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One of the most interesting storylines in the sport of Boxing continues to be the potential full unification of the Light-Heavyweight division. The division’s two central figures Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev have continued to defeat all challengers placed before them, but have yet to turn their attention to each other to fully unify the World Light-Heavyweight championship. The next chapter in this storyline will take place on Saturday night as the undefeated WBO/IBF/WBA Light-Heavyweight world champion Sergey Kovalev defend his world title against IBF number one contender Nadjib Mohammedi in Las Vegas, Nevada. In his last fight in March of this year Kovalev successfully defended his title for the fifth time scoring an eighth round stoppage of former WBC Light-Heavyweight world champion Jean Pascal. Much like undefeated unified WBA/IBO Middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin, Kovalev has carved out a reputation as one of the sport’s feared knockout artists ...

The emergence of prospect David Price as a potential player in Boxing’s Heavyweight division one might argue was rapid. Price emerged as a potential contender beginning with his first round knockout win over John McDermott for the English Heavyweight championship in January 2012. Price was followed that victory by winning the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight championships with a fourth round knockout of Sam Sexton in May 2012. Subsequent victories over former world title challenger Audley Harrison and Matt Skelton later that year elevated Price into a bout with longtime top contender Tony Thompson in February 2013. Prior to this fight against Thompson, this observer stated that Price could be one of the fighters if not the fighter who may take over the Heavyweight division in the post-Klitschko era. In making that statement however, I also questioned whether or not it was too much, too soon for Price, who entered the fight with a record of 15-0, with 13 Knockouts....

The main storyline going into the Super-Middleweight bout between former WBC Middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and relative unknown contender Marcos Reyes was whether or not Chavez could bounce back from his first knockout loss. Although this fight had the appearance of a mere “Comeback Fight” for Chavez, one may well have been justified in wondering if not only Chavez could rebound from his loss earlier this year to top Light-Heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara, but also whether or not his status as a star of the sport was also at stake. In some ways one might argue that Chavez entered into this fight in what could be described as a “No-Win” situation. If he were to win the fight against Reyes in dominant fashion there would be some who would say that he did what he was supposed to do against a relative unknown opponent. If however, Chavez were to win the fight, but have difficulty in the process or if he were to lose the bout some could say that not onl...

In April of this year Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. suffered only his second loss in his fifty-one fight professional career in losing to top Light-Heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara. The loss for Chavez was also the first time he was stopped in his professional career as Fonfara dominated him throughout much of the fight including knocking Chavez down in the ninth round. Although Chavez was able to get up from the knockdown, he quit on his stool at the conclusion of that round. A question that some fighters will have to answer over the course of their careers is how they will respond to their first knockout loss. Even though in Chavez’ case the knockout was a technicality, the fact that he was unable or wouldn’t finish his fight against Fonfara may have some questioning what kind of psychological effect that fight had on him. After all, Chavez is known as “The Son of the Legend” and has been tasked with carrying on the legacy of his father the legendary Julio Cesar Chave...