By: Sean Crose Miguel Berchelt will defend his WBC super featherweight title when he faces the undefeated Oscar Valdez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on the evening of February 20th. The fight, which will go down in the MGM’s Bubble, will be a scheduled 12 round affair. It …
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By: Sean Crose Those who weren’t around at the time shouldn’t be fooled by the title here. No, Mike Tyson never did battle the great Joe Frazier. They were of two separate generations. Tyson did fight Joe’s son, Marvis, however, and it was nothing if not a fight to remember. …
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By: LV Boxing According to Canelo Alvarez, the timing is all wrong for Gennadiy Golovkin. For years now, the long-standing middleweight champion has dished out beating after cruel beating. Marred faces after brutal combinations, along with bloody knockout wins are spewed across Golovkin’s career highlight reels. Having shared the ring …
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By: Hans Themistode The critics of Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) were officially muted. For years now the young lightweight contender has been told that his good looks and flashy combinations on the heavy bag were good for social media, but not for boxing. Coming into his lightweight showdown against …
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By: LV Boxing At times, it’s hard to see exactly what’s happening. Fans of lightweight contender Ryan Garcia frantically search for their remotes whenever he steps foot inside of the ring. Once found, they immediately press the slow down button to catch exactly what happened. For Garcia, the California native …
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By: LV Boxing If Gennadiy Golovkin, Jermall Charlo, Demetrius Andrade, or any other middleweight hopeful wants to face Canelo Alvarez, they’ll have to do so eight pounds north. After fluctuating between middleweight and light heavyweight, Alvarez has officially settled at a weight class right in between both, super middleweight. “He …
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By: Hans Themistode Edgar Berlanga has gone from super middleweight prospect to must-watch television in seemingly the blink of an eye. With 16 first-round knockouts, Berlanga has garnered national television due to the savage beatings he’s dished out during his short career. Names such as recently inducted hall of famer …
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By: LV Boxing At one point in time, a matchup between Gennadiy Golovkin and Jaime Munguia was considered a massacre. At least on paper. After a highly controversial draw with Canelo Alvarez in September of 2017, Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) attempted to set the record straight a few months later. …
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By: Sean Crose Marvelous Marvin Hagler is primarily remembered for three bouts. The first was his hard fought victory over a rejuvenated Roberto Duran in 1983. The second was his stunning third round knockout of Thomas Hearns in 1985. And the third was his still controversial split decision loss to …
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By: Sean Crose He’s only lost twice in 27 fights, each time to top level competition and by close margins (both defeats came via split decision). Come Thursday in his native Japan, however, WBO super flyweight titlist Kazuto Ioka will be facing his countryman, the formidable and undefeated Kosei Tanaka …
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