Yuriorkis Gamboa Quits On Stool By: Sean Crose Yuriorkis Gamboa (26-1)looked to reignite interest in his somewhat stagnated career on Friday when he faced Robinson Castellanos (23-12) in front of ESPN cameras at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The ten round lightweight bout came during one of the biggest fight …
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Canelo-Chavez Jr: Bad Blood By: Sean Crose If one thing has emerged in the months leading up to this weekend’s Canelo Alvarez-Julio Caesar Chavez Jr fight in Vegas it’s the irrefutable fact that both men seem to have a big problem with one another. In one of those strange turns …
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David Lemieux has found himself in line for a big money fight By: Matthew N. Becher David Lemieux is keeping himself active after his knockout of the year performance against Curtis Stevens earlier this year. The former IBF Middleweight champion of the world will be on this weekends, Canelo v. …
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Philly’s Fab Four Turned Professional in 2016 and Are 31-0-1! By: Ken Hissner The year was 2016 that five Philly boxers were to go to the Olympic in Brazil! The best looking prospect to come out of Philly since 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist Meldrick Taylor in this writer’s opinion is …
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There Was Only One Philly Blue Horizon & Ring Magazine Voted It #1 in the World! By: Ken Hissner The Blue Horizon is a historic 1,500-seat former boxing venue in Philadelphia. The Ring magazine voted it the number-one boxing venue in the world, and Sports Illustrated noted it as the …
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HBO PPV Boxing Preview: Canelo vs. Chavez, Lemieux vs. Reyes, Matthysse vs. Taylor By: William Holmes On Saturday night HBO will televised another Canelo Alvarez Pay Per View as he takes on fellow Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. This bout will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las …
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Muhammad Ali’s Offer of a Million to “Sugar” Ray Robinson Rejected! By: Ken Hissner It was after Muhammad Ali won the world title in 1964 over then champion Sonny Liston that he announced he had joined the Nation of Islam. Considered by most historians as the greatest pound for pound …
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Can Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Defeat Canelo Alvarez? By: Kirk Jackson Saturday May 6, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez 48-1-1 (34 KO’s) of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico engages in Mexican-civil war with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., 50-2-1 (32 KO’s) of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining HBO …
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The Battle of Mexico: Canelo v. Chavez Jr. By: Matthew N. Becher One of the greatest fan bases in the sport of boxing is, without question, the Mexican people. They have a very rich and deep history associated with the sport and a group of some of the greatest fighters …
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How Julio Caesar Chavez Jr Found Himself Back In Fans’ Good Graces By: Sean Crose It wasn’t so long ago that the majority of boxing fans seemed to be down, way down, on the son of the great Julio Caesar Chavez. Sure, Julio Caesar Chavez Jr still had a fan …
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