By Ivan G. Goldman Word comes from the WBC that instant replay will now be available to review some calls in WBC, WBA, and IBF championship fights. The WBC said the three sanctioning groups agreed to it when they met last June in Cancun, Mexico. The instant replay recourse, said …
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By Tyson Bruce To be a true boxing fan a great deal of patience is required. The average sports fan that turns on the “boob-tube” to be casually entertained doesn’t seem to have the patience for boxing anymore. No one has any idea who the champions are anymore and casual …
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by Bryanna Fissori Legal Analyst Former Middleweight Champion Boxer Jermain Taylor (32-4-1) was arrested Tuesday night for shooting his cousin, Tyrone Hinton, multiple times at Taylor’s suburban home in Little Rock, Arkansas. Taylor’s wife called 911 and the boxer was taken into custody on charges of 1st degree battery and …
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By Sean Crose It didn’t take long. Just weeks after his bruising victory over Daniel Geale, WBA middleweight champ Gennady Golovkin, better known to fight fans as GGG, has already lined up his next opponent. And not to worry, it’s a solid one. Marco Antonio Rubio has been around the …
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By William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of August 19th to August 26th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Jermain Taylor Arrested for Shooting Cousin Former middleweight champion Jermaine Taylor was arrested at his home …
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By Jackie Kallen With all the emphasis on police brutality today and the troubled relations between law enforcement and the public, I can’t help reflecting on a wonderful heavyweight boxer I worked with in the early 1990’s. As we mourn the loss of Michael Brown, I want to take a …
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Marcos Maidana wants Floyd Mayweather “to stop crying like a little bitch and fight” during their rematch on September 13th. “Don’t be a little bitch, like a woman,” the Argentine slugger added during a vulgar, politically incorrect conference call to promote the match. “I made him fight me,” Maidana said …
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By Sean Crose It’s been easy to be critical of pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather throughout his career. The man can come across as mean-spirited, shallow, and way too full of himself. There’s also that criminal record and the pesky issue of Manny Pacquiao. Still, the man deserves a …
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By Sean Crose Keith Thurman hasn’t been in the ring since last April when he bested Julio Diaz. Truth be told, an injury has kept the hard hitting, exciting welterweight from entering the ring since. That doesn’t mean that one of boxing’s biggest up and comers is remaining quiet, however. …
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By Tyson Bruce The season finale of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights got off to a booming start when Egyptian light heavyweight prospect Ahmed Elbiali, 6-0-0-(6) absolutely starched Dwayne Williams, 5-4-0-(4), with a brutal overhand right. Williams, who has been knocked out in four of his five loses, threw a lazy …
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