Boxing Free Picks
- Boxing bettors from across the pond have gotten used to the sight of Felix Sturm wearing a championship belt, and on Saturday the WBA middleweight champion will make the tenth defense in his current reign against Giovanni Lorenzo in a scheduled 12-round bout at the Lanxess-Arena in Cologne, Germany. - Just over one year ago it took lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez nine rounds to drop Juan Diaz in a 12-round bout for the unified world lightweight championship belt. Now, more than 15 months later, the two stars head back to the ring for the highly anticipated rematch at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. - Boxing bettors know that when they saw Juan Diaz dueling with Juan Manuel Marquez last year, a rematch could be just as exciting, and now Diaz will look for a different result this time around when he battles Marquez with the WBO lightweight title on the line.
The fight is slated to take place on Saturday, July 31 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, and will be televised... - It has been three years since Paul Briggs was last in the ring, his hiatus coming after a win over Rupert Vas Awegan in 2007. Now, at age 34, Briggs returns for a shot at IBO Cruiserweight champion and fellow Australian Danny Green, who has reeled off eight consecutive wins since last falling to Anthony Mundine back in May of 2006. - Boxing bettors have been waiting for one bout above all others, and they have been teased long enough, it seems, but according to reports, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are finally going to do battle, and the odds have been posted.
November 13 is the date that has been discussed as part of the published reports, but a definitive date has not been finalized as of yet. - It appears as though the fight all boxing fans have been waiting for is finally on. Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather appear to be set to meet in the ring this November 13. - Boxing bettors are wondering whether the late arrival of power-punching Allan Green into the innovative Super Six super middleweight tournament might add an interesting new twist to the proceedings. Green has taken Jermain Taylor's spot, and he is a dangerous guy for anyone to draw; maybe the kind of guy you don't fight unless you absolutely have to. - Boxing bettors always like to see a good heavyweight "crossroads" fight. Well, two combatants who have been there before and hope to get there again will tangle on Tuesday night, as Oliver McCall, the former WBC Heavyweight champion, takes on Timur Ibragimov over 12 rounds. - Only months after Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey went toe-to-toe in the first ever boxing match at the brand new Cowboys Stadium, the idea was floated around about other potential sporting venues where premier boxing matches could take place. - Boxing bettors understand that every bout of a fighter's career takes a little bit out of him, and that may be a factor in our final analysis of the fight between Miguel Angel Cotto and Yuri Foreman, which will take place in Saturday night (June 5) in the first title fight at Yankee Stadium (that means ANY incarnation of Yankee Stadium) in 34 years. It will be televised live by HBO.
