Jr. Feather -- Straw

Jorge “Travieso” Arce 44-3-1 (34) will be taking on South African Masibulele “Hawk” Makepula 28-3 (18) in Hidalgo, TX. The fight will be featured on HBO Boxing After Dark.

WBC bantamweight champ Hozumi Hasegawa successfully defended his title for the second time today in Japan, beating Thai challenger (and Ring’s #3 bantam) Veeraphol Sahaprom with a 9th round TKO. Hasegawa took his title from Veeraphol last April with a UD.
Hasegawa’s record improved to 20-2 (7), Sahaprom fell to 52-3 (35).

Playing catch-up tonight. I’m late to write any post-fight analysis of Lacy-Calzaghe, but what is there to say that hasn’t been said. Lacy was taken to school, and with him many a boxing writer and fan. Plenty of educated journalists picked Left Hook and just got it wrong, but count me among the many fans […]

Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan successfully defended his IBF flyweight title tonight by knocking out Diosdado Gabi.
I don’t know about calling a flyweight “Bull,” but Darchinyan’s a definitely a raging something. It was one of those fights that barely allows for a trip to the fridge for a beer. Practically every punch Darchinyan throws has knockout […]

First off, apologies to anyone who drops in regularly — a few days off turned into a week+ before I knew what hit me. I’ve finally gotten off my lazy ass long enough to make some updates to the Watch List though, and much to my surprise February isn’t looking so bleak anymore.
I missed (skipped) […]