By: William Holmes ESPN has made a lot of interesting moves in boxing in 2014. First they decided to broadcast a surprisingly entertaining and competitive tournament in the middleweight and lightweight divisions with it’s conclusion to be televised next month. They’ve also decided to invest in the “glamour” division of …
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by Matt Gerovac On Saturday, May 3, Floyd Mayweather will put his undefeated record on the line against a very game, yet grossly overmatched Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mayweather has made his money lining up worthy adversaries and beating them on points. Maidana will be …
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By Sean Crose Let’s get something straight. Floyd Mayweather is a powerful man. There’s no doubt that it pays to be on his good side – especially if you’re in the boxing business. All that is understood. Still, isn’t it a boxing reporter’s job to ask the guy some serious …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of April 15th to April 22nd, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. MGM and Top Rank Might Sever Ties Bob Arum was loudly voicing his displeasure with MGM …
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FLOYD MAYWEATHER, 10-Time World Champion “In 18 years I haven’t brought my best out yet. Being around the sport for so long, I have a lot of experience. I’ve boxed my whole life. I’ve never worked a job. Photo: ESHOWTIME/Esther Lin “As I get older I want to settle down …
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By Sean Crose “I’m very desperate, you know,” said heavyweight contender Chris Arreola during a media conference call on Tuesday. “I’ve done a lot of dumb shit in my life and it’s time to man up.” Photo: Hogan Photos/Golden Boy There’s no two ways about it, Arreola is a fascinating …
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By Ivan G. Goldman WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev surely must understand his status on Showtime as a non-person. After all, he hails from Russia, where the rulers of the bad old Soviet Union practically invented non-personhood. Sergey Kovalev Photo: Larry Levanti/Main Events Soviet rulers used to transform former …
Read More »K. Swanson Thank you everybody for calling. We are talking about “The Moment” and this, to me, is one of the big moments we’ve been waiting for. We have one of the participants of our main event. That, of course, is Marcos Maidana, the WBA Welterweight World Champion. Also on …
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By Jackie Kallen Damn I wish I was going to be in Carson, CA this coming weekend for the fights at the StubHub Center. Two of my favorites (Keith Thurman and Lucas Matthysse) are fighting for belts as is undefeated Omar Figueroa. Even the undercard is exciting with unbeatens like …
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By Sean Crose You read that correctly. When Queens, New York welterweight Luis Collazo steps into the ring at the MGM Grand in two weeks, he’ll be facing more than just top caliber opponent Amir Khan, he’ll be fighting to raise awareness for a cause near and dear to him. …
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