By: Ken Hissner The SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia was the host site for a King’s Promotion 9 fight card. Young Philadelphia talent were featured in the main event, which ended in a draw between Tyron “Butterfly” Crawler, Jr. of Philadelphia and Dominican Richard Garcia over 8 rounds. Philadelphia, PA, and …
Read More »What is DAZN?
By: Dylan Smith DAZN (Pronounced ‘Da-Zone’) You may or may not have heard of them but here they are. Although they are going to be a multi sport platform, their first phase is heavily focused on boxing and fight sports. The reason for that is they believe fight fans in …
Read More »What is the Hold Up for Zuffa Boxing?
By Bryanna Fissori It has been about a year now since the combat sports world first saw the “Zuffa Boxing” image across UFC President Dana White’s red Reebok shirt. This was during the hype for the Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather Jr fight in August of 2017. How the time …
Read More »The Ultimate Showdown of Boxer vs. Brawler: Fury vs. Wilder
By: Dylan Smith The Battle of the Behemoth Could this be it? The greatest pugilist Giants waging war to win the ultimate title of Super Heavyweight Champion of the world and could the victor be crowned as the GOAT? Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are the longest bodied out of …
Read More »Philadelphia Area Has a Big Weekend of Boxing with Three Shows
By: Ken Hissner On Friday night at the SugarHouse Casino, Marshall Kauffman’s King’s Promotions brings Tyrone Crawley, Jr., 7-1 (0), of Philadelphia, for the WBF junior welter title, against his toughest opponent to date in Dominican Ricardo Garcia, 14-3 (9), over 8 rounds. The matchmaker is Damian Ramos and PR …
Read More »Whyte, Fury, Wilder and Chisora and the Order of the Square Jungle
By: Daniel Smith “CRACK!” A whamming freight train of a left hook smashes against the granite jaw of Joseph Parker, as a thrash of thick, spume-like slaver oomphs from his gaping mouth, while a spattering-lash of sweat pelts from his drenched glistening crown. In that precise moment, Joseph Parker’s body …
Read More »Eddie Hearn Hopes To Ring In: “A New Era Of Broadcasting”
By: Sean Crose On October 6th, Chicago’s Wintrust Arena will host the American premiere of promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom boxing. The card, which will feature welterweights Jessie Vargas and Thomas Dulorme will be broadcast live on the DANZ streaming program. “This is a huge event and the first of our …
Read More »Best of the Rest: The Heavyweight Division
By: Oliver McManus Last week we focused on the “elite” heavyweight fighters and in an ever-changing division with contenders coming and going, this article seeks to take a look at the next crop of challengers looking to force their way to a world title. Alexander Povetkin Where better a place …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Canelo, Top Rank, Mikaela Mayer, USA Boxing, and more…
Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of July 31st to August 8th; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Photo Credit: Tom Hogan-HoganPhotos/ Golden Boy Promotions August 25: Mikaela Mayer Added to ESPN Telecast …
Read More »Frank Warren’s ‘The Time is Now’ Breakdown
By: Oliver McManus FRANK WARREN announced his first show of the new season for October 6th. Taking place at the Leicester Arena, “The Time is Now” has had five fighters confirmed for the bill – with more to come – and seeing as we’re still two months out from fight …
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