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15rounds.com Mayweather – Mosley staff picks
Marc Abrams
I subscribe to the Theory that if in forty previous fight, Floyd Mayweather has given me no reason to pick against up and...
Mayweather-Mosley Pre-Fight Breakdown
On September 19th Floyd Mayweather’s successful return to the ring was interrupted by a welterweight champion who commanded the respect of the boxing world...
Mayweather not good enough for Leonard, Hearns era
LAS VEGAS – Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns were two of the defining faces of the 1980s. Floyd Mayweather Jr. calls himself the...
Mayweather or Mosley? It might be a role for a legend
LAS VEGAS – There wasn’t much to say about the weigh-in. In fact, Floyd Mayweather Jr. said nothing at all to Sugar Shane Mosley...
Benavidez to fight in Arizona despite WBC condemnation of immigration law
LAS VEGAS – Junior-welterweight prospect Jose Benavidez Jr. of Phoenix will return to his hometown on July 17 for his first bout since...
Q & A with Hozumi Hasegawa
This Friday in Tokyo, Japan the Biggest Bantamweight fight in decades takes place between long time WBC champion Hozumi Hasegawa and three weight world...
It’s all sugar from Mayweather in a news-conference upset
LAS VEGAS – Only news conferences are supposed to be predictable. But one Wednesday for Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley wasn’t. It was tame, almost...
The opponent nobody can beat…Father Time
Every great fighter who ever lived have one common opponent they couldn't beat...Father Time. Through out the annals of Boxing history there came a...
A great round, but Froch was subpar
“Don’t be afraid of the player with a good grip and a bad swing. Don’t be afraid of a player with a bad...
Tomasz Adamek: Ready to Make a Big Splash in the Heavyweight Division
Tomasz Adamek is just one day away from what is literally the biggest test of his career. The former light heavyweight and cruiserweight titleholder...
Mayweather without the profanity is worth every word
Maybe, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was celebrating Earth Day. Or, maybe, he was being a good dad. His daughter was said to be nearby. Whatever...
Truax Out for Revenge against Williams!
St. Paul, MN (April 21, 2010) – When Osseo’s Caleb Truax dropped a devastating decision to Minneapolitan Phil Williams in the 2005 Minnesota Golden...
“A tremendous and incredible pride that is impossible to describe”
To see Sergio Martinez’s exuberance after Saturday’s fight, to hear him call a feeling inspired by the world middleweight championship “a tremendous and incredible...
Q&A With Glen Tapia!
We had the opportunity to catch up with highly regarded junior middleweight prospect Glen Tapia of Passaic. Tapia, 5-0 (4 KO’s) faces the toughest...
Mayweather says he’s the savior, but Naazim Richardson is already on the job
In simply doing his job, Naazim Richardson already has done more to clean up boxing than any grandstanding proclamation from Floyd Mayweather Jr.,...
Q & A with Carlos “Chocorroncito” Buitrago
The number one prospect in Nicaragua is widely thought to be Carlos “Chocorroncito” Buitrago. He's only just 18 and had also ready been a...
From Russia with Love
Anytime a fighter as heavily decorated in the amateurs as Matt Korobov opts to go professional it's a safe bet he'll be highly sort...
Fulfilling its promise
Recent criticisms of Showtime’s “Super Six World Boxing Classic” are beginning to make a pattern, faint but detectable. The tournament’s critics appear not...
Q & A with Luis “El Mosquirito” Lazarte
On 29 May Luis "El Mosquito" Lazarte 46-9-1(18) gets an unprecedented sixth world title shot when he faces Carlos Tamara for the IBF Light...
‘Hammer’ Time hits airwaves!
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (April 10, 2010) — Electrifying lightweight prospect “Hammerin’” Hank Lundy of Philadelphia will face his toughest test to date Friday night, April...
Pavlik anxious to rally after a long recession
Nobody has to tell Kelly Pavlik about The Great Recession. He lived it. His career declined like the economy from late 2008 through 2009....
Introducing Michael Ruiz Jr.
LEMOORE, CALIFORNIA -- In the years following a Summer Olympics, the top amateur boxers must make the decision to either stay in the unpaid...
Los Angeles in May
I didn’t spend last weekend at Mandalay Bay. I couldn’t afford to. Even with the “media rate” for a room, it was...
Q & A with Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora
In his own words "Don't call it a comeback...i've been here for years" However Saturday will become the maiden voyage of phase two of...
Weights from Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (April 2, 2010)- Weights for TONIGHT’S Spring Fling Boxing event at The Legendary Blue Horizon.
Derek Ennis 157.5 – Jose Gonzlaez 155
Farah Ennis 169...
Merkerson might be Jones’ only defense against Hopkins
It’s easy to be outraged. It’s easy to be sad. It’s even easy not to care at all. But nothing will be easy Saturday...
Q & A with Jamie Moore
On the undercard of David Haye's WBA Heavyweight title defence against mandatory challenger John Ruiz will be the returning Jamie Moore 32-4(23). Back last...
Hopkins – Jones II gets underway
After the initial introduction and proceedings both fighters took there turns at the dais. Jones Jnr now 41, vowed to repeat history and once...
