by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Oct 12, 2015 | Boxing News & Opinions
Spoiler alert (?): not one reader voted for a Points victory for either fighter this Saturday night. Usually the polls at Boxing Base run for a week, maybe a wee bit longer. But for Golovkin vs Lemieux, we felt the need to run it for a whole month. Why? For several...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Oct 9, 2015 | Boxing News & Opinions
James DeGale Ready for Greatness After Winning IBF Crown Not only is Britain’s new Super Middleweight champ feeling supremely confident ahead of his November fight with Lucian Bute, he’s promising the best Degale will turn up. The Montreal encounter will come as James...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Oct 9, 2015 | Boxing News & Opinions
Gennady Golovkin Expecting Street Fight Next Week In a recent press release, Gennady Golovkin will have won over even more boxing fans after he announced that he’s an old school throwback fighter who simply wants to behead (I mean ‘beat’) the Middleweight division’s...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Oct 8, 2015 | Boxing News & Opinions
Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward Targeted for Fall 2016 If you were looking forward to seeing Sergey Kovalev back in action in November, be prepared to be disappointed. Kovalev’s Russian homecoming bout is off, apparently due to scheduling conflicts. But now prepare to be...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Oct 8, 2015 | Boxing News & Opinions
Thurman-Porter in December 12th Showdown A fan-friendly fight seems to be on the horizon, folks. According to ESPN, Welterweight stars Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter will be squaring off in a Las Vegas headliner on December 12th. The affair will be a PBC event,...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Oct 7, 2015 | Boxing News & Opinions
Bye Freddie Roach, Hello Joel Diaz Bruiser and former 140lb champ Ruslan Provodnikov has ditched trainer Freddie Roach in favor of Joel Diaz, a world renowned trainer best known for partnering with Welterweight champ Timothy Bradley. So why did Provodnikov (24-4, 17...
