Garcia looks at his best against dangerman man Matthysse!

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97

On the undercard of Mayweather-Canelo at the MGM Grand last night, we were treated to a mouth-watering contest between light-welterweight rivals Danny Garcia and Lucas Matthysse, two of the hardest punchers in world boxing today. Despite Garcia being the unified champ and current 140lb king, not many people gave him a chance against the Argentinian who was in fantastic from going into this fight, stopping his previous six opponents in emphatic fashion, the last one being IBF world champ Lamont Peterson.

AND STILL NO.1... FLOYD 'MONEY' MAYWEATHER!

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97 - @BoxingOpinions1

He's done it again! Floyd Mayweather defeats another young 'hungry' challenger that people said 'had a chance' and looks punch-perfect whilst doing it. Were we really expecting anything different?

The One - Weigh-In Results

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97 - @BoxingOpinions1

Its official! Mayweather-Canelo is going down tonight and so are the other three big fights on the bill as all the fighters have made weight. Time to get excited!

Danny Garcia vs Lucas Matthysse - Fight Preview

By Jack Sumner @Jack_Sumner_

A frenzy of hype has surrounded the build-up to the September 14th mega-event entitled ‘The One’, when the eyes of the boxing world once again fall on the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Once again, a certain Floyd Mayweather Jr is the primary reason for the allure, as he takes on Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in the biggest fight of the year and – potentially – the richest fight in history.

Abner Mares Vs Daniel Ponce De Leon - Fight Preview

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97.

There isn’t just one world title fight in Las Vegas this weekend. Of course, there’s the one everyone’s talking about between the pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero, but on the undercard we could well be treated to an even more exciting and action-packed world title fight between Daniel Ponce De Leon and Abner Mares. De Leon will be looking to make the first defence of his WBC featherweight title against the highly-rated former 118 & 122lb champion Mares.

Mares has a perfect record of 25-0 with 13 KO’s with victories over some of the best fighters in the sport at bantamweight and super-bantamweight. Wins over guys like Vic Darchinyan, Joseph Agbeko, Eric Morel and most recently Anselmo Moreno have propelled him to superstardom and put him in a position where he stands just a few fights away from becoming one of the sports pound-for-pound best - That’s if he isn’t already there. This will be his first fight at featherweight and he will be diving straight into the deep end when he takes on WBC champ Ponce De Leon.

Floyd Mayweather vs Robert Guerrero - Fight Preview

By Jack Sumner @Jack_Sumner_

On Saturday night Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather returns to his playground, the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, where he defends his WBC welterweight title against his mandatory challenger Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero. There’s much more at stake than a championship however with Guerrero eyeing super-stardom and believing he’s on a mission from God. For Mayweather, his long unbeaten record is on the line, as well as the promise of zenith-reaching millions in the near future.

That’s because the highest paid athlete on the planet last year signed an estimated $250 million deal with Showtime in February, contractually obliging him to fight on the US television network six times over the next 30 months. Given that Floyd has fought four times in five years it’s a dramatic change in activity for the consensus pound-for-pound number one and a loss to Guerrero could potentially jeopardise the retirement fund, derailing the six-fight money train.

Freddie Roach: Pacquiao needs the KO or he'll lose.

Manny Pacquiao (right) & Juan Manuel Marquez (left).

On December 8th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez go head-to-head in the ring for a fourth time.

The results from the three fights have been a draw, a split decision win for Pacquiao and then another win for him, this time by majority decision. However, all three of these fights were very controversial, especially the last two, and a lot of people believe that Marquez deserved to win all three, if not at least two.

This could be seen as an advantage for Marquez heading into their fourth fight as the judges may actually be on his side for once. If a dodgy decision was given to 'Pacman' again then there would be uproar throughout the whole boxing world. Even the Filipino's trainer, Freddie Roach, realises that his fighter may have been a little "lucky" in the previous fights and he believes that Pacquiao will need the knockout if he is to win this fight and prove that he is still up there with the pound-for-pound contenders.

"I've had three chances to come up with the strategy and the style to beat this guy and we haven't done well in any of them and the last one was the worst. Marquez put the muscle on and he kind of landed the power shots in that fight," said Roach. "A lot of people thought we lost that fight... But I need to get Manny to get that killer instinct back. To be pound-for-pound the best fighter in the world, I think we need to knock this guy out. I don't think we'll win a decision regardless of how the fight goes."

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97.

Alexander eyes Mayweather after Bailey...

25-year old welterweight Devon Alexander (23-1, 13KO's) faces one of his toughest challenges to date when he takes on Randall Bailey (43-7, 37 KO's) on September 8th, but the up and coming American believes this fight will only lead to bigger things. The main man in his sights is the pound-for-pound king Floud Mayweather.

"I think that the winner of this fight will be in a good position to fight Mayweather. You never know what is going to happen but yes I think the winner will be in a very good position," Alexander told BoxingScene.com.

The former unified light-welterweight champion is also looking forward to fighting in Las Vegas for the first time in his career. The fight was originally set to take place in St. Louis until Bailey complained about the fight being in Alexander's hometown. It was then set for Memphis but then once again relocated, this time to the Sin City.

"I'm excited to fight in Vegas. I think every fighter dreams of fighting in Las Vegas. To me Las Vegas is the fight capital of the world."

Fury could face either Chagaez, Liakhovich or Mormeck...



British heavyweight giant Tyson Fury has a bout set for November and he would like it to be against a former world champion. And at the moment, that looks like exactly what's going to happen.

The three fighters that are being considered at this current time are Siarhel Liakhovich, Ruslan Chagaez and Jean Marc-Mormeck. Now, I know all of these are nowhere near the level of fighters we want to see Fury face, e.g. Price, Haye, Maybe even Klitschko?, but it is a slight step up from the opponents he has been facing so far.

Jean Marc Mormeck.

Out of the three, if I had to chose one for Fury to face, it would have to be Mormeck. He might not be the best out of the three proposed opponents and he certainly isn't the biggest, however he is definitely the most well-known man out of the three. So this means that with the amount of fans Fury brings in and the small draw that Mormeck brings then it shouldn't be hard to sell tickets or promote this fight.

We will have more on Fury's opponent in the near future, as you never know these days... It could end up being another journeyman again.

The event will take place in either one of two venues. Before yesterday, it was looking certain to be in Las Vegas but in the last 24 hours Dublin has been added as a potential alternative.

Bailey continues with trash talk...

Bailey with his IBF title.

Now that the location has been sorted for their fight on September 8th, Randall Bailey has just one thing in his mind... Beating Devon Alexander.

The fight has been confirmed for well over a month but it took a very long time to find a venue for the fight. But finally, it has been announced that Las Vegas will be the location for the fight.

During the build-up to the fight there has been a huge amount of trash-talk between the two-men. There's been rows on Twitter, bad-mouthing in interviews and neither man has held back with what they're saying. With fight night fast approaching, Bailey has continued with this trend. 

"Devon Alexander is definitely going to get his ass whooped," said Bailey during an interview on ATV Radio. "They're talking all that sh*t. I don't know if they magic. They gonna have to know magic if they want to find a way to beat me." 

The 37-year old is usually pretty reserved when it comes to talking about his opponents, but this time something has changed. He has cussed Alexander on numerous occasions and doesn't look like he will stop into they're actually in the ring. Maybe he feels that it will help promote the fight or maybe just give him an advantage over his opponent. However, he claims that he is tired of talking and just wants to fight now. 

"Trust me, I got tired arguing with him online," Bailey claimed. They just talking, they don't mean half the shit they say. I'm really looking forward to f*cking him up." 

Alexander hasn't replied to these comments yet, but don't be surprised if he comes back with something smart soon.

Khan-Garcia winner will have to vacate one title...

The light-welterweight unification bout between Amir Khan and Danny Garcia on Saturday night (July 14th) is a multi-title fight, with the WBA and WBC world titles on the line. Until just recently, the winner of the fight would have become a unified world champion and probably stayed like that for quite a long time. This could still be the case, but it is very unlikely.

World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman has claimed that the winner of the fight will have to vacate one of the titles. The reason for this is that the WBC do not usually allow their champions to remain unified with other sanctioning bodies.

"It's a real surprise to know that the WBA title is involved," said Sulaiman. "The WBC will accept only the WBC. Whoever doesn't want it, the title is vacant."

When the fight was made last month, only Garcia's WBC title was expected to be on the line, but recently Khan was reinstated as the WBA champ. Lamont Peterson, who defeated Khan last December, was stripped of his title after failing a drug test. The WBA were expected to make the title vacant but instead they handed it back to Khan.

It is very likely that the winner of the fight will vacate the WBC title. If Garcia wins, he will want to hold on to the first world title he ever won, and if Khan wins, he will also likely want to keep the WBC title as it is probably the most recognised sanctioning body around today.