By: Sergio L. Martinez On April 11, 2014, the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada will host the next edition of Friday Night Fights on ESPN 2. The Top Rank promotion will feature rising Mexican middleweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez. Ramirez (27-0-0 with 21 KOs) will face …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Golden Boy, the largest promoter in the sport, lists 81 fighters in its stable, and if the company breaks apart after May 3, which is starting to look likely, all those fighters will need to find a home fast and avoid getting wounded in a raging …
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By Sean Crose Last Thursday night, rising heavyweight Gerald Washington knocked out rising heavyweight Skipp Scott in a fight televised live on Fox Sports 1. It would have been an impressive win for an impressive fighter – if Washington hadn’t hit Scott after Scott was clearly down. Now members of …
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By Sean Crose Let’s just get this out of the way: it’s refreshing to have Mike Tyson back. Yes, he said and did some terrible things. Yes, he chose to be a villain rather than a hero. Yes, he turned his life and career into a punch line. But that …
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By Ivan G. Goldman As we look toward the Timothy Bradley-Manny Pacquiao rematch in Las Vegas Saturday, I’m reminded that one of the biggest secrets in sports can be how much it will cost viewers to purchase any given pay-per-view fight. I finally did learn the price, but getting it …
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By Tyson Bruce The first genuine super fight of 2014 is the long awaited rematch between Manny Pacquiao and the defending welterweight titlist Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley. It takes place this weekend at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and is being televised by HBO PPV. Since that shocking and …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of April 1st to April 8th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Road to Marquez/Alvarado Premieres Saturday, April 19th on HBO HBO Boxing presents “Road to Marquez/Alvarado”, a …
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This week has been jam-packed with information about the April 19 ‘History at the Capitol. Yesterday, we did a conference call with the undercard fighters, and now, we have our main event fighters available today to talk to the press. I’m very excited about it. Bernard Hopkins, the IBF Light …
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By Sean Crose So here we are, fight week. And a huge, relevant fight it’s going to be. Timothy Bradley is out to prove he really, truly, is a better fighter than Manny Pacquiao. As for Pacquiao, he’s out to prove he’s still The Man, a thrilling, domineering force of …
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By Kirk Jackson As the year’s most anticipated rematches draws near, much has been discussed by media and casual fans in regards to the showdown between top welterweights Manny Pacquiao 55-5-2 (38 KO’s) and Timothy Bradley 31-0 (12 KO’s) this upcoming weekend. For many, this is the fight to right …
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