Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Arena, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Koki Kameda (27-1-0, 17 KO) vs. Nouldy Manakane (24-10-1, 15 KO) Joe’s Forecast: WBA bantamweight champ Kameda, 25, is looking to make his fourth defense against PABA champ Manakane, 28, who comes in on a seven-fight winning streak. Manakane was thrown to the wolves early in his [...]
My picks of the week and how they turned out: Friday, February 17, 2012 Casino Pharaohs, Managua, Nicaragua Carlos Buitrago (22-0-0, 14 KO) Wu10 Gabriel Mendoza (14-1-2, 12 KO) Joe’s Forecast: An intriguing battle of undefeated little guys, with young phenom Buitrago, 20, taking on late-starter Mendoza, 32. Mendoza didn’t turn pro until 2008, and [...]
Originally published in Strand Magazine in the November 1921 issue. A pair of military officers travel to London in search of an opponent for Farrier-Sergeant Slogger Burton. Middleweight champion Alf Stevens agrees to the bout, but during their return journey they are accosted by a bully. They agree to fight the bully, whose true identity [...]
Boxing lost another of the good guys this week, as former WBC jr. welterweight champion Billy Costello passed away in Kingston, N.Y. on June 29, after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He was 55. Born in Kingston on April 10, 1956, to a white father and an Indian mother, Costello was one of nine [...]
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Arena, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Koki Kameda (27-1-0, 17 KO) vs. Nouldy Manakane (24-10-1, 15 KO) Joe’s Forecast: WBA bantamweight champ Kameda, 25, is looking to make his fourth defense against PABA champ Manakane, 28, who comes in on a seven-fight winning streak. Manakane was thrown to the wolves early in his [...]
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My picks of the week and how they turned out: Friday, February 17, 2012 Casino Pharaohs, Managua, Nicaragua Carlos Buitrago (22-0-0, 14 KO) Wu10 Gabriel Mendoza (14-1-2, 12 KO) Joe’s Forecast: An intriguing battle of undefeated little guys, with young phenom Buitrago, 20, taking on late-starter Mendoza, 32. Mendoza didn’t turn pro until 2008, and [...]
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Boxing lost another of the good guys this week, as former WBC jr. welterweight champion Billy Costello passed away in Kingston, N.Y. on June 29, after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He was 55. Born in Kingston on April 10, 1956, to a white father and an Indian mother, Costello was one of nine [...]
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Originally published in Strand Magazine in the November 1921 issue. A pair of military officers travel to London in search of an opponent for Farrier-Sergeant Slogger Burton. Middleweight champion Alf Stevens agrees to the bout, but during their return journey they are accosted by a bully. They agree to fight the bully, whose true identity [...]
continue reading
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Arena, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Koki Kameda (27-1-0, 17 KO) vs. Nouldy Manakane (24-10-1, 15 KO) Joe’s Forecast: WBA bantamweight champ Kameda, 25, is looking to make his fourth defense against PABA champ Manakane, 28, who comes in on a seven-fight winning streak. Manakane was thrown to the wolves early in his [...]
Friday, March 23, 2012 Clichy la Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France Gavin Rees (35-1-1, 16 KO) vs. Anthony Mezaache (21-6-3, 6 KO) Joe’s Forecast: Rees, 31, is a former WBA jr. welterweight champion who has been looking to get back to the top since he lost his title in his first defense back in 2008. Interestingly, his [...]
Friday, March 16, 2012 Auditorio Plaza Condesa, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico Omar Salado (23-4-2, 14 KO) vs. Glenn Donaire (18-4-1, 10 KO) Joe’s Forecast: Donaire, 32, is the older brother of pound-for-pound contender Nonito Donaire, and is a quality fighter himself. Donaire has come up short against fighters at the cahmpionship level, but has [...]
Because this post is coming later than usual in the week, several early fights that would have otherwise have merited inclusion in the front section have been relegated to the secondary rundown section. Among the fights still to come this weekend, the Salido-Lopez battle in Puerto Rico promises dynamite action. Here’s the best of the [...]
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Nihito Arakawa (21-1-1, 14 KO) vs. Ryuji Migaki (17-2-0, 13 KO) Joe’s Forecast: Arakawa, 30, is making the first defense of the OPBF lightweight title he won in October. The only blemishes on Arakawa’s record are a draw a loss, both by majority decision, early in his [...]
Friday, February 24, 2012 Palais des Sports, Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France Guillaume Frenois (24-0-0, 4 KO) vs. Hovhannes Zhamkochyan (24-5-1, 13 KO) Joe’s Forecast: Undefeated Frenchman Frenois, 28, is essentially being gifted the European Union jr. lightweight title by being matched against Belgian journeyman Zhamkochyan, 30. Zhamkochyan comes in on a four fight win streak, but [...]
My picks of the week and how they turned out: Friday, February 17, 2012 Casino Pharaohs, Managua, Nicaragua Carlos Buitrago (22-0-0, 14 KO) Wu10 Gabriel Mendoza (14-1-2, 12 KO) Joe’s Forecast: An intriguing battle of undefeated little guys, with young phenom Buitrago, 20, taking on late-starter Mendoza, 32. Mendoza didn’t turn pro until 2008, and [...]
Friday, February 17, 2012 Casino Pharaohs, Managua, Nicaragua Carlos Buitrago (21-0-0, 14 KO) vs. Gabriel Mendoza (14-0-2, 12 KO) Joe’s Forecast: An intriguing battle of undefeated little guys, with young phenom Buitrago, 20, taking on late-starter Mendoza, 32. Mendoza didn’t turn pro until 2008, and he has taken the easy road so far. Most of [...]
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Krylia Sovetov, Moscow, Russia Grigory Drozd (34-1-0, 24 KO) TKO8 Richard Hall (30-9-0, 28 KO) Joe’s Forecast: Since returning to the ring in 2010, former interim WBA light heavyweight champ Hall, 40, has gone 2-1, with early TKO wins over Jaffa Ballogou (46-8) and O’Neil Bell (26-3-1) and a decision loss [...]
I have been neglegent the past several weeks in posting results follow-ups to my fight forecasts. Here, in one big chunk, is a bit of catch-me-up. Look for a posting for this weekend’s fights to follow in the next day or so. For the record, I went 33-4 picking the winners of the fights I [...]
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