Tag Archives: Tom Donelson

Mayweather and Canelo win decisions

By Tom Donelson (Boxing Writers Assc.) On Cinco de Mayo, Mexican upcoming star Saul Canelo Alvarez faced Shane Mosley, the old veteran. The first round was a feeling around round as Mosley managed to get off punches a little quicker while Alvarez waited nearly half of the round to throw his first punch. In the second round, [...]

Posted in Mayweather, Recent Fights, Tom Donelson | Also tagged , | Leave a comment

Dawson Wins by Decision over Hopkins

By Tom Donelson (Boxing Writers Assc.) Bernard Hopkins faced a possible final battle against the younger Chad Dawson, a light heavyweight coming into his peak.  Hopkins and Dawson engaged in a controversial two round bout that ended up in a no-contest.  Hopkins has continued to surprise as he continues to be one of the best [...]

Posted in Recent Fights, Tom Donelson | Also tagged | Leave a comment

Mares Winner on Showtime

By Tom Donelson ( Boxing Writers Assc. ) Showtime presented an undefeated Abner Mares move up to super bantamweight and provided Anselmo Moreno a national audience to show that he is one of the best small guys in boxing.   Moreno, who came into the fight winning ten straight championship bouts, faced the confident David [...]

Posted in Recent Fights, Tom Donelson | Tagged | Leave a comment

Thoughts on Pacman and Mayweather Next Fight

By Tom Donelson / Member of Boxing Writers Association and International Boxing Research Organization Manny Pacquaio faces off against Tim Bradley, who played a smart waiting game to get this fight. Bradley declined to fight Amir Khan after he defeated Devon Alexander for most of the junior welterweight titles. Bradley gambled that he could enter [...]

Posted in Tom Donelson, Upcoming Fights | Also tagged , | Leave a comment

Judah, Adamek, Jennings victorious on NBC Sports Network fight card

By Tom Donelson (Boxing Writers Assc.) Bryant Jennings took on the veteran and former champion Sergei Liakhovich as he attempted to take a major step forward toward a championship bout.  Both fighters fought a fast pace for heavyweights in the first round as Jennings quick hands may have given him the advantage but Liakhovich managed [...]

Posted in Recent Fights, Tom Donelson | Also tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Morales v. Garcia on HBO

By Tom Donelson (Member Boxing Writers Assc.) Carlos Molina started fast as he popped the slugger James Kirkland with solid combinations including right hands that landed fleshed into Kirkland’s face throughout the first round.   Starting in the third round, Kirkland landed a few solid body shots but Molina landed the bigger blows as he nailed [...]

Posted in Recent Fights, Tom Donelson | Also tagged | Leave a comment

Weekend results – Alexander scores big!

Maidana

  By Tom Donelson (Member Boxing Writers Association) This weekend feature many stories from Devon Alexander trying to get back into championship contention while young fighters onShoBox: The New Generation, making progress toward championship belt but the most intriguing was Manuel Perez story.   Perez works two part time jobs and last Friday night, he faced a [...]

Posted in Recent Fights, Tom Donelson | Also tagged | Leave a comment

Chavez, Jr. and Donaire win on HBO!

chavez rubio

By Tom Donelson (Member of Boxing Writers Assoc.)   Two Mexican fighters went toe to toe most of the night in the shadow of the Alamo in San Antonio.  Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. has the curse of the being the son of the great Julio Cesar Chavez plus he faced a hungry fighter in Marco Rubio [...]

Posted in Recent Fights, Tom Donelson | Also tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Ward Wins the Super Six Title!

ward wins

By Tom Donelson (Member of Boxing Writers Association) Andre Ward and Carl Froch faced off in the final of the Super Six title; the winner recognized as the best of the Super Middleweights with a big fight over the horizon with Lucian Bute. Going into this fight, it was a tossup as Ward was a [...]

Posted in Recent Fights, Tom Donelson | Also tagged , | Leave a comment

Mares retains title!

Mares

By Tom Donelson (Member of Boxing Writers Assc.) Showtime featured the final of their bantamweight championship series featuring Abner Mares fighting Joseph Agbeko for the Showtime championship but before the main event, the raging bull Vic Darchinyan taking on the boxer Anselmo Moreno.  In the opening round, Darchinyan took the attack to Moreno, trying to [...]

Posted in Recent Fights, Tom Donelson | Also tagged , | Leave a comment