by Hans Olson Saul “Canelo” Alvarez could be boxing’s next global franchise…but when will we know for sure? We’re watching his every move, but what have we been seeing? Like Jim Carrey’s character Truman Burbank in Peter Weir’s 1998 film “The Truman Show,” Saul Alvarez may not even understand the …
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By Kirk Jackson Perhaps by the definition of his job, the title of promoter, Bob Arum is arguably the best to ever do it. Arum generally promotes his fighters as unbeatable menaces inside the ring, whom every other fighter (not under his Top Rank stable of fighters of course) is …
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by Hans Olson On December 10, Groupe Yvon Michel continues it’s “Fast and Furious” series with a stacked card at the Belle Centre in Montreal, headlined by the return of David Lemieux. Lemieux, idle since his loss to Marco Antonio Rubio in April earlier this year, will take on Joachim …
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NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS FIGHT NIGHT BOXING SERIES Quarterly Boxing Matches Saturday Nights on NBC Sports Network Series Debuts Saturday, January 21, 2012 from Philadelphia Main Events To Coordinate Multi-Promoter Strategy with Hall-of-Fame Matchmaker J Russell Peltz NEW YORK – November 22, 2011 – NBC Sports Group announced today the …
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By Jim Gustafson No mo joe November 8,2011 At about six AM, I picked up the paper By the street where the drive way opens to the city. It laid Curled up in a cheap plastic sack to keep it Dry, against a light Florida drip. Everything was morning still, …
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by Charles Jay Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. did what he needed to do, and now his promoters may have to do what THEY need to do. In referencing a story I had previously placed on this site, Chavez was in a rather low-risk situation with an opponent named Peter Manfredo …
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by Charles Jay The E! Entertainment Channel will begin airing a show called “Kourtney & Kim” on November 27 (that’s this Sunday), which features, as one of its highlights, the marriage between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries. Oops. Photo: Chris Farina/Top Rank Top Rank had better luck on Tuesday, as, …
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by Hans Olson I’ll admit, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero’s PR team has done a heck of a job these last few days. They’ve actually created some buzz for their guy…despite how ridiculous the assertion is of Robert Guererro challenging the best fighter in the world, pound for pound, Floyd Mayweather. …
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Official fight promo for Cotto vs Margarito II from Madison Square Garden on December 3, 2011. Leave a Comment
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By Johnny Walker When Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett won a unanimous decision over David “Tuamanator” Tua, handing the New Zealand-based fighter his first loss in ten years last August, he thought the future looked rosy. Surely after two stellar performances against the Tuamanator (their first bout, in which Barrett sent …
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