Alvarado-Rios III: Onwards to Mile High City
Shortly after prevailing by an unlikely decision in his rematch with California’s Brandon Rios, Colorado’s “Mile High” Mike Alvarado told Rios, a man in...
Alvarado goes from brawler to boxer in upset of Rios
LAS VEGAS – Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado promised more of the same. Sorry, Alvarado didn’t fulfill his end of the agreement. He couldn’t....
All In A Brawl: Rios and Alvarado make weight and have fun
LAS VEGAS – Boxing is Brandon Rios’ playground. Show him a ring. Take him to a weigh-in. Doesn’t matter. He’s like a kid at...
Rios-Alvarado: More resumption than rematch
Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado II Saturday night at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay might be more of a continuation than it is a rematch. At least,...
YET AGAIN: Barry and Frauenheim take home Barney Awards
15rounds.com would like to congratulate ace writers Norm Frauenheim and Bart Barry for taking home multiple Barney Awatds and will be recognized at the...
Rios-Alvarado II: A deposit in Cash-out City
Saturday, California’s Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios will make a rematch with Colorado’s “Mile High” Mike Alvarado of the second-best fight of 2012, a relentless...
Stieglitz stops Abraham in four; Recaptures Super Middle crown
Robert Stieglitz recaptured the WBO Super Middleweight title with a stoppage over Arthur Abraham after Abraham could not continue due to his left eye...
Mares and Donaire are the biggest losers in HBO’s no to Golden Boy
It’s hard to imagine how many more times the deck chairs on the Titanic can be re-arranged, but boxing did it ad nauseam...
Remembering (for) Timothy Bradley
American welterweight Timothy Bradley was knocked-out at 2:33 of round 1 by Russian Ruslan Provodnikov, Saturday at Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. ...
Provodnikov Takes Bradley to the Limit in Fight of the Year Candidate
CARSON, CALIFORNIA – Timothy Bradley Jr. was taken to the limit over twelve rounds by Ruslan Provodnikov in the HBO-televised main event at the...
Bradley Still Fighting for Respect
MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFORNIA -- Long compared to the sometimes underappreciated Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Timothy Bradley Jr. finds himself in a position the middleweight great...
The Right Corner: Freddie Roach still occupies it
Losses are as inevitable as scars. If you don’t have some of both, you probably haven’t done much. Or learned much. Freddie Roach, fulltime...
What will they say about what we said about Timothy Bradley?
Saturday Timothy Bradley, inactive since decisioning Manny Pacquiao nine months ago, will return from exile to defend against Russia’s Ruslan Provodnikov the burnt-maroon WBO...
RIP Tony Martin
Sad to report that former Welterweight contender and USBA champion Tony Martin was gunned down on Friday while trying to collect rent for a...
FOLLOW CLOUD – HOPKINS LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action LIVE from Ringside at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York as the Legendary Bernard Hopkins tries once again to...
Hopkins makes History yet again and takes Light Heavy crown from Cloud
BROOKLYN, NY--At age 48, Bernard Hopkins won the IBF Light Heavyweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Tavoris Cloud at Barclays Center
After...
Crazy Comeback: Bradley looking for a win that won’t turn him into a loser
Nothing on Tim Bradley’s resume says his March 16 fight against Ruslan Provodnikov in Carson, Calif., should be called a comeback. He’s...
Canelo is coming. Is this city ready?
SAN ANTONIO – While there is no promotional formula for rising from small and local shows to large and national ones, there is perhaps...
Omar Figueroa wins main event redeemed by local talent
SAN ANTONIO – When your main event is a joke, the undercard better be filled with punch-lines. Fortunately for Golden Boy Promotions and...
Abril defends Lightweight crown with decision over Bogere
In an ugly foul dest, Richard Abril retained the WBA Lightweight championship with a twelve round unanimous decision over Sharif Bogere at the Joint...
FOLLOW ABRIL – BOGERE LIVE!!
Follow all the action LIVE from the Hard Rock in Las Vegas as Rchard Abril defends the WBA Lightweight title against Sharif Bogere. ...
Canelo-gram: Canelo sends message to Mayweather that he’s a star in his own right
Opponents are like employees to Floyd Mayweather Jr. He talks as if he hires and fires them in his role as boxer, promoter,...
Icy catharsis: “A fight is a fight”
DALLAS – While the aficionados who peruse this column were dutifully enduring a first collaboration of Mayweather Promotions and Showtime, Saturday, one that worked...
Money or History: Mayweather’s Showtime deal will define him
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s jump Tuesday from HBO to Showtime and parent network CBS is a move that will reveal whether he’s more about money...
REDKACH BLITZES ANOTHER FOE
Ivan Redkach, of Los Angeles, improved to 14-0, 12 KOs, scoring a KO at 2:06 of the very first round against Sergio Rivera,...
Here’s The Problem
This is how Saturday ended after Adrien “The Problem” Broner defeated Gavin Rees by corner stoppage in the fifth round.
Max Kellerman: “You beat the...
Broner stops Rees in Five
At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ Golden Boy Promotions alongside R&R Promotions featured boxing’s best young talent take another step towards...
Camera Clause: Mora will fight Jesus Gonzales, but only on TV
Los Angeles middleweight Sergio Mora has agreed to fight Jesus Gonzales on April 19 in Phoenix, Gonzales’ hometown, but only if the bout is...
Prodigy and mastery in a postmodern world
HOUSTON – At this city’s Museum of Fine Arts is a historic exhibition called “Portrait of Spain” that is historic, in part, because of...
Life as art: Tyson’s best role is himself in Law & Order: SVU
Makeup hid the facial tattoo, but there’s no disguise for Mike Tyson.
Never will be.
Tyson’s guest appearance Wednesday night...
