By Johnny Walker Polish heavyweight contender Mariusz Wach defended his WBC International heavyweight title and kept his perfect record intact Saturday night with a sixth round TKO win over game journeyman Jason Gavern at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The 6’8” Wach (26-0, 14 KOs) came out of …
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By: William Holmes The UFC’s makes their long awaited return to England with a main event of Chris Leben against the Philippine Wrecking Machine Mark Munoz in a middleweight affair. English natives Brad Pickett and Terry Etim also will be looking for victories to make their country proud, and as …
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Santa Anita Park hosted legendary Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and two of his fighters, Juan Manuel Marquez and Timothy Bradley, on Saturday in a media work out where all three met with members of the horse racing and boxing media and also chatted with fans and signed autographs. Marquez …
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By Ezio Prapotnich Former WBO Super Featherweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 ko’s) made a positive debut at Lightweight and silenced all doubters by out boxing and out pointing a spent, predictable and ineffective Michael Katsidis (28-5, 23 ko’s) to win the WBO Interim title of the division. The Scottish …
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by Hans Olson Lucian Bute and Glen Johnson weighed in at the Laurier Quebec Mall in front of a Bute-crazy crowd in Quebec City earlier today. With weights of 166.5 (Johnson) and 167.5 (Bute), both fighters looked in terrific shape, and ready for action. Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime “I feel great!” …
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by Roman Kolaczek Boxing has been a mainstream sport for over a century. Many generations have had great heavyweight champions, many of them household names all over the world. Anytime a major fight between two outstanding heavyweights occurs, the same question arises: who is the greatest of all time? Today, …
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NBA Superstar, Kobe Bryant, drops by the gym to see Manny Pacquiao prepare for Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand on Novermber 12th. Leave a Comment
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By Jackie Kallen I will always be the first person to say that James Toney was one of the all-time great middleweights and super middleweights. No question about it. Not just because I managed him during those golden years, but because it’s a fact. It is always painful to watch …
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By Johnny Walker At the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, this afternoon, James “Lights Out” Toney was shut out on the scorecards in a humiliating defeat to cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev, 120-108, 120-108, 120-107. Boxing Insider likewise scored it 120-108 for Lebedev. With the win, Lebedev picks up the …
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Fighter of the Decade, eight-division world champion, and boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound fighter and box office attraction Congressman MANNY “PacMan” PACQUIAO took time from training for his upcoming defense of his WBO welterweight title against three-division world champion and Méxican icon Juan Manuel Márquez to make another boffo …
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