BOXING’S BIGGEST STAR, UNDEFEATED, EIGHT-TIME & FIVE-DIVISION WORLD CHAMPION FLOYD “MONEY” MAYWEATHER SELECTS UNDEFEATED MEXICAN BOXING SENSATION CANELO ALVAREZ FOR SUPER WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEGA-BOUT “THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS CANELO” ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 14 AT MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS AND LIVE ON SHOWTIME PPV® LAS VEGAS (June 24, 2013) …
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by Johnny Walker When former heavyweight contender David “Tuamanator” Tua decided to make one more run at a heavyweight title earlier this year, his old foe, and the man who defeated him in Tua’s last fight, American veteran Monte “Two Guns” Barrett, expressed cynicism at Tua’s decision to return to …
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by Bryanna Fissori Legal Analyst With the impending jury trial just weeks away, a case filed in 2011 against Floyd Mayweather Jr., was voluntarily dismissed in the absence of either party appearing at the hearing scheduled for last week. The case involved an August 2009 shooting outside a Las Vegas …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Tickets to the Sept. 14 Floyd Mayweather versus Saul “Canelo” Alvarez super fight will be offered to the public this Tuesday, and they won’t come cheap. Some third-party brokers are already taking orders. The cheapest nosebleed seats at the very back of the MGM Grand Garden …
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By Ivan G. Goldman When I saw Adrien Broner interviewed on Showtime after winning a split decision over Paul Malignaggi I was reminded of Abu Sakkar, the Syrian rebel commander who last month cut the heart out of a dead enemy soldier and ate some of it on camera. Photo: …
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By Chris Cella Getting the action underway live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn was a WBC Super Middleweight championship bout between undefeated prospect Marco Periban (20-0, 13 KO) and former title challenger Sakio Bika (31-5-2, 21 KO). Almost immediately both fighters established the intense pace to the fight, letting …
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By Chris Cella Leading up to tomorrow’s WBA World Welterweight Title fight between belt holder Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi and Adrien “The Problem” Broner, there has been no shortage of trash talking or drama. From when mentions of the fight first materialized months ago, the two boxing champions began …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Dear Friday Night Fights, Just when you were on a hot streak you put on another one of those C-plus performances. Which may be too generous. In your main event, Cuban superfeatherweight Rances Barthelmy kayoed a Thai with credentials that looked spottier than a truckload of …
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By: William Holmes ESPN’s Friday Night Fights was broadcast from the Minneapolis convention center in Minneaspolis, Minnesota. Friday night fights started on time with no delays and immediately went in to the first bout of the evening between hometown fighter Caleb Truax (21-1-1) and Don George (24-3-1) in the middleweight …
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By Jackie Kallen Damn it would be fun to see 32 year-old Paul Malignaggi kick 23 year-old Adrien Broner’s ass in Brooklyn this weekend. Not because I don’t like Broner. I actually like the guy personally and think he’s a hulluva boxer. But Paulie is such a sweet, lovable guy …
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