By Ivan G. Goldman The very same week that Baltimore Raven running back Ray Rice was kicked off the team and possibly out of the NFL for life because he knocked his fiancée (now his wife) unconscious, convicted woman-beater Floyd Mayweather defends his titles against Marcos Maidana. Photo: Showtime Fortunately …
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By Sean Crose Has Adrien Broner found his place? Quite possibly so. Status-wise, the Cincinnati native is light years away from where he was just a year ago. Virtually no one is calling Broner a pound for pound elite anymore. In fact, it’s hard to find anyone who would call …
Read More »By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of September 2nd to September 9th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Adamek to Face Szpilka on November 8th in Poland On November 8, 2014 Polish heavyweights Tomasz …
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By Tyson Bruce This Saturday on Showtime PPV Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight in just the second rematch of his Hall of Fame career. In an eighteen year career that has be defined by utter dominance we set out to uncover the ten toughest fights in Mayweather’s entire career: Photo: …
Read More »By Ivan G. Goldman A well-known boxing writer took money from one of the big promoters for years. It wasn’t hard to spot, and lots of other fight scribes knew about it. The economics of boxing are such that it’s just about impossible for someone to live off their fight …
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By Sean Crose Super bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz has a chance to prove himself, not just on Saturday night, when he meets the seemingly outgunned and outclassed Manuel Roman on the Mayweather-Maidana undercard, but after that assumed victory, as well. For, provided he beats Roman, Santa Cruz will have …
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By Tyson Bruce When Floyd Mayweather fought Saul Alvarez in 2013 the whole sports world stopped and for a brief moment boxing became all that mattered. It’s safe to say that his fights with Marcos Maidana have not generated the same type of interest, this despite the fact that Maidana …
Read More »By Sean Crose “Trouble ahead. Trouble behind. And you know that notion just crossed my mind.” Those lyrics, from an old Grateful Dead song, popped into my head recently while thinking about widely regarded pound for pound king, Floyd Mayweather. Several weeks ago, rapper/promoter 50 Cent humiliated the man by …
Read More »By: William Holmes Golden Boy Promotions televised three fights on Showtime from Adrien Broner’s hometown of Cincinnati Ohio. The crowd in the US Bank Center was enthusiastic from the opening bout on despite the apparent mismatches on paper. The opening bout of the night was between Steve Upsher (24-3-1) and …
Read More »By Sean Crose It had been an “eh” night of boxing so far. Andre Berto had ended his long layoff from the ring with a decision victory over Steve Upsher. Sure, Berto had been dominant, but the fact that he was unable to polish off his game opponent was telling. …
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