By: William Holmes Wembley Stadium in London, England and the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino in Macau, China were the host sites for today’s HBO World Championship Boxing double header. The Donaire and Vetyeka fight was shown on tape delay since it occurred earlier this morning. Macau was the host …
Read More »By Sean Crose The crowd at Wembley Stadium in England was enormous on Saturday. Just enormous. Eighty thousand people is a huge turnout for an NFL game in the United States. For a boxing match on any continent, it almost hard to fathom. The stage was set for Froch-Froves II. …
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by Sean Crose Nonito Donaire entered the ring in Macao, China on Saturday looking energized and determined. His opponent, Simpiwe Vetyeka, came out smiling and relaxed-looking while Bob Marley flowed from the speakers of the auditorium. Looks can be deceiving, though, and Vetyeka was guaranteed to be far from a …
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by Johnny Walker Heavyweight Alexander Povetkin of Russia, in his comeback fight following his first professional loss last year at the hands of world champion Wladimir Klitschko, was as impressive as he’s looked in some time in destroying German-based fighter Manuel “Diamond Boy” Charr today in Moscow, Russia. From the …
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By Jackie Kallen While boxing fans on this side of the Atlantic are anxiously awaiting the Cotto-Martinez fight next weekend, their UK counterparts are salivating over this weekend’s fireworks. Carl Froch is putting his IBF and WBA Super-middleweight belts on the line against George Groves in what could be one …
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By Sean Crose 2012 was an enormous year for Nonito Donaire. Not only was he becoming a hugely popular boxing attraction, he was also named “Fighter of the Year.” That was no small feat if you bothered to look around at the competition. Photo: Top Rank So yes, 2012 was …
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By Tyson Bruce It seems like just yesterday that boxing in Britain was a source of mockery in America. These days, however, the Brits are a financial force within the international boxing community. When Match Room Sport’s Eddie Hearn announced that at least 80,000 tickets had been sold for the …
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By: William Holmes On Saturday afternoon HBO will be broadcasting two world championship title bouts that will be taking place outside of the United States. Carl Froch and George Groves are set to box for Froch’s IBF and WBA Super Middleweight Titles in London, England and Simpiwe Vetyeka and Nonito …
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Read More »Carl Froch: “George Groves has been going to the opening of an envelope, dinning out on his round one knockdown against The Cobra and giving it large. But that’s his prerogative if he is enjoying the moment his little time his little five minutes of fame then you know he …
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