By: William Holmes Despite the loud whispers of impending doom and gloom for Golden Boy Promotions, they successfully put on a world championship card on Showtime tonight from the Stub hub Center in Carson, California. Photo: Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions The opening bout of the night was between …
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NBC Sports Fight Night Results: Mohammedi Pummels Dudchenko, Dargan Stops Flores
By: William Holmes The Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania was the host site for tonight’s edition of NBC Sports Network Fight Night Series. The Main Events and Peltz Boxing Promotions event featured a main event between Anatoliy Dudchenko (19-2) and Nadjib Mohammedi (34-3) for the right to …
Read More »Yuriorkis Gamboa Greatest Hits
Take an up-close look at the career of Yuriorkis Gamboa. Crawford vs. Gamboa happens Sat., June 28 live on HBO at 10pm ET/PT. Leave a Comment
Read More »Trial Day is Set for All-Star Boxing vs Canelo Alvarez and Golden Boy
By Bryanna Fissori Legal Analyst Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1) and Golden Boy Promotions will face off against All-Star Boxing with a trial date set for October 13, 2014 in Dade County, Florida. The case was filed by All-Star Boxing in January of 2011 alleging causes of action for breach of …
Read More »Here Comes The Algieri-Pacquiao Hype Machine
By Sean Crose Ivan Goldman penned an interesting piece that was published here at Boxing Insider the other day. In his article, Goldman argued that Ruslan Provodnikov should have been awarded the decision over Chris Algieri last weekend in Brooklyn. I commented beneath the article that I, too, felt Provodnikov …
Read More »Mauricio Herrera: “We’re Looking For A Stoppage”
By Sean Crose Here’s the truth: Mauricio Herrera beat rising star Danny Garcia last March in Puerto Rico. The judges gave Garcia the win, but Herrera won the fight. If you didn’t catch the bout, ask someone who did. If you did see it, well, you don’t need me to …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Preview: Robert Guerrero vs. Kamegai, Lomachenko vs. Russell Jr., Alexander vs. Soto Karass
By: William Holmes Carson, California is one of the west coast’s premier destinations for world title fights and on Saturday night Golden Boy Promotions will be broadcasting a WBO Featherweight Title bout between Vasyl Lomachenko and Gary Russell Jr. as well as two welterweight bout featuring top rated contenders Robert …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Kovalev, Gamboa, Canelo, Lara, Porter, and more
By William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of June 10th to June 17th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Fox Sports to Broadcast Iron Mike Productions Event and Golden Boy Promotions on Same Week Fox …
Read More »Chris Algieri-Ruslan Provodnikov Debate: Do You Prefer Sock from Pillow or Wrench?
By Ivan G. Goldman The split decision for Chris Algieri over Ruslan Provodnikov wasn’t awful enough to merit a full-fledged investigation, but it wasn’t terribly defensible either. Algieri came armed for a pillow fight against a guy swinging a wrench, with predictable results inside the ring. The scoring for professional …
Read More »Robert Guerrero “Can’t Wait To Get Out There And Fight.”
By Sean Crose “You know,” Robert Guerrero said to me on a Tuesday conference call to promote Saturday’s fight with Japan’s Hoshihiro Kamegai, “I’m going to go out there and stick to my game plan.” His game plan might have to be a pretty good one. For although Kamegai might …
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