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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BOB ARUM: Welcome to this conference call with the legendary Juan Manuel Márquez and Hall of Fame trainer Nacho Beristáin. We are 10 days away from the big fight when Manny Pacquiao faces off against Juan Manuel Márquez. There has been great anticipation and I want to thank HBO for …
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British boxing sensation and reigning WBA and IBF light-welterweight world champion Amir ‘King’ Khan will be ringside as a guest commentator for Primetime (Channel 480 on Sky) when his stablemate Manny Pacquiao faces off against the Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez next Saturday night. The 12th of November clash has …
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By: William Holmes England is one of the countries that the UFC is looking to develop a long term presence in, and the UFC has decided to return to England this Saturday as their last promoted event here was in October of 2010. While a main event of Chris Leben …
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BOB ARUM: We are very, very excited as we wind down to the much anticipated Manny Pacquiao – Juan Manuel Márquez fight. The promotion has been a long journey – the promotion started in September in the Philippines and along the way went to México City and then both fighters …
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by Hans Olson In one of the more interesting stories of the week, advisor Leonard Ellerbe announced that the best pound for pound fighter in the world, Floyd Mayweather, will return on May 5th against an opponent TBA. The story was first reported by Fight Hype’s Ben Thompson. Photo Credit …
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By Hans Olson by Hans Olson Boxing is a business. Fighters, managers, and promoters make business decisions. I get that. The problem is, many people don’t get that. With all of the criticism Floyd Mayweather, Vitali Klitchcko, and Wladimir Klitchcko get for the supposed “lack of competition” they face, it’s …
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This past Friday night at Ballys in Atlantic City, Heavyweight John Lennox scored a four round unanimous decision over Donnie Crawford as part of the undercard to the SHO BOX main event between Ossie Duran and Brandon Gonzales. Lennox, who was previously known as a blood and guts brawler showed …
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