By: William Holmes Saturday’s Golden Boy Promotions card from Brooklyn, NY marks the end of a terrific stretch of spring/early summer boxing and it marks the beginning of a two-month stretch of less than compelling fights. Brooklyn was going to host a Hopkins fight in early July but that card’s …
Read More »Final Press Conf Quotes: Paulie Malignaggi & Adrein Broner
Paulie Malignaggi “It’s gotten a little bit crazy, we’ll admit that. I can take some of the blame, but I can’t take all of it. I can only apologize for my end, but at the end of the day, this is how the creation of Adrien Broner happened, in my …
Read More »Media Interview with Gennady “GGG” Golovkin & Matthew Macklin
Lou DiBella: So let me take it from here. Bill, I want to thank you and everybody from Foxwoods, particularly Scott Butera who’s been a great friend to boxing on the east coast. Particularly I think Foxwoods has established itself as the destination for big time boxing in the east …
Read More »Junior Lightweights Rances Barthelemy and Fahsai Sakkreerin Battle In IBF Eliminator on FNF
By Chris Cella Tomorrow night live from the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minnesota, undefeated junior lightweight Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy will put his unblemished record on the line against Fahsai Sakkreerin on this week’s edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights. The 12-round bout will be an IBF Eliminator for the …
Read More »Floyd Mayweathers’ next roll of the dice, what is left to conquer after Alvarez?
By Hamza Ahmed In the end, it was too much and too little for Robert Guerrero. The Mexican American fighter, coming off the back end of a successful 2012 campaign following bruising wins over Selcuk Aydin and Andre Berto, was hopelessly manhandled, outclassed and extinguished by arguably the sports’ premier …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Riddick Bowe, Adamek, Hopkins, Kovalev, and more
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of June 10th to June 17th covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Luna Victorious At Chumash Casino Undefeated lightweight prospect Alejandro Luna (14-0) and Sergio Rivera (14-12) fought …
Read More »Arum Likes Floyd Jr. in Bout with Canelo, and – No Surprise – So Does Floyd Sr.
By Boxing Insider News The respective fighters are now almost three months from weighing in for a big-money showdown, but as can be expected, boxing people are weighing in with their opinions already. Whether the parties are “interested” or formerly interested, it is hard to find support for Canelo Alvarez …
Read More »Andre Ward is Offered Possibility of Two-Fight Deal with Stevenson
Adonis Stevenson’s people may be looking upon Bernard Hopkins as an old man who could be vulnerable to his thunderous left hand, and they may be underestimating the guile of the 48-year-old champ, but that kind of hubris may pale in comparison to what they are proposing to a man …
Read More »In Light of Cancellation, Speculation About Stevenson as Possible Bernard Hopkins Foe
Bernard Hopkins is without a fight, all of a sudden. And Adonis Stevenson is looking for a payday. Maybe these two could become a match. At least that is the speculation going on in Canada today as Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions is trying to figure out a …
Read More »Quick-Tongued Adrien Broner Set for Test against Paulie Malignaggi
By Ivan G. Goldman This June has been a fine month for fight fans, and the entertaining shows may keep coming as Showtime and archrival HBO press on with their dazzling game of one-upmanship. Next Saturday, Showtime analyst Paulie Malignaggi slips off his tie and steps back into the Showtime …
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