By Dan Cann Now that the dust has settled on the Bernard Hopkins versus Chad Dawson world title fight fiasco boxing fans wait with baited breath for the often overlooked light heavyweight division to pick itself back up from the canvas. The Hopkins v Dawson contest initially saw Dawson awarded …
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by Hans Olson “When you have passion, you can work hours without feeling like you’re doing it,” says Stephan Larouche, trainer of IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute. Boxing is Stephan’s passion. “I’ve been raised in it,” continued Stephan. “I was a fighter, I’ve been carrying the bucket, I’ve been …
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World Welterweight Championship PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ III Saturday, November 12 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas Pound-for-pound King Manny Pacquiao has vowed to make his Nov 12 clash with Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez an enthralling toe-to-toe scrap, when they clash live on Primetime (Channel 480 on Sky). The previous bouts between …
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By Jaime Feal Hatsu Hioki (24-4-2) vs. George Roop (12-8-1); Featherweight Round 1: The fighters begin by circling for the first 10 seconds. Roop partially lands a left head kick and connects with a right. Roop controlling the standup and he lands a low leg kick. Referee Josh Rosenthal calls …
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By: William Holmes Goossen Tutor Promotions comes to Atlantic City to showcase a middleweight matchup between undefeated Brandon Gonzales and New Jersey native Ossie Duran from Bally’s casino in Atlantic City, NJ. The televised portion of this card also features a matchup between undefeated welterweight Javier Molina and highly touted …
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MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT BOB ARUM: I would like to welcome everyone to the conference call and I would like to particularly welcome Timothy Bradley to the promotional ranks of Top Rank. We also have Timothy’s manager. who has more world class fighters under his management than anyone else in …
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by Hans Olson For weeks, we’ve heard speculation as it relates to the numbers that “Star Power: Mayweather/Ortiz” did. Today, all speculation ended. Photo: Tom Hogan/Golden Boy The super-fight between boxing’s biggest star, Floyd Mayweather and young gun Victor Ortiz generated 1.25 million PPV buys and $78.44 million in domestic …
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HALL OF FAME FLIES FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF FOR TRAINER AMILCAR BRUSA CANASTOTA, NY – OCTOBER 28, 2011 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced its flags will fly at half-staff in memory of trainer Amilcar Brusa. He passed away yesterday. He was 89. 2007 Hall of Fame Inductee Amilcar …
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Bernabe Concepcion,Phillippines wins a 10-round split decision against Aaron Garcia,San Diego,Ca., to capture the vacant WBC Continental Americas Featherweight title Thursday night at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino. – Photo Credit : Chris Farina – Top Rank Photo Credit : Chris Farina – Top Rank Manny Pacquiao makes …
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By Johnny Walker If, like me, you are prone to perusing the seething cauldrons of hate and resentment known as Internet boxing forums in order to catch up on the latest boxing scuttlebutt, you may have noticed in the last week or so that James “Lights Out” Toney’s diehard fan …
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