By Chris Cella This Friday night live from the Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, Washington, former titlists Rico “Suave” Ramos will take on Oscar “Fantasma” Gonzalez in a 10-round featherweight bout. As a prelude to the excitement the main event is anticipated to deliver, super middleweight prospect Farah Ennis …
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By Abigail Dauz For the past several months there was so much hype of Chinese 2 time gold Olympian Zou Shiming. Well, after all the waiting we finally got to witness what he was all about and the outcome of Toprank Promotions’ first staged event in Macau, China aka the …
Read More »FRED STERNBURG: This is Top Rank’s fourth great boxing event in the span of five weeks. This Saturday it’s 2012 Fighter of the Year and WBO junior featherweight champn Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire taking on undefeated WBA Super Bantamweight Champion and former two-time Cuban Olympic Gold Medalist Guillermo “El Chacol” …
Read More »Atlantic City, NJ—Former super bantamweight world-title challenger Teon Kennedy, of Philadelphia, now fighting as a junior lightweight, makes his first start in one year when he takes on Carlos Vinan, of Newark, NJ, in a scheduled 10-round bout on Saturday evening, June 1, in the Grand Ballroom at Bally’s Atlantic …
Read More »SHOWTIME® TO TELEVISE LIVE FROM BOARDWALK HALL Tickets On Sale Wednesday, April 10 At Noon ET! ATLANTIC CITY, April 8 – World championship boxing returns to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday, May 18 with a SHOWTIME® CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader featuring IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Lamont Peterson facing …
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By Mike Samuels Legendary actor Robert De Niro, most notably known throughout the boxing circle for his portrayal of Jake La Motta in Martin Scorsese’s 1980 blockbuster Raging Bull, is reportedly set to enter the boxing ring once again alongside fellow actor Edgar Ramirez. Deadline reports De Niro and Ramirez …
Read More »By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of April 1st to April 8th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Kameda Victorious in Japan Koki Kameda (30-1) retained his bantamweight title with a decision victory over …
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Floyd “Money” Mayweather broke from his Las Vegas training camp over the weekend to attend the semifinals of the men’s college basketball tournament at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. While there, he also sat down with media members covering the tournament to discuss his upcoming fight against Robert Guerrero. Below …
Read More »by Boxing Insider Staff Bob Arum has always been a guy who knew how to look to the future. And he is adamant that the future is in China. The chairman of Top Rank, who has just completed a show in Macau, a special administrative region of China that allows …
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By Jackie Kallen 54 is too young to die. But Carl “The Truth” Williams died the way he lived– as a fighter. He fought a tough and valiant battle against esophageal cancer. But he lost. He got KOed. Carl Williams turned pro in 1982. He fought his first nine fights …
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