By Ivan G. Goldman As an unlicensed gynecologist I should have known better than to believe Lamont Peterson would take a women’s fertility drug. That’s what RingTV.com alleged today before it took down the story. The article, which attributed its information to an unnamed source, created a big stir in …
Read More »Queens DA Issues Statement: Files Felony Charges Against Robert Guerrero, Due in Court 5/14
The Queens DA issues the following 2 press releases: Robert Guerrero,the current WBC welterweight champion, has been arraigned this afternoon before Queens Criminal Court Judge Ernest Hart on a four-count criminal complaint charging him with one count of criminal possession of a firearm and three counts of third-degree criminal possession …
Read More »HBO Boxing Preview: Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado, Crawford vs. Prescott
By: William Holmes The junior welterweight division is stacked, and even though a lot of the top junior welterweights fight for Golden Boy Promotions, Top Rank has a few crowd pleasing junior welterweights of their own. In fact two junior welterweights under their control are giving boxing fans a sequel …
Read More »Robert Guerrero Gets the Hook at Airport – Arressted In Possession of Firearm
A funny thing happened to Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero as he was getting ready to hop on a flight to take him to Las Vegas for a date with destiny. Destiny, in a sense, may have come a little early. Guerrero, who is scheduled for the biggest fight of his …
Read More »UPDATED: Tony Thompson to Rematch David Price, July 6 in Liverpool? Thompson Denies Story
By Johnny Walker In a surprise announcement, a rematch between British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price and American veteran Tony Thompson has been signed and will take place once again in Price’s hometown of Liverpool, at the Echo Arena on July 6. The 6-foot-8 inch Price (15-1, 13 KOs) …
Read More »Will Brandon Rios KO Mike Alvarado Quicker This Time?
By Ivan G. Goldman I don’t think I’ve ever seen a fight stopped without some wacko complaining that the referee stepped in too soon, and the first Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado bout was no exception. So let me try to make this as clear as I can. Alvarado was done. Unresponsive, …
Read More »Heavyweight Division Heats Up: Haye To Return Full-Time, Vitali Says “Get In Line”
by Johnny Walker As David “Hayemaker” Haye prepares to make his return to full-time heavyweight fighting official tomorrow, his main target, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” Klitschko, has re-entered the fray to both scotch rumors of his immiment retirement and to put Haye in his place. While Tuesday gave …
Read More »BoxingInsider.com Writer Ivan G. Goldman Wins 2 Coveted Writing Awards
BoxingInsider.com writer Ivan G. Goldman won two awards in the fiercely competitive Bernies contest sponsored annually by the Boxing Writers Association of America. These were our first awards in this competition, but this was also the first year we entered. The winners were announced today. Goldman took a second place …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather vs Robert Guerrero will be Shown in Movie Theaters
Floyd “Money” Mayweather Faces Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero as World Championship Boxing Returns to Cinemas this May Featherweight World Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon Takes On Two-Division World Champion Abner Mares In Co-Featured Fight NCM Fathom Events, Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions, SHOWTIME Sports and O’Reilly Auto Parts Bring Boxing …
Read More »Bob Arum Rips Nevada State Athletic Commission Over Chavez Jr. Pot Fine: “Damn Right I Smoke It!”
by Johnny Walker Famed boxing promoter Bob Arum has launched a scathing attack on the members of the Nevada State Athletic Commission over the hefty fine handed down to his fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for marijuana use. “In the almost fifty years I’ve been in boxing, this was the …
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