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Boricua Bully Receives Help from Home Town Referee

An uncommonly reckless an aggressive Miguel Cotto found himself on the long end of a poor officiating job by fellow Puerto Rican Ismael Quiñonez on Saturday night. In the midst of the fifth round the bout was stopped when the Washington D.C. gladiato...

Cotto's Critics Representative of New Digital Era

Critique is the fuel powering certain elements in the boxing media. Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rican superstar in the making, has received his fair share of jabs from boxing's journalistic community. One of the critiques regarding Cotto's career argue...

Tough Luck the Norm for Guzman

After breaking managerial ties to problematic Rafael Guerrero, signing a promotional contract extension with Sycuan’s Ringside Promotions, and tentatively scheduling an April bout against fellow one hundred and twenty-two pound belt holder Oscar Lari...

Margarito Returns to Welterweight

When Antonio Margarito added a few pounds and fought Daniel Santos this past fall, it marked the optimistic beginning of junior middleweight campaign. Marquee fighters like Shane Mosley, Oscar De La Hoya, and Ricardo Mayorga populated the division at...

Beristain Speak on the Future of the Marquez Brothers

A conversation with trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain revealed that reports of a bout between Juan Manuel Marquez and Scott Harrison being close to finalized are erroneous. Beristain took the opportunity to air his anger at Top Rank, which promot...

Pacquiao Turns His World Upside Down

In a surprise business maneuver Featherweight Champion Manny Pacquiao dropped his Filipino manager Marty Elorde and inked a two-year deal with American Shelly Finkel this past Tuesday.

The Boxeo Notebook; Guzman, Larios, Corrales, Barrera and More!

For the last year one of the names coming out of Joan Guzman's mouth on a regular basis has been Oscar Larios. Dreams of a bout with Larios have been dancing around in the mind of Guzman for months. A source close to Guzman informed this writer th...

Floyd Battles with Demographics

The aftermath of Floyd Mayweather’s virtuoso performance against Henry Bruseles left some boxing figureheads wondering why "Pretty Boy" has failed to reach a higher level of popularity among the mainstream American public. Prior to investigating a...

"What Happened to that Vato?"

A few nights ago my friend asked me, "What happened to that vato, the one who lost to Jose Luis Castillo? Juan Lazcano, he was a pretty good fighter." Answering honestly, I replied, "I have no idea."

Barrera Waiting for Next Opponent

For years now it has been customary to see victorious athletes appear on nationally televised commercials gleefully proclaiming, "I am going to Disneyland!"

Hopkins to Fight in LA LA Land

After being hit be a winter rainstorm in recent weeks the sun was out in full glory Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles, California. Within Staples Center a press conference was held by Golden Boy Promotions announcing a bout between Middleweight Champi...

Yanqui Diaz on the Come Up

If the island nation of Cuba were to produce its first professional heavyweight champion, numerous boxing experts, writers, and fans thought Juan Carlos Gomez would be the man. Friday, August 13, 2004 – Enter Yanqui Diaz. In a battle between Cu...

Juan’s Loss is The Fight World’s Gain

The New Year brought more than rain for this Los Angeles, California resident. Harboring the final day of seemingly endless rain and wind, news reached my e-mail account from Top Rank representative Ricardo Jimenez, Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales wi...