Pro Boxing
Breidis Prescott uses Bayan Jargal for a punching bag
In ESPN2′s Friday Night Fights main event from the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT, “Khanqueror” Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KOs) won almost every round in his methodical destruction of Bayan “The Mongolian Mongoose” Jargal (15-2-3, 9 KOs). The dominance throughout came by way of his reach advantage. A reach advantage that kept Jargal far enough […]
Media Day at Wild Card Boxing Club for Pacquiao vs Mosley fight
A standing room only crowd of national and international media packed the Wild Card Boxing Club Wednesday to interview the 5’6.5″ Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2) and five-time Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach about Pacquiao’s May 7th, WBO welterweight title defense at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, against three-division world champion, 5’9″ Sugar Shane Mosley (46-6-1). Leave This Blank:Leave This Blank Too:Do […]
Ruslan Provodnikov shows his pedigree in the destruction of Ivan Popopca
With names that would rattle even the best spelling bee contestant, junior welterweight Ruslan Provodnikov (19-1, 12 KOs) and Ivan Popopca (15-1-1, 10 KOs) put on a masterful display of boxing last night at the Pechanga Resort and Casino. It was Provodnikov, the heavy hitter, versus Popopca, the busier. I bet you can’t say that […]
Letter from Benny: Firsthand coverage of Amir Khan vs Paul McCloskey fight
Amir Khan (left) TKOs Paul McCloskey at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England , April 16, 2011 Once again, Benny Ricardo from San Marcos, the former NFL kicker, stand-up comic, boxing and football color commentator writes to keep us abreast of his worldwide travels. He opened by describing his feelings about traveling abroad: Leave This […]
Weekend boxing schedule looks to be exciting
Friday, Banner Promotions, in association with the Pechanga Resort and Casino, has their sensational fight card at Pechanga with Marvin Quintero and Ruslan Provodnikov heading the bill and then Showtime’s boxing analyst Al Bernstein wrote me he’ll be at ringside calling the action with Gus Johnson for Showtime’s telecast of the Juan Manuel Lopez-Orlando Salido WBO Featherweight title match Saturday […]