By Robert Aaron Contreras Top Rank was back on ESPN, pitting two sound technicians against unshakable opponents at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada. In both affairs, the A-side pulled out a victory but nuanced as the fight game is, not every unanimous decision is made equally. Oscar Valdez …
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By: Sean Crose The main card at Madison Square Garden began on Saturday with an 8 round super welterweight bout between the 8-0 Brian Ceballo and the 14-0-1 Bakhtiyar Eyubov. The first round was an exciting one, with both men swinging and landing effectively. Ceballo had a great second round, …
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By: Sean Crose Looking to prove that age was just a number, Zab “Super” Judah returned to the ring Friday night to face Cletus Seldin. Judah, 42, had held major titles in two weight divisions, but hadn’t fought in well over a year, and had only fought sparingly since his …
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By Charles Jay We know it would be too much to ask to get upsets of TWO of boxing’s top attractions within one week. And it would be incredibly bad luck for DAZN to see two of its three boxing stars go down in back-to-back fashion. We don’t think they’re …
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By: Sean Crose Gennady Golovkin will be returning to the ring this Saturday night after a nine month hiatus. It is supposed to be the beginning of a new era for the Kazakh warrior, who was last seen losing a controversial decision to Canelo Alvarez last September. For starters, the …
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By: Robert Aaron Contreras On Saturday, June 8, Top Rank has a world championship fight on tap from Reno, Nevada, live on ESPN. But before Oscar Valdez defends his featherweight strap against the fresh-faced Jason Sanchez, Gabriel Flores Jr., continues to piece together a reputation as one of the sport’s …
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By: Kirk Jackson Jay Chaudhry promises to break the barrier between fans, prize fighters and beyond. “The system’s completely broken. The industry needs a real sports agency to change the way we not only present our athletes, but approach brands. I say this all the time, Deontay Wilder is the …
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By: Sean Crose Tyson Fury appeared on the Rich Eisen Show to talk about his upcoming bout with Tom Schwarz at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on June 15th. The colorful Fury also spoke of getting up from “the shot” last December and, of course, Andy Ruiz’ recent stunning …
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By: Jesse Donathan “What Ruiz did was not a Buster Douglas moment,” declared to Chael Sonnen In a June 5, 2019 Bad Guy Inc. YouTube video titled, “Anthony Joshua and the problem with Boxing….” The Bellator light heavyweight contender and ESPN MMA analyst went on to recount that, “There really …
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By: Oliver McManus There’s an American legend that tells of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Library in San Diego; an apparently perfect piece of manmade design. Except when it was being designed the architect forgot to allow for the weight of the books, leaving the third floor completely empty as cracks …
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