By: William Holmes Madison Square Garden in New York City hosted tonight’s HBO Pay Per View card in what feels like the first Pay Per View in the East Coast in a very long time. Several Promotional companies collaborated for tonight’s card, including DiBella Entertainment, Top Rank, Sampson Boxing, Miguel …
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By: William Holmes ESPN Friday Night Fights traditionally puts on a stacked card for a Friday night the day before a pay per view, and their June 6th card from the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York was no different. This was also the International Boxing Hall …
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Main Event: The 154-pound weight class is quickly stockpiling with prodigious American talent. Hugo Centeno Jr., 21-0-1-(11), kept his name on that list when he out-boxed the lethargic late replacement, Gerardo Ibarra. Centeno proved that there is no substitute for activity and quality of opposition by keeping Ibarra, 14-1-0-(8), on …
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By Sean Crose Electric. That was the mood at Madison Square Garden on Friday. For Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez were stepping onto the scale to weigh in for Saturday’s mega-bout against one another. With all the noise, bright lights, and throngs of people, you’d have thought it was a …
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By Sean Crose There’s been a lot of talk lately that Miguel Cotto will somehow, someway defeat middleweight champ Sergio Martinez this Saturday night in Madison Square Garden. Even though Cotto is smaller, slower and has difficulty with southpaws like Martinez, true believers feel that under the guidance of super …
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By Tyson Bruce The boxing public knows that Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez are world-class fighters of the highest order. We also know that they’re two of the sports biggest box office stars—one need only look at a sold out Madison Square Garden to see that. Quite simply, it might …
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By: William Holmes It’s been a very rare occurrence to have a pay-per-view fight on the East Coast, but on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City HBO will put on a solid pay-pre-view card for boxing fans. The undercard features name fighters such as Andy Lee, …
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By Kirk Jackson After months of turbulence and in-house fighting within the company Golden Boy Promotions, between Chief Executive Richard Schaefer and Company President Oscar De La Hoya, Schaefer announced his resignation from the company this past Monday. This is a huge blow to Golden Boy Promotions. Oscar of course, …
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By Jackie Kallen This weekend will be an east coast party. Madison Square Garden will be filled with boxing fans cheering for either Martinez or Cotto. In either case, the crowd will be loud, boisterous, and hungry for a knockout. Photo: Chris Farina/Top Rank Cotto, who hails proudly from Puerto …
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By Sean Crose Those who witnessed the final Sergio Martinez-Miguel Cotto press conference leading up to Saturday’s big fight in Madison Square Garden owe both men a huge debt of gratitude. For after what seemed like an excruciatingly long affair in which everyone and his brother got a chance to …
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