Dec

Travelin’ Man: The Stretch Drive Ends – Part II

Redemption and opportunism were key words in the main event bouts of the final boxing card covered by RingTV.com’s “Travelin’ Man” Lee Groves, who worked the CompuBox keys for the NBC Sports Net Fight Night show that featured heavyweights Amir Mansour, David Rodriguez and Steve Cunningham.

Aug

Travelin’ Man returns to Mohegan Sun – Part II

by Doug Fischer

Lee Groves gives a CompuBox analysis of last Friday’s NBC Sports Net tripleheader topped by Curtis Stevens’ first-round blasting of Saul Roman, and a statistical breakdown of the guy Stevens wants to fight, Gennady Golovkin, in part two of his Travelin Man returns to Mohegan Sun. Groves also shares his boxing “fanboy” moments with Ray Mancini and Don Turner.

Aug

Travelin’ Man returns to Mohegan Sun – Part I

by Doug Fischer

RingTV.com’s resident Travelin’ Man recounts the first day of his weekend trip to Uncasville, Conn., where he worked the CompuBox keys for an NBC Sports Net Fight Night at Mohegan Sun. Groves also gives a brief history of notable heavyweights who dropped down to cruiserweight.

Aug

Stevens stops Roman in one round on NBC Sports Net

by Doug Fischer

Making up for what was otherwise a long night on NBC Sports Net’s Fight Night, middleweight standout Curtis Stevens scored a YouTube-quality first-round knockout of veteran trial horse Saul Roman in the main event on Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn.

Aug

Chambers finally makes his cruiserweight move

by Doug Fischer

Eddie Chambers has done well as a small heavyweight in an era of giants, but the Pittsburgh native has decided to drop down in weight to the cruiserweight division where he will face Thabiso Mchunu in his 200-pound debut tonight on NBC Sports Net.

Jun

Jennings is tested by Fedosov, Kovalev KOs White

by Doug Fischer

American heavyweight prospect Bryant Jennings withstood a stern challenge from hard-charging Andrey Fedosov and scored a six-round TKO of the iron-chinned Russian on Friday. Light heavyweight puncher Sergei Kovalev scored another KO in the NBC Sports Net Fight Night co-feature.

Jun

Kovalev a puncher who doesn’t think like a puncher

by Doug Fischer

Hard-punching light heavyweight Sergei Kovalev, who faces Cornelius White in Friday’s NBC Sports Net Fight Night co-feature, concedes that Adonis Stevenson is the heaviest hitter in the 175-pound division, but the Russian contender – who says he never looks for the KO – may one day pit his power against the newly crowned champ’s.

Jun

Jennings takes new manager, outlook into Fedosov bout

by Doug Fischer

With a new manager – James Prince – and outlook on boxing, a more-focused Bryant Jennings enters his NBC Sports Net-televised bout with Andrey Fedosov on Friday. The undefeated heavyweight prospect envisions an eventual showdown with Tyson Fury.

Oct

Rosado-Ayala added to Jennings-Topu NBC Sports Net show

by The Ring

Streaking junior middleweight Gabriel Rosado will go for his eighth consecutive win against former middleweight title challenger Elvin Ayala in the 10-round co-feature of an NBC Sports Network show from Philadelphia on Dec. 8.