By: LV Boxing Chances are if you blinked during a contest involving Edgar Berlanga, then you missed the entire event. In short, it doesn’t take long for the 23-year-old super middleweight prospect to take care of business once he steps foot inside of the ring. With 16 straight first-round knockout …
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By: Sean Crose No one expected it. The great Julio Caesar Chavez, the undefeated pound for pound star had stepped into the ring at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with a record of – wait for it – 89 wins, and 1 draw. Although most felt Chavez had gotten …
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By: LV Boxing After fighting at middleweight for several years and outside of making a brief, yet successful cameo at light heavyweight, Canelo Alvarez has officially found a home at 168 pounds. The four-division titlist made his latest ring appearance this past weekend as he handed previously undefeated Callum Smith …
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By: Sean Crose Things started interestingly enough. Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder met for the second time, Anthony Joshua planned to meet Kubrat Pulev, and fighters like Ryan Garcia and Caleb Plant continued to impress. Then came the pandemic. As the world shut down, so did the sport of boxing. …
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By: LV Boxing Anthony Joshua’s ninth round stoppage win which he scored over Kubrat Pulev was highlight-reel worthy. Yet, all that most people could talk about were the words he spoke after the fight. Or in this case, the lack thereof. Following Joshua’s win, the unified heavyweight titlist was immediately …
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By: LV Boxing Photo Courtesy of Showtime While he tried his best, former WBA/Ring magazine titlist Callum Smith was simply no match for Canelo Alvarez this past weekend at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Through 12 one-sided rounds, Smith fell flat as he forfeited his titles to the Mexican …
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By: LV Boxing Before Canelo Alvarez is given the opportunity to sit back and enjoy the fruits of labor, he is immediately bombarded with the same tiresome questions. Who’s next? After ripping away both the WBA and Ring magazine super middleweight titles from British native Callum Smith, Canelo Alvarez has …
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With a nickname like “Ammo,” Austin Williams (7-0, 6 KOs) showed exactly why he was given such an alias. The undefeated middleweight prospect wasted no time at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as he jumped to the middle of the ring. Once there, his opponent in Isiah Jones (9-4, …
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By: Sean Crose Showtime and the PBC returned to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut on Saturday to air one of the more oddly arrived at cards cards in recent memory. Nonito Donaire was supposed battle against Nordine Oubaali in the main event. But Oubaali was infected by Covid, so …
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By: LV Boxing Size, in fact, does not matter. The jokes were non-stop whenever Canelo Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) and former WBC/Ring magazine super-middleweight champion Callum Smith (27-1, 19 KOs) stood next to one another. Yet, even with a seven-inch height and eight-inch reach disadvantage, Alvarez took care of business …
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