Mike Tyson’s Appeals of His Rape Conviction, Revisited By Adam J. Pollack To this day, debate continues regarding whether or not former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson received a fair trial which lead to his conviction for sexually assaulting Desiree Washington. Perhaps the best information regarding the debate is …
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Cotto, Mayweather, Pacquiao, Canelo, Ward, Kovalev, and more… Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of May 16th to May 23rd, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Miguel Cotto to Face …
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Anthony Dirrell Speaks Out On Last Saturday Night By: Sean Crose Boxing once again received some negative attention last Saturday night when chaos ensued after the Andre Dirrell-Jose Uzcategui super middleweight bout in Maryland. Dirrell was sent down and out by a punch that landed after the bell. Uzcategui was …
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Don’t Tell Robert “Tito” Manzanarez 15 is Too Young to Turn Pro! By: Ken Hissner It was 3 months past his 15th birthday when Phoenix, AZ, born (2/17/94) Robert “Tito” Manzanarez turned professional in Los Mochis, Mexico, when he stopped Jose Rosario Lopez in 0:32. At 5:07 he only weighed …
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Breaking News: Adrien Broner Going Back To Jail By: Sean Crose “Professional boxer Adrien Broner will spend the next three days behind bars.” So claims Fox19 in a link provided, via Twitter, by ESPNs Dan Rafael. According to the report, Broner has offered up a guilty plea for a disorderly …
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Boxing’s Dark Saturday By: Sean Crose Look, boxing is a rough sport. Always has been. Always will be. Nothing gets much darker than when fighters become permanently damaged or even killed. There’s other less than savory matters, however, that often abound in and around the sweet science. For years, the …
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HBO World Championship Boxing Results: Beltran Flattens Maicelo, By: William Holmes The ultra-talented and underappreciated Terence Crawford headlined tonight’s HBO World Championship Boxing Card live from Madison Square Garden in New York City as he took on former Olympic Gold Medalist Felix Diaz. The untelevised undercard featured some of Top …
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Showtimes’ Wild Saturday Boxing Card: Davis and Russell Victorious By: Sean Crose Liam Walsh, 21-0, took a crack at the IBF junior lightweight title when he took on American champ Gervanta Davis, 17-0, in a sold out Copper Box arena in London. Smith showed some nice range in the first, …
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Josh Davis Stops Carlos Rosario at 2300 Arena in Philly Friday! By: Ken Hissner King’s Promotions returned to the 2300 Arena in South Philly on Friday night with 8 bouts and 46 rounds. They will be returning on June 24th with former champion Kermit Cintron and Tyrone Brunson. In the …
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Canelo-GGG: Location, Location, Location By: Sean Crose Now that the biggest question in boxing, the one about if and when Canelo would face GGG, has been answered, fans and analysts are looking for a new mystery to be solved: Where will the fight be held? This may all seem somewhat …
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