By: William Holmes On Saturday night HBO will present a split site Boxing After Dark Card double header from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Two bouts will be broadcast from Las Vegas and one bout will be broadcast from Atlantic …
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Manny Pacquiao has fought more grueling battles in the ring than most other decorated boxing veterans have. Yet on Monday, August 4th, viewers of the Oprah Winfrey Network will get to see PacMan do battle with a truly formidable foe indeed – ignorance. Not perceived ignorance, mind you, but real, …
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By Sean Crose An odd thing happened Saturday night (or was it very early Sunday morning?). Five of the top ten trending topics on American Twitter had to do with boxing. That’s right, boxing. This reporter can’t remember ever seeing such a phenomenon, even after a Floyd Mayweather fight. The …
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By Kirk Jackson Adrien Broner is in quite the dilemma. The self-proclaimed best fighter in the game aside from Floyd Mayweather, has to live up to his words if he plans on being successful going forward in his career. He has a bout slated for September 6th in his home …
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By: William Holmes HBO World Championship Boxing presented two high level bouts on their broadcast tonight from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Only three bouts were on the undercard and the last one ended at 8:52 P.M., which meant fans had to wait for nearly an hour before …
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By Ivan G. Goldman The consistently terrible New York Athletic Commission left a trail of new blunders Saturday night in Madison Square Garden as Gennady Golovkin destroyed yet another opponent, stopping brave, outgunned Daniel Geale in the third round. Geale, as if he didn’t have enough to contend with, was …
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The contract is all but finalized for the bout between multiple division titlist Manny Pacquiao 56-5-2 (38 KO’s) and young upstart champion Chris Algieri 20-0 (8 KO’s). This fight scheduled for November 22nd, at Pacquiao’s home away from home Macai, China. The Filipino Congressman looks to ehh… um.. wait why …
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By Sean Crose After a relatively disappointing Bryant Jennings-Mike Perez under card fight, boxing fans were undoubtedly hoping for some excitement when Daniel Geale and Gennady Golovkin stepped into the ring at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. HBO, which seemed to have a bit riding on Golovkin, was clearly …
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The strange heavyweight journey of Tyson Fury continues. After having opponents like David Haye and then Dereck Chisora drop out of scheduled bouts, Fury himself abruptly dropped out of Saturday’s quickly arranged fight with Belarus’ Alexander Ustinov at the last minute. The reason? Fury’s former trainer Hughie Fury, who’s also …
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By: William Holmes Gennady Golovkin’s drawing power has been slowly increasing over the past two years and tonight marked the first time he headlined a card at the main arena in Madison Square Garden. K2 Promotions and Gary Shaw Productions were the co-promoters for tonight’s card. Freddie Roach’s boxer Glen …
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