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Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of December 10th to December 17th; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Photo Credit: Darryl Bugham Alycia Baumgardner Stops Christina Del Valle Pacheco in Harrisburg Alyica Baumgardner …

By: Oliver McManus Thursday night sees cruiserweight contender Jack Massey vie for the vacant British title against Richard Riakporhe. The Chapel-en-le-frith resident is a local legend round Derbyshire and is keen to bring the belt back home. Boxing Insider caught up with him on fight week for a short and …

By: Hans Themistode Madison Square Garden, was filled to the brim to watch Terence Crawford defend his title against Egidijus Kavaliauskas on December 14th. That contest, like many of the others on that card, were viewed as mismatches. The one bout that wasn’t however, was the co-main event between then …

By: Sean Crose “Boxing star Adrien Broner has been ordered to pay more than $700k to a woman who claims AB sexually assaulted her at a nightclub back in 2018, court records show.”  The above quote, from TMZ (the site has changed the amount owed in an update), indicates that …

By: LV Boxing Former Welterweight champion Andre Berto might be hard at work continuing his rehab from a torn bicep, but he still had time to sit down with Boxing Insider Radio which is aired every Tuesday and is available on iTunes, Spotify and Boxinginsider.com to discuss how he expects his 2020 …

By: Sean Crose After winning the WBO light heavyweight title in impressive fashion last month by stopping the skillful Sergey Kovalev late in the fight, Canelo Alvarez has decided to vacate that title in order to move on to greener pastures. Although people instantly started thinking about how the Mexican …

By: Hans Themistode Boxing has been in a Cold War for years now. Promoters just refused to work with one another.  There were a few exceptions, depending on the magnitude of the fight, but more times than not, promoters working together just wasn’t going to happen.  Over the years however, …

By: LV Boxing Heather “The Heat” Hardy, had the aforementioned heat placed on her by the New York State Athletic Commission when she was suspended following her recent ring appearance in September earlier this year.  In a sport that loves no one, Hardy had become one of the most beloved …

By: Hans Themistode The argument for who is the greatest male boxer of all-time is a difficult discussion.  Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis and even the recently retired Floyd Mayweather all have a claim to the throne as the best to ever do it.  Although receiving a consensus …

By: Sean Crose In a bit of a surprise, Matchroom Boxing announced Sunday that it had signed Mikey Garcia to it’s impressive stable of fighters. “Former four-weight World king Garcia (39-1 30 KOs) will return to action on February 29, exclusively live on DAZN,” the promotional outlet claimed in a …