Published: September 26, 2011
This time when Miguel Cotto meets Antonio Margarito he says there will be a difference. They will meet again at Madison Square Garden in New York City on December 3rd, a fight televised on HBO Pay-Per-View at 153 pounds. There will be intense scrutiny by the New York state Athletic Commission when Margarito gets his [...]
Published: September 7, 2011
Manny Pacquiao has an agenda to keep fighting even if he does not meet Floyd Mayweather Jr. and he has moved past the questions about when or if he will ever meet his adversary. The emphasis Tuesday morning in New York City, the second of a four city media tour was about his November 12th [...]
Published: July 1, 2011
There was Floyd Mayweather Jr. on a stage at the Hudson Theatre in New York City. His next opponent, the WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz said his piece about their upcoming title fight at the MGM grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on HBO Pay-Per-View September 17th. It was a Mayweather we have not been [...]
Published: April 28, 2010
NEW YORK – On four separate occasions the three-time welterweight champion Miguel Cotto of Caguas Puerto Rico has fought at Madison Square Garden in New York City on the eve of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. Each time, Cotto was successful defending his title in front of predominant Puerto Rican boxing fans, This year, [...]
Published: January 22, 2010
For the second time in three months, two of boxing’s brightest young stars will headline a card at the Wamu Theatre in Madison Square Garden. Juan Manuel Lopez and Yurikois Gamboa look to take one last step toward a possible collision course between the two if they are victorious. It would be the most exciting [...]
Published: October 29, 2009
Before we all start to get Pacquiao vs. Cotto fever with the first episode of HBO’s awesome series, 24/7, there has some a good amount of boxing news that needs to be addressed. I have kept quiet long enough and now to add my two cents. First off, the news came down yesterday that the [...]
Published: July 22, 2009
NEW YORK - One of the ugliest incidents in pro boxing history will be recalled and documented on HBO Sports next Saturday August 1. It was the night of June 16, 1983 at Madison Square Garden in New York City and Billy Collins Jr, after his fight with Luis Resto, was never the same. Collins, [...]
Published: July 14, 2009
New York - Now boxing fans have been granted a tournament to crown a super middleweight champion that was unveiled Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York City that will be televised exclusively on SHOWTIME. Six of the supposed best super middleweights with a combined record of 161-4-1, three champions, four undefeated fighters and [...]