By: Ken Hissner Thompson Boxing Promotions and Banner Promotions will put on a fight card from the La Hacienda Event Center in Midland Texas. The main event will be between two unbeaten featherweights, WBO International Champion Ruben “RV4” Villa (16-0, 5kos) against JOse Enrique “El Ejecutor” Durantes Vivas (17-0, 9 …
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Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter Media Conference Call Transcript
Ray Flores Thank you very much, operator. We greatly appreciate the media joining us from around the world. We continue the countdown for the big night of boxing coming your way on Saturday, September 28. That is a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. This is …
Read More »Canelo vs GGG Being Targeted For 2020 Says Oscar De La Hoya
By: LV Boxing Canelo Alvarez has a date with one of the biggest names in boxing in Sergey Kovalev on November 2nd, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Alvarez will be looking to become a four weight world champion as he attempts to capture Kovalev’s WBO Light Heavyweight …
Read More »Mayweather Promotions Fight Preview: Thompson vs. Sigmon
By: Robert Aaron Contreras Two years on, Floyd Mayweather’s name is still on the marquee following his retirement. On Friday, Sept. 20, Mayweather Promotions is in Las Vegas, streaming live on Facebook, where a pair of light heavyweights front a nine-bout card featuring some of the promotional outfit’s most talented …
Read More »Heather Hardy: Risk Over Regret
By: LV Boxing When you play sports, there is a winner and a loser. There is simply no way around it. Sure you can have rare instances where the game ends in a tie, but even then, there is a winner and a loser. It doesn’t matter if that contest …
Read More »Sergey Kovalev’s Former Trainer John David Jackson Breaks Down Canelo Alvarez Fight
By: LV Boxing With the news of current Middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KOs) deciding to move up in weight and challenge WBO Light Heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs), it has left everyone with an opinion. Giving a full breakdown of this fight is a difficult one. …
Read More »Three Takeaways: Can We Take a Moment to Appreciate Amanda Serrano?
By Jonah Dylan For the first weekend in what feels like forever, there was a ton of boxing. And whether it was Tyson Fury’s drama-filled clash with Otto Wallin, Devin Haney’s near-perfect performance or the fact that the DAZN team flew from New York to LA to cover two cards …
Read More »Katie Taylor Moves Up in an Attempt to Become a Two Weight Champion
By: LV Boxing One of the very best women boxers in the world will return to the ring on November 2nd, at the O2 arena, in Manchester, England. She’ll be at the top of the billing on a card that will feature Joshua Buatsi, Anthony Crolla and a host of …
Read More »Marvin Somodio is Creating a Legacy With His New Gym: Combination Boxing
By: LV Boxing Fighters such as Floyd Mayweather, Roy Jones Jr, Manny Pacquiao or even “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali became got to their position with God given talent and hard work. One of the most important and obvious factors in making them who they are, is the gyms that they …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Wallin, Bey, Atlantic City, Canelo, Kovalev, and more…
Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of September 9th to September 16th; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Dmitriy Salita Congratulates Boxing’s Newest Elite Heavyweight, Otto Wallin Dmitriy Salita, promoter of the fighter …
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