By Marty Mulcahey: Last week, “Friday Night Fights” matched four sluggers in head-on collisions. Tonight, there is a wider variety of boxers on display but the match-ups promise action nevertheless. “FNF” opens with a pairing of two undefeated lightweight prospects worthy...
By Steve Kim: The last time we spoke to Steve “USS” Cunningham, he was in the final stages of preparing for this weekend’s bout in Frankfurt, Germany against Yoan Pablo Hernandez in an attempt to regain the IBF cruiserweight title. As I wrote last week, there are two ways to see the world. The first is to join the Navy, which Cunningham did. The other way is to do what Cunningham...
By Gabriel Montoya: Saturday night has been a long time coming for middleweight challenger Marco Antonio Rubio. Last April, he was merely seen as an aging veteran on the verge of gatekeeper status. Somehow, he had found himself in a WBC final elimination bout for the middleweight title...
By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor): This weekend at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, HBO televises a doubleheader featuring WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (against Marco Antonio Rubio) and Nonito Donaire (versus Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. for...
By Steve Kim: The last time we spoke to Steve “USS” Cunningham, he was in the final stages of preparing for this weekend’s bout in Frankfurt, Germany against Yoan Pablo Hernandez in an attempt to regain the IBF cruiserweight title. As I wrote last week, there are two ways to see the world. The first is to join the Navy, which Cunningham did. The other way is to do what Cunningham...
By Gabriel Montoya: Saturday night has been a long time coming for middleweight challenger Marco Antonio Rubio. Last April, he was merely seen as an aging veteran on the verge of gatekeeper status. Somehow, he had found himself in a WBC final elimination bout for the middleweight title...
