By Johnny Walker Perhaps Andre “Son of God” Ward better keep those dental appointments that keep his smile so blazing when doing boxing commentating for HBO. Because Ward, it seems, has lost his desire to fight the big names the station would love to see him take on. Let’s not …
Read More »Showtime Set to Fiercely Sell Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez
By Ivan G. Goldman Showtime will begin the hard sell of its Sept. 14 pay-per-view card led by Floyd Mayweather-versus-Canelo Alvarez with its All Access behind-the-scenes show, premiering Aug. 24. Part 1 of “All Access” will be presented just before Abner Mares defends his new WBC featherweight title against Jhonny …
Read More »Jackie Kallen: Boxing Desperately in Need of Fighting Females
by Jackie Kallen You hear so little about female boxing these days that even the diehard fans barely know it still exists. Gone are the days of Christy Martin, Lucia Rijker and Laila Ali. Mia St. John recently retired, and I can’t remember the last time I saw a female …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Mayweather, Canelo, Arreola, Huck, Mansour, and more.
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of August 5th to August 12th covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Seth Mitchell to Face Chris Arreola on Friday, September 6th Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell (26-1-1) will face …
Read More »Boxing Insider Exclusive Interview: Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev
By: Sergio L. Martinez Since the age of seven, Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev has been involved in learning and attempting to perfect the sweet science. His edification has brought many accolades in the amateurs as Kovalev, through an interpreter, recently advised Boxing Insider, “I had 215 [amateur] fights and I won …
Read More »Boxing and Its Fans Suffer as Pay-Per-View Shows Multiply
By Ivan G. Goldman The death of boxing has been predicted many times, and the predictors were always wrong. They’re still wrong, but it’s in a bad way and sinking. Here are some indicators. * The Sept. 14 Floyd Mayweather-Canelo-Alvarez pay-per-view show will be the most expensive ever at $75 …
Read More »SHO Box: Deontay Wilder — The Great American Heavyweight Hope Destroys Sergei Liakhovich in One Round
By Johnny Walker Tonight’s SHO Box tripleheader broadcast from Indio, California was a mixed bag: two quick knockouts and a one-sided ten round struggle. In the first junior middleweight match, Jermall “The Hitman” Charlo (14-0, 10 KO’s), of Houston, Texas, didn’t take long to dispose of Antoine Smith, who had …
Read More »Time Warner Homes Denied Deontay Wilder-Sergei Liakhovich Match
By Ivan G. Goldman As the ugly dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable headed into its seventh day Friday, an interesting ShoBox card scheduled tonight was set to be the first boxing casualty. ShoBox is carried by Showtime, which is owned by CBS and therefore blacked out to Time …
Read More »ESPN Friday Night Fights Results: Pedraza Decisions Tolmajyan, Nugaev Stops Hernandez
By: William Holmes The Morongo Casino Resort Spa in Cabazon, California was the host for ESPN Friday Night Fights and they immediately jumped into the first fight of the night between Jose Pedraza (13-0) and Gabriel Tolmajyan (13-2-1) in the junior lightweight division. Tolmajyan is a southpaw and gave up …
Read More »Why Erislandy Lara and Austin Trout Will Not Win the Floyd Mayweather/Saul Alvarez Sweepstakes
By Kirk Jackson There has been rumors swirling around the boxing world in regards to Erislandy Lara (18-1-2, 12 KO’s) fighting former WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-1, 14 KO’s). Potentially, the pair was and may still be scheduled to duel on September 14th, the same night Floyd Mayweather …
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