Williams Jr. & Barthelemy in Co-Feature ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will feature light heavyweights Edison “Pantera” Miranda (35-6, 30 KOs) and Isaac “Golden Boy” Chilemba (18-1-1, 9 KOs) in the 10-round main event on February 3 at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2 HD, ESPN Deportes, and …
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From HDNet: The thought of “Iron” Mike Tyson in an MMA cage is a fun, albeit scary, fantasy for many boxing fans, turned MMA hooligans. We sat down with Tyson to get his views on the ever growing sport of MMA, ask him his favorite fighter, and see if he …
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By Jaime C. Feal The #1 contender for the UFC’s heavyweight title has been charged with battery in Las Vegas. The incident occurred on January 2nd, 2012 at the Wynn Casino, just a few days after Overeem TKOd Brock Lesnar to earn a shot at Junior Dos Santos. Overeem was …
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BRITISH BANTAMWEIGHT LEE HASKINS AIMING TO MAKE BOXING HISTORY AND WILLING TO FIGHT IN AMERICA OR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TO DO IT. LONDON, UK (January 31). British bantamweight Lee Haskins is aiming to make boxing history as he sets his sights on winning a major world title in 2012. …
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By Johnny Walker One of the biggest–yet most enjoyable–clichés in boxing occurs when a fighter emerges from dressing room to strut to the ring to the strains of Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger,” a song made famous in the boxing-themed film Rocky III. The golden oldie is an underdog’s anthem, …
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Unique film on final years of Joe Frazier’s life to premier on Hulu “He got as much out of himself as there was to give – and maybe more. And that’s as much as you can ask of any man – including yourself.” Larry Merchant It is a film that …
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By Johnny Walker The state of heavyweight contender Denis Boytsov’s career was probably summed up at the end of his most recent victory, a fourth round KO stoppage over Darnell “Ding-A-Ling-Man” Wilson in Hamburg, Germany last Saturday evening. For the first three rounds, Boytsov had been puttering along, under virtually …
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Five-time world champion Cory Spinks won a unanimous decision over Sechew Powell on Saturday at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, Mo., in an elimination bout to determine the IBF junior middleweight No. 1 ranking, and hometown cruiserweight B.J. Flores moved closer to a world title match by stopping Colombian …
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by Hans Olson Andre Ward, speaking with Elie Seckbach in a video uploaded March 29, 2011: “Lucian Bute, man he’s doing a good job right now. He’s winning, he’s winning the way he’s supposed to win with the caliber of fighter that he’s fighting. That’s definitely somebody that after this …
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By Jaime C. Feal Well, it’s a good thing that show was free. Responding to criticism that the first UFC on Fox featured a fight that was too quick, matchmaker Joe Silva selected three bouts which were likely to last longer. What he didn’t anticipate, however, is that all three …
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