In a bout that should surely be on shortlists for 2016 Fight of the Year, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez exited a dramatic technical battle against Carlos Cuadras as a 4-division champion and likely still the consensus pound-for-pound king of pugilism.
In a return battle between two hardened gatekeepers on the brink of retirement, there was only one who looked like an impressive young prospect, ignorant of his own wear and tear.
On Saturday, July 23, 2016, Terence Crawford remained undefeated, grabbing the WBC title from Viktor Postol in impressive fashion.
Boxing fans, it seems, thrive on hating themselves. They waited years for Floyd Mayweather to fight Manny Pacquiao, they’re about to wait the exact same amount of time to see Canelo Alvarez fight Gennady Golovkin.
It was the fight that Al Haymon’s PBC series so desperately needed, and it sure as hell delivered. After a grueling 12 rounds of hard leather being traded, Keith “One Time” Thurman came out on top to a chorus of boos at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
Jarrett Hurd has been making noise as he rises through the ranks of one of boxing’s most talented divisions.
On Saturday, June 25, 2016, unbeaten Keith "One Time” Thurman will defend his WBA 147-pound world title against former IBF champion, "Showtime” Shawn Porter.
Forget about all the theories that Vasyl Lomachenko is a boxer without any power in his hands, that he’s a feather-fist or anything regarding the wallop in his hands.
Felix Verdejo has become quite the inconsistent fighter. On some nights, he’ll have a boring 10-round decision performance wherein he battles off a rain of boos from the crowd and other nights he’ll set the crowd on fire.
Let’s add another name to the saturated list of highly talented 140-147 pounders.
On Saturday, June 11, 2016, three-time world champion Roman "Rocky" Martinez and WBO Featherweight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko will go mano a mano for Martinez's WBO junior lightweight world title.
In what will surely be one of the lowest-rated Premier Boxing Champions cards this year, Artur Beterbiev blasted Ezequiel Maderna out of the ring within four rounds while Maderna spent most of his time in the ring simply not accepting his loss.
David Lemieux, after taking a difficult stoppage loss to Gennady Golovkin last October, reminded the boxing world why they all loved him in the first place with a sensational knockout against Glen Tapia in the fourth round on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan.
Mauricio Herrera has been subject to a number of robberies. He’s lost to Danny Garcia when he shouldn’t have. He lost to Jose Benavidez when he shouldn’t have. But somewhere between his stolen triumphs and long stretches of inactivity, age and punches have caught up with Herrera.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. took to Twitter saying he’d be willing to make a fight with Gennady Golovkin this coming September at 168 pounds.
