Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32 KOs) was back in his familiar element when he took on unknown challenger Marcos Reyes (33-3-0, 24 KOs) this past Saturday July 18, 2015. After scoring unanimous decision victory, Alex McLeish explores what's next for Chavez.
There are plenty of great fights out there for Mauricio Herrera at 140 pounds. Take a look at Alex McLeish's list of options for the newly crowned NABF champion, "El Maestro."
Similar to January and February, the months of July and August usually tend to be slow in the sport of boxing. Fortunately for us fight fans, this July will provide a lot of good action highlighted by the premier of Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN, a card that will be headlined by Keith “One Time” Thurman, the return of “El Hijo De La Leyenda” Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., as well as Sergey Kovalev’s second fight on HBO in 2015.
Top Rank’s Bob Arum made it clear leading into Saturday night’s fight between Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (32-0-0, 24 KOs) and Derek Edwards (27-5-1, 14 KOs) that if Ramirez were to win he would be in line for a world title shot against the winner of Robert Stieglitz vs. Arthur Abraham.
Junior Welterweight contender Adrien Broner (30-1-0, 22 KOs) and Welterweight contender Shawn Porter (25-1-1, 16 KOs) couldn’t be any different from each other but the two will face off in the "Battle for Ohio" this Saturday night on PBC on NBC.
As we roll into the hot nights of summer, we look forward to a boxing schedule which continues to fill up with competitive fights that are easy to get excited about. Check out Alex McLeish's boxing on TV preview for June 2015.
James "Chunky" DeGale (21-1-0, 14 KOs) defeated American Andre "The Matrix" Dirrell (24-2-0, 16 KOs) by unanimous decision in a close and exciting back and forth fight.
Popular Irish Middleweight Gary "Spike" O'Sullivan made quick and easy work of the Dominican Republics Melvin Betancourt in front of a Boston fight crowd that seems to be taking him in as one of their own. Ryan "The Polish Prince" Kielczewski and Logan McGuinness also scored wins.
Jose Benavidez Jr. (23-0-0, 16 KOs) put on a dominant performance in front of a hometown crowd at the U.S. Airway Center in Phoenix, Arizona Saturday night May 16 when he beat challenger Jorge Paez Jr. (38-6-2, 23 KOs) by twelfth round TKO.
Alex McLeish discusses the relatively unknown Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez who makes his HBO debut on Saturday night on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin and Willie Monroe's Middleweight bout.
Super Welter weight contender Glen Tapia (23-2-0, 15 KOs) had his parade rained on by France’s Michel Soro (26-1-1, 16 KOs) this Saturday night May 8 in their scheduled 10 round fight on TruTV from the Prudential Center in Tapia’s home state Newark, New Jersey.
Canelo Alvarez takes on James Kirkland this Saturday night in a bout that promises to provide the action that boxing fans have been waiting for.
If you watched WBO Featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (4-1-0, 2 KOs) for the first time in the opening televised bout on the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao undercard, you’re probably seriously impressed.
The month of May is scheduled to be the most packed and anticipated 31 days of boxing that 2015 has to offer. Check out the details of all the months action.
The always dramatic and unpredictable Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will fight for the first time in almost 14 months when he takes on Light Heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara this Saturday, April 18 2015 from the Stub Hub Center in Carson, California.
