Interviews

by Ivan Goldman Floyd Mayweather, set to swoop in and make banquet and nightclub appearances in Australia, has been denied entry because of “his history of violence toward women,” the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Tickets that reportedly went for as much as two thousand Australian dollars ($1,563 in U.S. currency) …

by Sean Crose An injured Carl Froch has given up his IBF super middleweight title. According to ESPN.com, the British superstar “faced an IBF-imposed deadline to make a mandatory title defense against countryman James DeGale, and the injury was going to prevent him from meeting it.” Yet the injury in …

By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider Notebook for the week of January 27th to February 3rd, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Klitschko Press Conference Set for February 4th, Gary Shaw Splits with Roc Nation It was announced …

by Sean Crose Paige Stover is an accomplished person. An award winning publisher and author, she is also licensed attorney who operates several businesses in the communications industry. And that’s just where some of her interests can be found. Stover, who has dealt with such subjects as fencing and equestrian …

by Chris ‘Polish Hitman’ Morris When Mike Alvarado and Brandon Rios recently entered the ring for the rubber match of their trilogy, Rios gave Alvarado a humiliating one-sided beat down, one that Alvarado later said “he deserved.” I concur with Alvarado’s view on that 100%. You don’t train and take …

By Ivan G. Goldman HBO Sports on Monday took the singular, possibly unprecedented step of releasing a statement on the negotiations to create a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather on May 2, and the statement wasn’t positive. It already started trying to absolve itself of blame. What did …

By Sean Crose “Laying back, relaxing, enjoying good weather, palm trees, and piña coladas. While they continue to lie about making the fight… I’m just going to continue to travel and explore the world on my private jet. #FightNotMadeYet” These words, and their accompanying hashtag, were reportedly created by Floyd …

By Sean Crose Update: Bob Arum Tells NY Daily News: “No, I’m aware of the report, but there are still some contractual issues to work out, It’s close but not done yet.” “We have two days, it could happen (Sunday),” Arum said in a phone interview with The News on …

by Sean Crose Karl “Dynamite” Dargan (17-1, 9 KOs) battled Tony “Lightning” Luis (19-2, 7 KOs) in the main event of this week’s ESPN Friday Night Fights broadcast from the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Both lightweights were fast and talented. What’s more, Dargan stepped into the ring with serious …

By Sean Crose “People forget quickly in boxing,” Lou DiBella has said of fellow promoter Cedric Kushner, who passed away of a heart attack on Thursday at the age of 66, “but for a decade-and-a-half, he (Kushner) was one of the biggest promoters in the world.” Indeed, the rotund, mustachioed …