When Kelly ‘The Ghost’ Pavlik takes on Sergio ‘Maravilla’ Martinez on April 17th expect a great fight. Both are coming off great displays in their last fights (Martinez looked solid losing an extremely close split decision to Paul Williams whilst Pavlik stopped Miguel Angel Espino in 5 rounds) further raising expectations when the two clash [...]
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On April 6th 1987 middleweight champion of the world Marvin Hagler took on Sugar Ray Leonard in Las Vegas. Coming into the fight the favourite having gone on a 11 year undefeated streak, many thought Marvin Hagler would blow Sugar Ray Leonard away. Leonard was smaller than Hagler, hadn’t fought in 3 years and had [...]
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When I look at the middleweight division today it doesn’t inspire me to be honest. Pavlik, Williams and Martinez are trying their hardest to bring it back to life with their round robin of fights but looking at The Ring‘s top 10 middleweights it isn’t filled with marquee names. Yes there are hot prospects waiting [...]
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John Duddy (29-1, 18 KO’s) defeated Michael Medina (23-2-2 18 KO’s) by a ten round split decision. Official scores were 96-93 twice for Duddy, and 96-93 once for Medina. In the first round, Duddy used better head movement than he has displayed in his previous fights. He demonstrated a solid body attack in the early [...]
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With all the excitement over yesterday’s Pacquiao/Clottey title fight it would be easy to forget the first presser for the Kelly Pavlik/Sergio Martinez middleweight title fight, scheduled for April 17th, was being held in Dallas. But following each fighters words, the fight should provide more action than ‘The Event’. WBC/WBO and Ring Magazine middleweight champion [...]
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Former junior middleweight world champion Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright has severed ties with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and signed with Bob Arum’s Top Rank. Wright who is now 38, last fought against Paul Williams in April 2009 losing a lopsided unanimous decision. He is thought to be fed up with his lack of [...]
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