By: LV Boxing For the vast majority of Manny Pacquiao’s career, he has stepped inside of the ring as the betting favorite. As an eight division world champion it’s easy to see why. On July 20th, in Las Vegas, Nevada, he will stand across the ring from current WBA Welterweight …
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By: LV Boxing Undefeated Featherweight contender Shakur Stevenson (11-0, 6 KOs) has grown accustomed to making adjustments. During the 2016 Olympic games, he fought great fighter after great fighter. Each and every time he was forced to make an adjustment. Those in ring adjustments led to the New Jersey born …
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By: Jesse Donathan It only took top UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal 5-seconds to send Ben Askren into the stratosphere Saturday night in route to the fastest KO in UFC history. The second straight fighter baptized under fire by Masvidal this year, Jorge’s most recent destruction of Askren comes on the …
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By: Oliver McManus Much like an obscene crash involving an 18-wheel HGV and a lone baby goat accidentally straying onto the motorway, Amir Khan vs Billy Dib has all the ingredients to be disgustingly barbaric and brutalised; that’s exactly why I’ll be watching. The natural human curiosity to indulge ourselves …
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By: Hans Themistode Super Lightweight prospect Josue Vargas (13-1, 8 KOs) has the confidence that is associated with a veteran in the sport of boxing. With four years and 14 professional fights under his belt, he seems ready for the next step in his career. On Saturday July 13th, at …
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By: Kirk Jackson Following a long path of fighting – in which includes an extensive amateur background, undefeated challenger Meng Fanlong (15-0, 9 KO’s), successfully transitioned into the professional ranks and positioned himself for a shot at the light heavyweight world title and for a chance to make history. Also …
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By: Shane Willoughby With Dillian Whyte’s bout against Oscar Rivas scheduled for Sky Sports box office, it’s a perfect time to look at how well Whyte vs Chisora ll done on PPV. Whyte vs Chisora 2 reportedly sold 438,000 PPV buys on Sky Sports. Which is a little short of …
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By: Hans Themistode There is currently a long line of contenders circling around the block for a shot at Middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KOs). The cinnamon headed champion has been linked to Jermall Charlo, Demetrius Andrade, Sergey Kovalev, Jamie Munguia, Callum Smith and of course Gennady Golovkin. Each …
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By: Rahat Haque It was music to all of our ears when we heard Manny Pacquiao would fight Keith Thurman on July 20th, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Both fighters took a step down in competition in their last matches in facing Adrien Broner and Josesito Lopez respectively. …
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Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of June 25th to July 2nd; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Keith Thurman Training Camp Quotes Keith Thurman’s head trainer Dan Birmingham is typically a man …
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