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On October 17th the spotlight of the sport of Boxing centered on a sold-out Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY to see the highly anticipated World Middleweight championship unification clash between undefeated WBA/IBO world champion Gennady Golovkin and IBF world champion David Lemieux. Beyond the fight serving a purpose in further unifying the Middleweight division, what made this encounter so interesting was the fact that it was a battle between two knockout artists. Prior to this fight, this observer stated that it would not surprise me to see a tactical battle initially. Both fighters do indeed have one punch knockout power in either hand and it is certainly understandable given each fighter’s extremely high career knockout percentages of 91% and 86% respectively that either may have been wary of the other. Although many anticipated a “Shootout” between the two, what happened instead was a demonstration of one fighter’s overall skill and superiority over h...

Over the course of the last couple of years one of the most consistent stories throughout the sport of Boxing has been the rise and knockout streak of undefeated WBA/IBO Middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin. In his last fight, Golovkin successfully defended his title for the fourteenth time in May of this year scoring a sixth round stoppage of the very “Game” Willie Monroe Jr. The victory over Monroe also extended Golovkin’s knockout streak to twenty and was the champion’s thirtieth career knockout in thirty-three professional fights. It has become customary both before and after each Golovkin title defense for readers to hear this observer continue to ask the question of who can give the champion a significant test. Perhaps the question will finally be answered on Saturday night when Golovkin attempts to continue to unify the Middleweight division when he takes on recently crowned IBF world champion David Lemieux at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY....

Undefeated Heavyweight prospect Gerald Washington was put to the test in fighting to a hard-fought ten round draw against contender and knockout artist Amir Mansour on Tuesday night at the Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, WA. The early rounds of this fight were dictated by Washington’s ability to control the pace, use lateral movement, and have occasional success in landing his right hand as he attempted to keep Mansour at distance. As the fight progressed into the middle rounds Mansour was able to use his aggression to gradually close the distance between himself and Washington. It was during this period of the fight that Mansour was able to let his hands go in close and put Washington on the defensive. Entering the final three rounds of this fight the tempo clearly had shifted in Mansour’s favor. Mansour’s aggression along with effective offense to the body and head of Washington became the story in the second half of the fight. At the end of the ten round bou...

The official weigh-in for tomorrow’s Premier Boxing Champions card took place earlier today in Lowell, MA. The official weights for the card are as follows. Main Event: Welterweights – 10Rds. Danny O’Connor 146lbs.  vs. Gabriel Bracero 146lbs. Jr. Featherweights – 10 Rds. Jonathan Guzman 121lbs.  vs.           Danny Aquino  121lbs. Featherweights – 10 Rds. Ryan   Kielczewski   125lbs.  vs.  Rafael Vazquez 126lbs. Heavyweights – 8 Rds. Adam Kownacki 261lbs.  vs.  Rodney Hernandez 240lbs. Light-Heavyweights – 10Rds. Gary O’Sullivan 172lbs.  vs.   David Toribio 174lbs. Jr, Lightweights – 8Rds. Patrick Hyland 128lbs.  vs.     David Martinez 128lbs. Jr. Welterweights – 8Rds. Stephen Ormond 139lbs. vs.  Michael Clark 140lbs. Lightweights – 4Rds. Titus Williams 131lbs.  vs. ...