
Virgil Hunter On Berto: “His Knowledge of the Ring is Not Where it Should Be”
In a recent interview with Ring TV, boxing trainer Virgil Hunter spoke about his fighter Andre Berto and his recent loss at the hands of Jesus Soto Karass.
In a recent interview with Ring TV, boxing trainer Virgil Hunter spoke about his fighter Andre Berto and his recent loss at the hands of Jesus Soto Karass.
When Anselmo Moreno moved up to junior featherweight last November for a shot at then-WBC beltholder Abner Mares, it turned out to be a bad day at the office for the skilled Panamanian southpaw. Mares was brilliant; Moreno less so in losing a wide decision.
During a conference call 10 days prior to Saturday night's first-round stoppage of middleweight rival Saul Roman, Curtis "Showtime" Stevens had called out WBA 160-pound titleholder Gennady Golovkin as the man beyond Roman he would most like to face.
Demetrius Andrade has vowed to "be crowned champion" following his junior middleweight clash of unbeatens with Vanes Martirosyan for the WBO's vacant belt on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Brian Vera super middleweight bout on Sept. 7 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Not only does THE RING's No. 1-rated junior welterweight, Lucas Matthysse, believe that he can take out RING champion Danny Garcia in their a Sept. 14 Showtime Pay Per View-televised battle on the undercard to the main event featuring Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Canelo Alvarez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but he also believes that his power will carry into the welterweight division should he receive a desired shot at Mayweather.
Hard-hitting RING No. 1-rated junior welterweight Lucas Matthysse said he fully expects his hammer-fisted countryman, Diego Chaves, to emerge victorious from Saturday's welterweight clash.
Florida welterweight Keith "One Time" Thurman has said that he anticipates "heavy missiles coming from both sides" in Saturday's clash with Argentina's hammer-fisted Diego Chaves as part of a Showtime-televised double-header from the AT&T Center in San Antonio.
Returning former junior middleweight titleholder Yuri Foreman made it an easy night on Wednesday at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, as he widely outpointed Philadelphia trialhorse Jamaal Davis in their eight-round main event. Brooklyn's Foreman (31-2, 8 KOs) was fighting for the third time since a two-year reprieve from the ring. He had lost two straight fights, to Miguel Cotto and Pawel Wolak respectively, before taking a nearly two-year sabbatical.
Monday night is all right for fighting. At least that’s what Golden Boy Promotions and Fox Sports 1 – the new all-sports network that will launch on Aug. 17 – are banking on.
One of the few things that interim titles can be credited with is their ability to draw attention to fighters who would have gone unnoticed without those largely worthless straps wrapped around their waists. It can be argued that, for all the money being misspent in sanctioning fees today, the purchase of an interim title may be one of the wisest investments available for the up-and-coming but cash-strapped aspiring champs.
Former junior middleweight title challenger Delvin Rodriguez vows not to be "an easy comeback fight" for Puerto Rican three-division titlewinner Miguel Cotto when they meet on Oct. 5 on HBO at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla., site of a 2 p.m. open-to-the-public press conference announcing the event on Tuesday.
In May, RING junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia was ringside at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City when No. 1-rated contender Lucas Matthysse destroyed IBF 140-pound beltholder Lamont Peterson, dropping him three times on the way to a third-round knockout.
You wouldn't have guessed it based on the fact that it was easily the most important year of his professional career, but Nonito Donaire was at one point contemplating retirement during 2012.
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