Lara-Wood II set; Roy Jones exits retirement, loses; HOFer Buchanan dies; Top Rank signs featherweight contender Villa; Berlanga return date penciled in; Quick hits; Show and tell
You can't get a bigger Duran fan then me but his first title fight aside from his continuous fouling mostly by head butts but the after the bell low blow could arguably have got him disqualified even though Duran was ahead on pts. Duran then broke his contract and refused to rematch Buchanan to the point that New York stripped him of his licence. Buchanan wasn't a huge ko merchant like Duran but he was a slick boxer with some great wins on his resume, RIP champ.
Top Rank is really filling out their Feathweight roster. Robeisy, Conlan, Venado, and now Villa. Perhaps, if everything goes well, for the arrival of the Monster Inoue soon. Though I would rate the TR Featherweights just below below Leigh Woods, Bronco Lara, Rey Martinez. Add Brandon Figueroa, Kiko, Warrington, a perpetually hibernating Russell, Magasayo to the mix. That division may be the deepest in Boxing right now.
You can't get a bigger Duran fan then me but his first title fight aside from his continuous fouling mostly by head butts but the after the bell low blow could arguably have got him disqualified even though Duran was ahead on pts. Duran then broke his contract and refused to rematch Buchanan to the point that New York stripped him of his licence. Buchanan wasn't a huge ko merchant like Duran but he was a slick boxer with some great wins on his resume, RIP champ.
Top Rank is really filling out their Feathweight roster. Robeisy, Conlan, Venado, and now Villa. Perhaps, if everything goes well, for the arrival of the Monster Inoue soon. Though I would rate the TR Featherweights just below below Leigh Woods, Bronco Lara, Rey Martinez. Add Brandon Figueroa, Kiko, Warrington, a perpetually hibernating Russell, Magasayo to the mix. That division may be the deepest in Boxing right now.