Was Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker On Drugs His Entire Career? By: Ken Hissner Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, 40-4-1 (17), held the WBC, IBF, WBA lightweight titles, IBF super lightweight title and the WBC welterweight title. Whitaker lost 3 of his last 4 fights and within them his win over Andrey …
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WBA/IBF Heavyweight Title Fight Preview: Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko By: William Holmes On Saturday afternoon one of the biggest heavyweight bouts in recent memory will take place at the famous Wembley Stadium in London, England. This is such a major event that Wembley Stadium is expecting a record setting …
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Why Is America Missing Out On Joshua-Klitschko? By: Sean Crose A public workout was held Wednesday. In Wembley Stadium. In front of a significant, loud and very energetic crowd. With Michael Buffer introdrucing the fighters before they actually, you know, worked out. This, friends, was something special. And little wonder. …
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Anthony Joshua is on the Precipice of a New Era for Heavyweight Championship By: Matthew N. Becher Anthony Joshua has all the goods. He is an Olympic Gold Medalist, undefeated professional with all of his wins (18) coming by way of the Knockout. He is handsome, well-spoken and generally liked …
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Tevin “American Idol” Farmer at Liacouras Center Saturday! By: Ken Hissner At Temple Universities Liacouras Center in Philadelphia Saturday Tevin “American Idol” Farmer, 24-4-1 (5), of Philly is in the main event against Arthur Santos Reyes, 19-7 (5), of Sonora, MEX, in a super featherweight 10 round match. There will …
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Cuban Ugas stopped Lara at Tunica! By: Ken Hissner FS-1 Premier Boxing Champions promoted at the Fitz Casino & Hotel in Tunica, MS, Tuesday night. In the main event Cuban Yordenis Ugas, 19-3 (9), out of Las Vegas, stopped Nicaraguan Nelson Lara, 17-8 (7), out of Costa Rica at 0:29 …
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Mayweather, McGregor, Fonfara, Stevenson, Pulev, Barrios and more… Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of April 17th to April 24th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Dana White Tells Colin …
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Adrien Broner and Timothy Bradley: Win-win situation By: Kirk Jackson Timothy Bradley 33-2-1 (13 KO’s) called out Adrien Broner 33-2 (24 KO’s) and simply asked why not? It’s a valid question and for Bradley, Broner appears to be a fine tune-up for something potentially bigger down the line. The last …
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Which path will Keith Thurman take? By: Kirk Jackson Unified WBC and WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman 28-0 (22 KO’s) was in attendance at last weekend’s big boxing event at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York. Thurman witnessed former adversary Shawn Porter improve to 27-2-1 (17 KO’s), defeating Andre …
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Twin Power: The Charlo Brothers By: Kirk Jackson One half of the powerful twin tag team duo was on display this past weekend as Jermell Charlo29-0 (14 KO’s) successfully defended his WBC junior middleweight title, stopping Charles Hatley26-2-1 via 6th round knockout. In his first defense of his WBC title …
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