Who is the pound-for-pound ruler: April 2017 Edition: Who’s Number One? By: Kirk Jackson Who is the best fighter pound-for-pound as we close the chapter on the first quarter of the calendar year? With Roman Gonzalez 46-1 (38 KO’s) recently falling albeit in controversial fashion, this leaves an opportunity for …
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How Many Wars Does Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez Have Left In Him? By: Sean Crose Chocolatito looks to be returning. The WBC has ordered former junior bantamweight champ Roman Gonzalez to face Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, the man who beat him this past March, in a rematch for the title strap. Gonzalez-Sor …
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Pacquiao signs to fight Jeff Horn this summer By: Matthew N. Becher It has been a wild couple of months trying to keep up with who and where WBO welterweight champion, Manny Pacquiao would be fighting next, but today he signed on the dotted line, to take on his mandatory …
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A Case of Revenge or the Same Result? Ward vs. Kovalev II By: Kirk Jackson In a bout titled “NO EXCUSES,” Andre Ward 31-0 (15 KO’s) defends his light heavyweight titles against the man who previously reigned over the division with iron fists – Sergey Kovalev 30-1-1 (26 KO’s). After …
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Omar “Super O” Douglas Robbed by Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry! By: Ken Hissner At the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, PA, Tuesday night “the 3 Blind Mice” in a Kings Promotion Omar “Super O” Douglas of Wilmington, DE, got robbed while Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry of the Bahamas now out of …
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Breaking: Ward-Kovalev II Is On By: Sean Crose “Wait for it…” These words came from a Tweet today from light heavyweight kingpin Andre Ward. Shortly thereafter, one was able to find some major observers of the boxing world taking to the internet to declare (via sources) that a Ward rematch …
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Pacquiao, Helenius, Alvarez, Chavez, Chisora, and more… Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of March 28th to April 4th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Pacquiao to Possibly Face Jeff …
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Omar Douglas & Edner Cherry at Sands Bethlehem Tuesday! By: Ken Hissner Kings Promotions will be promoted an event of boxing Tuesday night April 4th featuring in the main event Omar “Super O” Douglas, 17-1 (12), of Wilmington, DE, coming off his first loss to face veteran Edner “Cherry Bomb” …
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Promoter Lou DiBella Unloads On Modern Boxing By: Sean Crose WARNING: Blue language ahead. Promoter Lou DiBella is a man who’s known to tell it like it is. And he certainly told it like he felt it was when he sat down to talk with Chris Mannix about the sweet …
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Orozco, Gesta Emerge Victorious on ESPN By: Sean Crose Mercino Gesta, the 29-1-2 lightweight started off the night at the Cosmopolitan in Vegas on Saturday against the 27-3 Gilberto Gonzalez in a ten round lightweight affair. The bout, which opened the televised version of Golden Boy Promotions’ ESPN 2 (and …
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