Ngoudjo, Urango fight for vacant title belt!

Live tonight from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, jr welterweight contenders Herman Ngoudjo and Juan Urango will be fighting for the vacant IBF jr welterweight championship. In his last fight, Ngoudjo won an IBF title eliminator by outpointing former WBA champion Souleymane M'baye in June of 2008. Prior to that victory, Ngoudjo came up on the losing end of a title challenge against defending IBF jr welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi. Since losing his title in a unanimous decision loss to Ricky Hatton back in January of 2007,...

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Boxing is alive - don't believe the haters of the sport!

There are critics out there who claim boxing is dying. I always tell those haters and critics, particularly the ones who happen to be friends and acquaintances of mine, that if I can die so graciously when my time comes, I will be a very fortunate person.The Shane Mosley vs Antonio Margarito fight, which took place last Saturday night, produced the largest attendance (20,820 to be exact) ever in sports history at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Yes, I said largest attendance in sports history - so the attendance at this event surpassed any...

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Antonio Margarito suspended!

Margarito suspended for use of loaded gloves, along with trainer Javier Capetillo. Say it isn't so, Tony??? Apparently the gloves of Antonio Margarito were loaded with a foreign substance on the night of his welterweight title defense against Shane Mosley at Staples Center last Saturday. Having read an interview Percy Crawford conducted with Mosley's trainer Nazim Richardson on Fighthype earlier this morning, Richardson made it clear that he "saw...

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Boxing Chronicles Scorecard: Mosley -vs- Margarito

The following is a round by round account of how I was scoring the January 24 welterweight title fight between Shane Mosley and Antonio Margarito. That was one of the most one-sided fights on that level that I had seen in quite some time.In the end Mosley scored a 9th round stoppage of Margarito to seize the welterweight championship of the world, so the scorecards were immaterial in this ca...

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Boxing Chronicles Scorecard: Berto -vs- Collazo

The following is a round by round account of how I scored the January 17th welterweight title fight between Andre Berto and Luis Collazo, won by Berto on a controversial unanimous decision.How did you see the fight? Did you see the fight? Do you disagree with how I had it, and if so, why? Feel free to comme...

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WEBISODE WATCH: Immortal Caesar: Life of a Pro Boxer

Just a few days ago, I received an email from a reader of this site by the name of Natalia Rodriguez. Natalia's email was as follows:Hello Bryan,I've been a very active reader of your boxing blogs and really enjoy them. I wanted to contact you about the current project that I am working on. I am working for the Immortal Caesar Project Inc. Caesar is a amateur boxer that has his debut professional fight in a few months. Caesar's journey as the life of boxer is being depicted through a webseries. Which is called "Immortal Caesar: Life of a Pro Boxer"...

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Pacquiao vs Hatton set for May 2

Pacquiao, Hatton agree to 52-48 split in the Philippino superstar's favor. Fair split, and I will tell you why! According to Dan Rafael at ESPN, Manny Pacquiao has signed a contract to face world jr welterweight champion Ricky Hatton for a purse split of 52-48. After frantic negotiations, both fighters compromised as to the split they were demanding. Pacquiao initially requested a 60-40 split, yet Hatton felt that he was worth more than due to his...

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Great welterweight kickoff to boxing in 2009!

First few weeks of 2009 have already produced worthy Fight of the Year, Fighter of the Year, and Upset of Year candidates!Happy New Year boxing fans! It's been a while since I last posted an update for you, but we've witnessed two significant welterweight title fights in the past couple of weeks, so I would say an update is warranted.Lets start with the WBC welterweight title fight between undefeated champion Andre Berto and challenger and former WBA champion Luis Collazo.Andre Berto W12 Luis CollazoBeau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, MississippiJanuary...

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