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Demetrius Andrade drops Kautondokwa 4 times and wins via unanimous decision to claim the vacant WBO Middleweight title. Will Canelo Alvarez be next?

2 Submitted by Jenna J on Sun, 21 October 2018, 03:44

In the main event at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, former 2-time world champion and #1 contender Demetrius Andrade 26-0 (16KOs) and #2 ranked Walter Kautondokwa 17-1 (16KOs) were matched against each other to see who would claim the vacant WBO Middleweight title. The first round of action had Andrade using his jab and working from the outside. Toward Continue Reading...

Abel Sanchez: “A Floyd Mayweather rematch could be even worse for Manny Pacquiao than the first time”

6 Submitted by Jenna J on Tue, 09 October 2018, 00:05

Last month on the day before the big rematch between former IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez was set to take place, a fighter that is no stranger to stealing headlines found his way into the news as Floyd Mayweather Jr teased a possible rematch fight with rival Manny Pacquaio. While many saw this as a PR move, Continue Reading...

Abel Sanchez: “I think that Golovkin and Canelo are both geared for each other as were Marquez and Pacquiao”

8 Submitted by Jenna J on Tue, 25 September 2018, 02:07

The Golovkin/Canelo rematch was recently replayed on HBO, giving more fans a chance to see the exciting match that was very tightly contested in the ring and extremely close in the final scorecards, a thrill that not even a casino experience can replicate. In the end, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez walked away with a razor-thin decision and the middleweight championship of Continue Reading...

Ed Levine: “If Golovkin had won this fight or if it was a draw, there would have been the same kinds of disputes from the Alvarez fans”

3 Submitted by Jenna J on Fri, 21 September 2018, 02:11

The Golovkin vs. Canelo rematch took place this past weekend and fans are still talking about the action in the fight and are still debating the scorecards in what was an extremely close bout. When the decision was read, Canelo Alvarez won by scores of 115-113 twice and 114-114. With such a close fight and the scoring coming down to Continue Reading...

Abel Sanchez: “I think Canelo’s vindicated. They put on the kind of fight that clean good fighters put on, giving us the thrills in every round!

16 Submitted by Jenna J on Wed, 19 September 2018, 02:09

The Gennady Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez rematch happened one year after the first, but it turned out to be well worth the wait, as the combatants put on one of the best fights of the year. Going into the match, there was a lot of talk on both sides about the controversy of the first bout and the positive drug Continue Reading...