By Chris Cella On April 27 in front of thousands of his hometown fans at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, undefeated WBO middleweight champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin will look to defend his newly acquired boxing belt for the first time against a gamed opponent in Fernando Guerrero. Quillin …
Read More »Robert Guerrero May Face 3.5 to 15 Years in Lock-up at Rikers: But Not Until After Mayweather Bout
By Bryanna Fissori Legal Analyst Last week welterweight boxing champion Robert Guerrero (31-1-1) made a mistake that has many saying that despite his winning record, he has been hit in the head too many times. Guerrero has been charged with illegally traveling with an unloaded Smith and Wesson M&P .40-caliber …
Read More »First Half of Showtime’s Homage to Floyd Mayweather a Slow Slog
By Ivan G. Goldman Showtime’s “30 Days in May” documentary on Floyd Mayweather kept alternating black & white with full-color filming. This irritating device was apparently meant to show us how artful and daring the director or directors were. The film also included little digital splotches to indicate that sections …
Read More »ESPN Friday Night Fights Preview: Maicelo vs. Nugaev, Maysonet Jr. vs. Tolmajyan 4/5
This week’s edition of ESPN’s acclaimed series Friday Night Fights comes live from the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California, featuring the USBA lightweight title fight between undefeated prospect Jonathan “La Cobra” Maicelo and Rustam “Mangust” Nugaev as the main event. The co-feature of the evening highlights two light welterweights …
Read More »Zab Judah & Peter ‘Kid Chocolate’ Quillen Media Interview Recap
We are doing this call to talk about the big fight coming up April 27th, the main event is Danny Garcia vs. Zab Judah, and also featured co-main event is Peter Quillin and Fernando Guerrero. And just for the little homework purposes we will start with Peter and Fernando, and …
Read More »Press Conf Quotes: Chris Arreola & Bermane Stiverne
Below are quotes from their press conference which took place this past Saturday. CHRIS ARREOLA QUOTES On Arreola’s inactivity: I get frustrated when I get injured at the gym or when I get sick. But when I have to wait for a fight, it doesn’t frustrate me because I have …
Read More »Next Manny Pacquiao Fight Targeted for Asia, With Opponent Undetermined
by Boxing Insider Staff Michael Koncz, who is known best as an advisor for Manny Pacquiao and a principal in MP Promotions, is in discussions with promoter Bob Arum that are designed to determine when, where and against whom the next Pacquiao fight will take place. Photo: Chris Farina/Top Rank …
Read More »Jackie Kallen: Signing Leandre “Blue” White
By Jackie Kallen As a boxing manager, it is always a difficult decision when it comes to signing a new boxer. It is a huge commitment on both parts and there has to be trust, camaraderie, and mutual respect. That can be hard to find in this (or any) sport. …
Read More »San Antonio Solidly Behind Alvarez-Trout Fight with 31,000+ Tickets Sold
The San Antonio metropolitan complex is vastly underrated when it comes to its value as a sports mecca. It has proven in the past that it will come out to support big-time boxing and it is doing it once again, as the April 20 junior middleweight unification fight between Austin …
Read More »Professional Boxers Cleared to Participate in Olympics
When the Olympics are conducted in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, the boxing competition is going to have a slightly different feel to it…..kind of. That is because the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) has cleared the path for professionals to participate, following the lead of other sports….kind of. AIBA …
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