On this Day in Fistiana... Hopkins kayos Trinidad

On this Day in Fistiana

Bernard Hopkins stops Felix Trinidad

September 29, 2001

 Twelve years ago today Bernard The Executioner Hopkins knocked out Felix Tito Trinidad at Madison Square Garden in NYC. 

On the Day in Fistiana... Hagler shreds Minter

On this Day in Fistiana

Marvelous Marvin Hagler batters Alan Minter

September 27, 1980
By Alex Pierpaoli

 Thirty-three years ago today The Marvelous One overwhelmed the UK's Alan Minter over three bloody, one-sided rounds to claim the Middleweight Championship of the World. And just as Hagler finished pelting Minter and raining heavy rights & lefts upon him, an angry, drunken, bigoted crowd rained bottles and trash upon the new Champ and his team. Watch the video below...

On this Day in Fistiana...Liston thumps Patterson

On this Day in Fistiana

Sonny Liston crushes Floyd Patterson

September 25, 1962
By Alex Pierpaoli

Fifty-one years ago today Sonny Liston flattened Floyd Patterson in a single round in Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois. Check out the body-punching by Liston. Scary. Hurts the ribs just to watch.

On this Day in Fistiana... Charge of the Atomic Bull

On this Day in Fistiana...

Oliver McCall stops Lennox Lewis
September 24, 1994

By Alex Pierpaoli

On this day in 1994, Oliver McCall shocked Lennox Lewis with a monstrous right hand and then a somewhat overzealous Referee Jose Guadalupe Garcia waved things off for a still-wobbly Lewis. HBO's team certainly sees the WBC-Don King connection as part of the questionable stoppage but one thing that's interesting to note now so many years later is look who is in the corner of McCall, brought in as an assistant trainer for this bout; the late, great Emmanuel Steward.

On this Day in Fistiana... Siki vs. Carpentier

On this Day in Fistiana...

September 24, 1922
By Alex Pierpaoli

Battling Siki stops Georges Carpentier
 in round 6 of their 20 round Light Heavyweight Championship Bout in Paris, France, 91 years ago today.

Rising from an early knockdown, Siki prevails in a rough, hard-swinging bout against the more skilled Frenchman. The finish was a first ruled a disqualification by the ringside officials but they were soon overruled by the referee who called Battling Siki the victor via knockout. If you watch the final knockdown in the sixth, it does appear that Siki trips(?) or kicks(?) Carpentier amidst a flurry of blows to the head and body. There is lots of rough stuff in this fight, and it took place before the Neutral Corner Rule. Both guys foul each other on several occasions and it is difficult to discern whether or not the leg-to-leg contact at the end was intentional. Either way Battling Siki had clearly turned the tide in a competitive fight and was landing heavy blows on the French Star. Here is the most substantial clip YouTube had to offer and it's amazing stuff to anyone with a love for the history of the Sweet Science.

RIP Ken Norton

RIP Kenny Norton

Professional ring record of Ken Norton

From June 9, 1978, Larry Holmes defeats Ken Norton by 15 round split decision in a legendary clash of titans at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.

Press Release --The One Main Event & Co-Main re-air Saturday

Tom Casino/Showtime

MAYWEATHER-CANELO FIGHT SETS RECORD AS HIGHEST-GROSSING PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT OF ALL TIME

The SHOWTIME PPV^® Event, Promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Premieres on SHOWTIME^® this Saturday, Sept. 21 at 9:00 PM, ET/PT

NEW YORK (Sept. 19, 2013) — Last Saturday’s blockbuster boxing event — THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO — ranked as the highest-grossing pay-per-view of all time, with nearly $150 million in U.S. pay-per-view revenue reported to date.  The news was announced today by Showtime Networks Inc., a division of CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS), in conjunction with event promoters Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions.

The SHOWTIME PPV presentation of THE ONE surpassed the previous record of $136 million generated by Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing event in 2007.

Preliminary reports from distributors show pay-per-view buys projected to be 2.2 million. While not fully reported from all distributors, the total buys could challenge the existing record of 2.48 million

Talkin' Boxing with Billy C - BFTP Young Stribling

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Tori Nelson upsets Aleksandra Lopes --Tweets from Ringside

Tori Nelson outpoints Aleksandra Lopes in lopsided unanimous decision;

Nick Delomba, Quantis Graves and Zach Ramsey remain unbeaten

Twitter feed recap by Alex Pierpaoli

If you missed our live coverage last night on Twitter, here they are--

Main Event on the way to the ring now, female welters, 10 rounds, Aleksandra Mgdziak Lopes of Marshfield, MA, vs. Tori Nelson of Ashburn, VA

after what has felt like an absolutely interminable delay, the ring announcer is almost through with the introductions...

not a lot of action in a cautious first, Lopes is clearly the bigger, stronger fighter here

Nelson pressing matters and Lopes circling, landing a long keep-away jab

Nelson doing most of the work in the second, Lopes continues circling but the jab she was throwing in the first seems to have disappeared

Nelson may well have won the last two rounds, Lopes just doesn't seem to be throwing punches with anything on them, & in a constant retreat

Lopes doing a lot of avoiding but not a lot of throwing & landing. Nelson is pressing but not with a lot of skill. Lopes seems stale or cold

4-1 in rounds after 5 for Tori Nelson, in this observer's opinion. Lopes just doesn't seem to wanna be here.

Lopes reaching with straight punches and landed better in the 5th, Nelson stands between rounds

the crowd is imploring Lopes to turn up the heat, she obliges them but only slightly

this fight has fallen into a pattern and it continues along the same way. Nelson did sit down in the corner before this 8th round. tiring?

Nelson may have stolen that round off of two hard haymakers that Lopes moved right into. Two rounds to go here.

Champion Breed results from Twin River Casino

Champion Breed card from Twin River Event Center
Tori Nelson upsets Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes

Words & Pictures By Alex Pierpaoli

Quick results, detailed report to follow:


Bout 5: And in the upset of the night, female welterweight Tori Nelson of Ashburn, VA, defeated Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes of Marshfield, MA, by lopsided unanimous decision, scores were 100-90 x 2, and 98-92.

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Talkin' Boxing with Billy C -BFTP Baby Arizmendi

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