Matteo Alderson

Team Pacquiao Made a Weighty Mistake With Cotto

By Brent Matteo Alderson - I’m excited about the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight on November 14 and out of all the possible matchups to be made between Pacquiao, Mayweather, and Mosley, this one has the greatest potential to produce the magical fir...

How Arreola Became the Nightmare, Views on Dempsey

The other day I went to hang out with Chris Arreola and his trainer Henry Ramirez at the gym and made a comment about him having the same nickname as Samuel Peter, “The Nightmare,” and asked him why he chose that particular moniker since it was alrea...

The Klitschko-Chagaev Clash Won’t Re-establish Lineage

By Brent Matteo Alderson - The heavyweight championship lineage has only been broken three times in heavyweight history. The first time was when Gene Tunney retired in 1928, the second time was when Rocky Marciano retired in 1956 and then the third t...

Chris Arreola’s Trainer Puts David Haye on Blast

After learning that David Haye pulled out of his June 20th fight with Wladimir Klitschko, Chris Arreola’s trainer Henry Ramirez commented, “He talked so much sh-t about Klitschko to get the fight and trashed my guy along the way. He talked his way in...

Undefeated Prospects in San Bernardino on Saturday

This Saturday, Two Feathers Promotions is putting on an eight bout card at the American Sports University in San Bernardino California. The card is headlined by undefeated bantamweight Michael Franco 14-0 (9) in a match up for the WBC Intercontinent...

Has Pacquiao Avoided Fighting African Americans?

By Brent Matteo Alderson - A week before Manny Pacquiao’s demolition of Ricky Hatton, John David Jackson, one of the sport’s top trainers and a former two time world champion, commented that the Filipino legend has avoided fighting African American b...

Valero-Prescott Not Set, Casamayor or Soto Wanted

By Brent Matteo Alderson - According to preliminary media reports hard punching WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero is going face the undefeated Colombian lightweight sensation Breidis Prescott this summer in a clash of South American knockout arti...

Manny Pacquiao Avoids Black Fighters, Says Jackson

John David Jackson, a former world champion and one of the game’s top trainers thinks that Manny Pacquiao has avoided fighting African American fighters through out his career, “Pacquiao never fights black fighters. Name one good fighter black fighte...

This Time, Boxing Has Adapted to Globalization

By Brent Matteo Alderson - I picked up a Ring Magazine from the 1950s and with just a glance I read something about how the sport of boxing was dying. Well I guess some things never change because boxing’s demise is something that has regularly been...

Arreola is Properly Motivated For The "Big Time" Challenge

By Brent Matteo Alderson - Last November I went up to Chris Arreola’s training camp in Big Bear California while he was training for his fight with Travis Walker and the Nightmare wasn’t as motivated as he should have been and commented, “Travis Walk...

Has The Media Overblown The Antonio Margarito Scandal?

By Brent Matteo Alderson - Recently one of the sport’s beat writers commented that members of the media were overly critical of Antonio Margarito because they hadn’t bought into his prowess as a fighter and used the incident with the wraps to validat...

A Spoiled Floyd Mayweather Jr. Hurt Boxing

By Brent Matteo Alderson - A number of factors contribute to boxing’s dwindling coverage in the mainstream media, but nothing negatively impacts the sport more than the lack of blockbuster events involving big stars.

USA Boxing: London, Golden Boy Promotions & Beyond

By Brent Matteo Alderson - krikya360.com recently spoke with USA Boxing’s media-relations representative, Julie Goldsticker, about the direction of American amateur boxing and its plans for the 2012 games in London.

Edwin Valero Wants a Piece of Juan Manuel Marquez

In what was somewhat of surprise to the boxing world, Edwin Valero recently replaced his current trainer, Kenny Adams with Robert Alcazar, the man that trained Oscar De La Hoya for the majority of his professional bouts.

Mike Tyson is Underrated Historically

By Brent Matteo Alderson - The last few years boxing historians have devalued Mike Tyson’s accomplishments as heavyweight champion of the world and have underscored his place in history. They point to his losses to Buster Douglas, Lennox Lewis, and...