Jackie Kallen, the “First Lady of Boxing” and one of the sport’s first and most successful female managers has relocated back to her roots in Detroit with one of her main goals being to help resurrect the sport of boxing in the Motor City. Kallen is working in association with …
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Bernardo Osuna Named ESPN’s Friday Night Fights Studio Host
ESPN’s Bernardo Osuna, one of the most honored boxing journalists in the industry, has been named ESPN’s Friday Night Fights new studio host on ESPN2 and ESPN3. Osuna will make his debut when ESPN’s Friday Night Fights kicks off its 14th season January 6 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, …
Read More »Is Pacquiao vs Marquez IV a “Guarantee”?
by Charles Jay You know, if I was talking to a guy who was willing to “guarantee” something, I’d kind of want to know how that was possible. I guess that comes as a result of a background in sports betting and handicapping, as we learn very early on that …
Read More »A New Year Brings a New Start for Floyd Mayweather
by Hans Olson What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. – T. S. Eliot For Floyd Mayweather, 2011 brought not the end, but the beginning. The beginning of what is to …
Read More »UFC 141 Results: Alistair Overeem Smashes Brock Lesnar into Retirement, Earns Title Shot
By Jaime C. Feal Alistair Overeem certainly did not disappoint in his UFC debut. The hulking Dutchman systematically broke Lesnar down with a dynamic display of strikes. Overeem is now set to face Junior Dos Santos for the heavyweight title, in what should be a world class stand up war. …
Read More »Showbox Results: Taylor and Dirrell Knockout Their Opponents In Return
By: William Holmes Jermaine Taylor went 1-4 in his last five fights before wisely deciding to take a brief sabbatical. Andre Dirrell, former bronze medalist, was last seen in the ring against Arthur Abraham which was stopped due to an illegal rabbit punch, a 21 month layoff. Both fighters made …
Read More »Sergio Martinez, the WBC, HBO, and Boxing’s Mad Mad World
by Hans Olson “I’m not planning to defend the WBC Diamond belt anymore,” stated a defiant Sergio Martinez at a press conference earlier today in his native Argentina. “I won’t ever represent the WBC ever again, until the WBC makes the fight they ordered at the WBC convention [against Chavez]. …
Read More »Evolve Gallery Celebrates and Pays Tribute to Muhammad Ali’s 70th Birthday
Ali: The Greatest opens at Evolve the Gallery on Saturday, January 14th, 2012 Sacramento, CA — Evolve the Gallery will honor and pay tribute to Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday (January 2012) with a fine art exhibition that captures the essence and spirit of Ali’s most memorable moments. From 1960 to …
Read More »Julio Cesar Chávez Jr / Nonito Donaire World Title Card Tickets Go On Sale
Undefeated World Middleweight Champion and the Son of the Legend, JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ, JR., and Top-Five pound-for pound fighter and three-division world champion NONITO “The Filipino Flash” DONAIRE will headline a world title doubleheader, Saturday, February 4, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Chávez Jr. will be taking on No. …
Read More »UFC 141 Preview: Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem
By Jaime C. Feal The UFC traditionally saves a big fight for their New Year’s card, and Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem is literally as big as it gets. With Lesnar standing 6 foot 3 inches tall and having to cut weight to make the 265 pound heavyweight limit, and …
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