Super middleweight champ Andre Ward knows what he is talking about when it comes Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch. Ward, after all, easily defeated both of them in world title fights during the Super Six World Boxing Classic.
With the news this week that Golden Boy has put Sept. 28 on hold at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., for the possible return of Miguel Cotto, it got me thinking -- if Cotto indeed fights, who should he face?
Heavyweight Audley Harrison, long ago dubbed "Fraudley" by the media for his massive underachievement, is now just a sad joke in boxing. Harrison (31-7, 23 KOs) won a 2000 Olympic super heavyweight gold medal for Great Britain and arrived on the pro scene with enormous potential.
The fall showdown between welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez has moved a step closer to being finalized. Bradley signed his contract on Friday, manager Cameron Dunkin told ESPN.
Just on their own, the fights between Danny Garcia and Zab Judah, who met April 27, and Lamont Peterson and Lucas Matthysse, who meet Saturday night (Showtime, 9 ET/PT) at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.
After former featherweight titlist Juan Manuel Lopez got knocked out by Orlando Salido in a world title fight for the second time in March 2012, it seemed like Lopez was poised to make the move to junior lightweight.
Interim junior welterweight titlist Lucas Matthysse was supposed to arrive in New York on Tuesday morning on a flight from his native Argentina that would give him plenty of time to make it the final news conference on Wednesday to promote his 141-pound nontitle showdown with junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson.
There have been a lot of good fight cards over the past couple of months and there are more to come. One of the shows I like the best, even though it won't get as much attention as some of the others, is Golden Boy's tripleheader on June 8.
Middleweight contender Andy Lee returned with a vengeance on Wednesday night in New York, needing just 87 second to knock out Daryl Cunningham on promoter Lou DiBella's "Broadway Boxing" card at BB King's Blues Club.
Tuneup fights can be a recipe for disaster. Just ask, for example, former heavyweight contender Tommy Morrison. He had a done deal worth $8 million to fight Lennox Lewis but took what was supposed to be an easy tuneup fight against Michael Bentt in 1993.
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