By Sean Crose Juan Manuel Marquez was there. Keith Thurman was there. Interested fans were watching live via Showtime. It was time for IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter to defend his title against number one ranked threat, undefeated Kell Brook from England. Tom Hogan/Hogan Photos The bout was being held …
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By Tyson Bruce Carson, California- Undefeated welterweight Kell Brook, 33-0-0-(22 ko’s), shocked the boxing world by dethroning IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter, 25-1-1-(14 ko’s). Porter charged at Brook the opening bell with near constant but often ineffective aggression. Brook created favor with the judges by picking the more effective shots. …
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By: William Holmes The Stub Hub Center in Carson, California will be the host for one of this Summer’s most competitive premium cable main events as undefeated Shawn Porter takes on England’s undefeated Kell Brook for the IBF Welterweight Title. Two other world title fights will also be broadcast on …
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By Sean Crose The crowd outside the StubHub Center in Carson, California seemed rather sparse at first as Showtime began its weigh in for Saturday night’s IBF welterweight championship bout between undefeated Brit Kell Brook and Shawn Porter, the rising star intent on holding onto his belt. Gene Blevins/Hogan Photos …
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By Tyson Bruce In an excellent main event former lightweight title challenger Dennis Shafikov gradually beat down an extremely game Rustam Nugaev over ten rounds. Shafikov, who came in the shorter but naturally bigger man, used his greater technique and hand speed to outbox the extremely determined Nugaev. The fight …
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By Sean Crose Kaliesha West is different…and not because she’s a female boxer. West is different because, unlike most fighters – or even most people, in general – she has an ability to express herself in a way that lets the listener know she’s given whatever it is she’s talking …
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By Jackie Kallen I am an admitted Shawn Porter fan. I have been a fan since he was an amateur. He is one of those boxers who is both a gentleman out of the ring and a skilled marksman in the ring. At 26 years old with a spotless record …
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By Tyson Bruce The Matchup: Boxing has been plagued as of late with a string of uncompetitive fights on premium cable networks. The Kovalev-Caparillo (HBO) and Garcia-Salka (Showtime) main events set what many experts have classified as an all time low for boxing programming standards. Fortunately, relief is on the …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of August 5th to August 12th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Showtime Sports Presents All access in Advance of Mayweather vs. Maidana II Showtime Sports will offer …
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By Jackie Kallen I have received a few emails regarding the weekend fights from the Barclay Center in Brooklyn. Fans are questioning why both Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia were given such relatively easy competition. Fortunately this was not a PPV card, so nobody had to pay to see it. …
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