By: William Holmes ESPN Friday Night Fights was broadcast from the Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut tonight and featured an IBF Featherweight title bout between champion Billy Dib and Evgeny Gradovich and a junior middleweight bout between Willie Nelson and Michael Medina. Photo: Ed Diller/Dibella Entertainment This is the second …
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Oscar De La Hoya We are absolutely thrilled about once again having Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins fighting in a championship fight, which he will be when he faces Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud. It will be a 12 rounder for the IBF Light Heavyweight World Championship. I’m also happy to announce that …
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by Johnny Walker Since he destroyed his arch rival Manny Pacquaio with a crushing knockout last December, Juan Manuel Marquez has given out mixed signals as to whether he’d be open to facing the Pac-Man in the squared circle for a fifth time. Statements from the Marquez camp have run …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Floyd Mayweather’s incessant dawdling, hemming, hawing, hesitating, rumor-planting, and contradictory statement-making have cost Showtime its dazzling co-event on the big May 4 pay-per-view card out of Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez, a big star in his own right, refused to remain on the undercard of Mayweather-Robert Guerrero …
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by Johnny Walker Welterweight boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KOs) has been suspended from boxing for nine months and fined $900,000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission by a 3-2 vote after coming up dirty in a drug test following his last fight, a loss against Sergio Martinez. …
Read More »By: William Holmes On Saturday night, Showtime presents another night of championship boxing as Richard Abril takes on Sharif Bogere for the vacant WBA Lightweight title, and former Olympian Gary Russell Jr. takes on Vyacheslav Gusev in the featherweight division. Saturday’s card will take place at the Hard Rock Hotel …
Read More »By Chris Cella This Friday live from the Foxwoods Resort in Connecticut, hosted by DiBella Entertainment and SMS Promotions, current IBF featherweight champion Billy “The Kid” Dib (35-1, 21 KO) will be putting his belt on the line against undefeated Russian prospect Evgeny Gradovich (15-0, 8 KO). In addition to …
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By Kirk Jackson Power versus speed? A definitive meeting between an archetypical rugged brawler, going up against a speedy, flashy showman. This is probably the most entertaining fight that can be made in boxing. Photo by Gene Blevins/TopRank I’m not talking about Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao: that ship has …
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by Johnny Walker A key theme underlying superstar welterweight boxer and politician Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao’s last two fights has been his conversion to a strict form of Catholicism. Early in 2012, the Filipino icon told reporters, “I realize I was a weak person before. If I had died I believe …
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By Ivan G. Goldman The IBF is being accused of corruption again – ranking a fighter for nefarious reasons and then firing a whistle-blower who dared to object. So far the accusation has been made only in a civil case, but you can bet the U.S. Justice Department is keeping …
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