990’s and early 2000’s, Boxing has always had a central figure or two that defined an era.    In the last several years an argument should be made that a fighter that has come to define the current era of the sport of Boxing is Floyd Mayweather.   Mayweather has emerged as one of Boxing’s legitimate superstars defeating a who’s who of the sport including Arturo Gatti, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Zab Judah, and Miguel Cotto just to name a few. This has solidified Mayweather as the sport’s top pay-per-view draw, rivaled only by fellow superstar Manny Pacquiao....

The Boxing world was saddened by the recent news of the passing of former WBO Heavyweight world champion Tommy Morrison at the age of forty-four. Morrison will go down as one of most devastating punchers in the history of the Heavyweight division. Morrison’s punching power almost instantly made him a hot prospect shortly after turning professional in 1988. This observer has often said that Morrison was one of the hardest punchers that I have ever seen, a fighter who was a “Knockout Artist.” Morrison’s aggressive style along with his devastating left hook quickly made him one of the most exciting fighters in the Heavyweight division in an era that included such fighters as Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis, Michael Moorer, Evander Holyfield, Ray Mercer, Mike Tyson, and George Foreman among others. One thing that I will always remember about Tommy Morrison was that in addition to his ability to end fights with one punch, he was always willing to go toe to toe with whomever he was fig...

The scheduled October 23 rd Jr. Middleweight fight between former world champions Shane Mosley and Anthony Mundine seems to be the latest well-matched bout in what has been a stellar year for the sport of Boxing. The fight that is scheduled to take place at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia presents a couple of interesting storylines.  For Shane Mosley who returned to the ring following a brief retirement in May of this year scoring a twelve round unanimous decision over welterweight contender Pablo Cesar Cano, this fight could represent a chance to get back in the hunt for another world championship. Likewise for Anthony Mundine, who is coming off a decision loss in his rematch with former IBF Middleweight world champion Daniel Geale in January of this year, the fight with Mosley one might argue represents the biggest of his career.  One might also argue that it is Mosley who might have more prove than Mundine. There is no disputing that Shane Mo...