Edwin Rodriguez takes out Michael Seals in iron-willed, iron-fisted performance
Trainer Ronnie Shields wasn’t nervous after Edwin Rodriguez was knocked down by Michael Seals for the first time in the first round. After all, Rodriguez had already dropped Seals himself, so this was just a little tit-for-tat.
Thomas Williams Jr. blasts Humberto Savigne for second-round TKO
Humberto Savigne came out Friday night with the kind of game plan that made it clear that the best defense is a good offense.
Humberto Savigne ready for breakout performance at 175 pounds
Ask Humberto Savigne who the biggest threat in the 175-pound division is, and he laughs his gravel-in-a-blender laugh.
PBC salutes all those who have served on Veterans Day
Steve Cunningham was going to be a career sailor. That was the plan when he enlisted in 1994. He was going to serve his time, rise up the ranks to chief petty officer, then cash out after 15 years. He was going to take the expertise he gained fueling fighter jets on aircraft carriers and apply it to the private sector, maybe working at an airport topping off 747s.
Grateful for his opportunity to fight in the United States, Humberto Savigne leaves Cuba behind
Humberto Savigne won a gold medal for Cuba in the 1999 Pan American Games. The year before, he took gold in the Central American and Caribbean Games. As an amateur, he had more than 400 fights while training in Guantanamo with the likes of Erislandy Lara, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis and Luis Ortiz.
Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. determined to reel in Karim Guerfi
He had him. Had him dead to rights. Alejandro Gonzalez Jr., the virtually unknown-outside-of-Mexico son of a former champion, had reigning titlist Carl Frampton down twice in the first round.
Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. follows father's footsteps, despite his objections
Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. isn’t the first “Cobrita.” That honor goes to his father.
Get in the ring: PBC fighters take on the art of the callout
When Keith Thurman looked at an ESPN camera after stopping Luis Collazo in July and challenged Floyd Mayweather Jr. to “Come take my ‘O’,” it was electric in the way that only the best boxing callouts and occasional “Macho Man” Randy Savage promos can be: a heady mix of adrenaline, honest exuberance and good old-fashioned showmanship.
