On the undercard of Saturday’s Morales/Garcia bout at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas was the light middleweight bout between southpaw James “Mandingo Warrior” Kirkland of Austin, Texas and Carlos “King” Molina of Chicago, Illinois by way of Patzcuaro, Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico. During this match, two very controversial things occurred.
If you don’t have more than one TV or more than one recording devise, then you better get your remote control warmed up because you’re going to have some serious channel changing to do come Saturday. First, we have the IBF super middleweight title holder Lucian Bute defending his crown against Glen Johnson.
In their Las Vegas clash, Saturday at the MGM Grand, they were the main attraction of a PPV boxing card filled with many of the sport’s top names. In essence, Erik Morales (now 51-6), the stellar ex-champion and soon to be Hall of Famer, was there to provide Marcos Maidana (29-2), with a big payday. By now I […]
They should give awards for the most loaded fight card. Ever since it was announced, San Diegans have been excited about the upcoming bout on April 9th between Erik “El Terrible” Morales (51-6-0, 35 KOs) of San Ysidro (a suburb of San Diego) and Marcos Rene Maidana (29-2-0, 27 KOs), a 12-round light welterweight clash […]
After Friday night’s fight, people wondered if the Barragans, either Carlos Sr. or Carlos Jr., Antonio Orozco’s coaches, had made a special request to their fighter before the bout. “Tony, it’s been a long day. Can you wrap this thing up early?” Because that’s just what he did. At the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, […]