By Sean Crose Floyd Mayweather shook the fight world last Friday night by getting in front of a Showtime camera and calling out Manny Pacquiao to fight him. . .on the second of May, 2015. Yet Bob Arum, head honcho of Top Rank Promotions doesn’t seem to want Floyd fighting …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Roc Nation, Tapia, Stiverne, Wilder, DiBella, Oquendo, Warren, and more…
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of December 9th to December 16th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Roc Nations Sports Throne Boxing Lineup for January 9th Roc Nation Sports January 9th lineup for …
Read More »Don’t Welterweights Know How to Punch Anymore?
By Ivan G. Goldman Top welterweights can’t seem to get each other out of there these days, a sorry state of affairs dismally demonstrated on two big televised shows out of Las Vegas this weekend. Could it be we pay too much attention to the wrong weight division? On HBO, …
Read More »Manny Pacquiao Responds To Floyd Mayweather’s Challenge
By Sean Crose Various outlets are reporting that Manny Pacquiao has promptly responded to Floyd Mayweather’s impromptu challenge to finally get it on in the ring on May Second of next year. And, according to most reports, the man from General Santos City is a bit put off with Mayweather …
Read More »Top Rank Boxing Results: Verdejo and Hart Continue Climb to the Top
by William Holmes Top Rank Promotions partnered up with Peltz Boxing and Bam Boxing on Saturday evening to present a nine-bout card at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The first bout of the night was between James Robinson (3-1-2) and Fred Jenkins Jr. (8-1) in the junior middleweight division. …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Results: Lara, Jack, and Pearson Win Mostly Uneventful Fights
By: William Holmes The Illusions Theatre in San Antonio, Texas, was the host site for Friday’s Showtime boxing card that featured three televised fights and featured several fights from Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s promotional team. The first bout of the night was between Chris Pearson (11-0) and Steven Martinez (15-2) in …
Read More »Why We Should Believe (At Least For Now) That Floyd Wants To Fight Manny
By Sean Crose It amazes me how positively glib and self-assured some people are. Floyd Mayweather shows up on television Friday night to call out Manny Pacquiao, and some highly esteemed fight writers instantly respond by rolling their eyes in a very public manner. Seriously? Have we become that jaded? …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather Calls Out Manny Pacquiao!
By Sean Crose Floyd Mayweather was in San Antonio, Texas on Friday night to watch friend Ishe Smith battle the slick Cuban master Erislandy Lara. Wearing his trademark sunglasses, Floyd appeared as cool and relaxed as always. Those who were expecting the man to appear in pieces after witnessing a …
Read More »Antonio Tarver Knocks Out Johnathon Banks In Farcical ESPN 2 Fight Card
by Johnny Walker The sports fans out there who claim boxing is dead and should be buried were handed a gift tonight during a farcical three-hour card presented on ESPN-2 that ended up with drug cheat and former light-heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver returning at age 46 as a heavyweight and …
Read More »Jackie Kallen: Golden Boy’s Boxing Marathon at the MGM Saturday night
By Jackie Kallen Golden Boy has put together quite a nice fight card at the MGM in Las Vegas Saturday night. It’s a full night of boxing, with a total of 90 proposed rounds of action. If every fight goes the distance (unlikely), that could add up to a marathon …
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