By Hans Olson In Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel The Old Man and The Sea, there’s a line that reads “man is not made for defeat…[a] man can be destroyed, but not defeated.” If ever there was a fighter that which is defined by the former, it’s Floyd Mayweather. No truer …
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From MMAJunkie.com “It’s actually kind of fun for me (to return to Atlantic City),” said UFC President Dana White. “I’m happy about that because that’s where we started. When we first bought this company, no venues would even take us. Donald Trump was the first guy to say, ‘We’ll do …
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By Johnny Walker This Sunday (May 6), veteran boxing promoter Don King will be honored by The New York College of Health Professions, located in Syosset, New York. According to the college, King will be presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for “his humanitarian efforts over the years.” …
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by Charles Jay Lucian Bute, the IBF super middleweight champion who is scheduled to fight in a unification fight against former WBC champion Carl Froch on May 26 in England, has developed an ailment in his foot that could put that upcoming date in jeopardy, Boxing Insider has learned. Bute, …
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BY PHILIP H. ANSELMO While I can’t say I was completely surprised by this past weekend’s events inside the ring, some moments did stir some emotion out of my elderly guts. First off, I quite enjoyed the scrap for the vacant EBU heavyweight title (and IBF International strap) between long-time …
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By Johnny Walker Bulgarian bad boy Kubrat “The Cobra” Pulev (16-0, 8 KOs) battered and stopped Alexander “Sascha” Dimitrenko of Germany (32-2, 21 KOs) today in an entertaining heavyweight scrap in Erfurt, Germany, to win the EBU European heavyweight title. Pulev, 31, got off to a slow start, as the …
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By Ivan G. Goldman If Floyd Mayweather will stand and fight against Miguel Cotto, he’ll do it against anybody, even Manny Pacquiao. Floyd did an awful lot of fighting off the ropes Saturday night, but he did an awful lot of damage there too. And when he got caught flush, …
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By Jackie Kallen No doubt about it, this fight totally lived up to the hype. The full house at the MGM Grand was satisfied and happy as they poured out after watching Mayweather’s hand held high in victory. Half of them got what they wanted and the other half had …
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By William Holmes The biggest fight of the year is here as Floyd Mayweather Jr. has decided to move up a weight class to challenge Miguel Cotto for his Junior Middleweight title. All the celebrities are in attendance, as HBO panned to show shots of Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Sugar …
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By William Holmes The Floyd Mayweather vs Miguel Cotto Results will be posted on a separate page. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (39-0) vs. Shane Mosley (46-7); WBC Super Welterweight Photo: Tom Hogan/ Hogan PhotosChampionship Round 1: Mosley came out firing his jab and Alvarez was back peddling on the outside of …
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