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by Charles Jay Tonight’s fight between Carl Froch and Andrew Ward in Atlantic City marks the conclusion of the Super Six tournament for super middleweights. It was a programming creation on the part of Showtime, but also something that potentially had some historical significance. As I recall mentioning at the …

Promoter Joseph Donofrio of Donofrio Entertainment (in association with Palace Sports and Jackie Kallen), who has found fame as the premier promoter of mixed martial arts in Michigan, will return to his roots and put on a boxing show entitled “Winter Warfare” at the fabulous Palace of Auburn Hills on …

By Hans Olson On February 11 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV, “Vicious” Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto will meet again, the highly anticipated rematch to be televised on Showtime Championship Boxing. Tickets go on-sale this Saturday. In their first thriller, Ortiz outpointed then-unbeaten Berto with …

By Hans Olson Rich Orosco and Ray Doustdar, the two General Managers of the Los Angeles Matadors have teamed up alongside recent partnership of Everi Exposure Entertainment, Evander Holyfield, and Ray J in an effort to “bring entertainment back to boxing and increase boxing’s fan base.” “We are proud to …

By Jaime Feal Showtime is the channel to watch Saturday. Presenting both world-class MMA and boxing on the same night is phenomenal. Fight fans will be glued to their television sets to watch another tremendous night of combat, starting with Ward vs. Froch at 9 p.m., and followed by Strikeforce …

by Charles Jay Elsewhere on this site, Floyd Mayweather has been taken to task for insinuating that it is actually Bob Arum who is dragging his feet on negotiations for a fight with Manny Pacquiao. In other words, that’s just a cover story for Mayweather being too “afraid” to come …

By: William Holmes “This fight should be dubbed, ‘No Excuses.’ If Carl Froch beats me, there won’t be excuses. I beat Carl Froch, there shouldn’t be any excuses. No judges, no referees, no nothing. May the best man win.” -Andre Ward Andre Ward’s quote above best summarizes the reason for …

By Johnny Walker You’d never know it by listening to much of the mainstream boxing media in North America, but 2011 was a good year for the heavyweight division, with lots of strong matchups finally being made as the group just below the dominant Klitschko brothers jockeys for position. Here …

by Hans Olson Boxing in the province of Quebec will end the year with a bang this Saturday in Quebec City, the final major fight card of 2011 taking place at the Pepsi Coliseum as part of Groupe Yvon Michel’s “Fast and Furious” series. In the featured bout of the …

By Hans Olson “Look, I’m the number-one WBC ranked middleweight,” said Marco Antonio Rubio when I spoke with him last week. “You know, Chavez needs to fight with me by June 4th [2012]. He keeps saying that it’s all his promoter’s decision—and hopefully they’re going to force the fight. If …