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By Sean Crose Now that situations have surprisingly found themselves back in Main Events boss Kathy Duva’s favor, Al Haymon, Showtime and Golden Boy Promotions no longer need to face the American Court System. “We dropped the charges,” Duva is quoted as saying of the lawsuit her company lodged weeks …

By Sean Crose Controversy is known to go with boxing like gloves go with fighters. Still, events like this past Saturday’s Brandon Rios-Diego Chaves bout undoubtedly leave a bitter taste in fan’s mouths. Boxing matches, after all, are supposed to be settled by boxers, not by referees. Yet referee Vic …

By Sean Crose It was a fight that almost didn’t happen. Argentine action fighter Diego Chavez was all set to fight stone cold warrior Brandon Rios when he learned that a computer shutdown might result in his not being allowed to enter the United States. With all the talk of …

By: William Holmes HBO’s Boxing After Dark series presented a three fight dual site card tonight from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Fight fans were buzzing with excitement over the recent announcement of a Sergey Kovalev and Bernanrd Hopkins bout; …

It couldn’t have been easy being Blake Caparello this past week. No one was giving him a chance to beat Russian destroyer, Sergey Kovalev. To make matters worse, legendary fighter Bernard Hopkins actually went ahead and signed a contract to fight Kovalev in the future…before Caparello had even had his …

Apparently food is where you cross the line with world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitsckho. Shannon Briggs showed up at the famous Italian restaurant Mamma Mia’s in Hollywood, Florida and started eating food off of Wlad’s plate. Wlad asked if he’d like a drink with his food and poured water over …

The boxing ring is often the epicenter of truth. On tonight’s ESPN Friday Night Fights Thomas Williams Jr., 17-1-0-(12 Ko’s), found that out the hard way when he all but quit after suffering a cut against the veteran Gabriel Campillo. Williams, who has been steadily climbing the light heavyweight rankings, …

By Sean Crose Sergey Kovalev now has one more reason to want to win his battle against Blake Caparello on Saturday. And a big reason it is. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, Kathy Duva of Main Events Promotions and the IBF have declared that Kovalev will fight none other …

By Sean Crose Some would say it came straight from the horses’ mouth. Those who have blamed manager/adviser Al Haymon for concocting August’s Danny Garcia-Rod Salka match (some would call it a mismatch) can now nod their heads in satisfaction for being proven correct. “At the end of the day, …

By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of July 22nd to July 29th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Former three-division world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner will return to his hometown arena following a …