by Charles Jay Just a couple of days ago, somebody died who had more of an impact on the sport of mixed martial arts than you may be aware. Dennis Gomes ran a lot of casinos, in both of the major gaming centers of this country – Las Vegas and …
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By: William Holmes Tonight’s ShoBox card featured talent fighting under the banner of Mayweather promotions in the fight capital of Las Vegas. It featured the undefeated Jessie Vargas and the dangerous St. Louis native Deandre Latimore. Deandre Latimore took on Milton Nunez in the opening bout of the night, and …
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By: William Holmes ESPN Friday Night Fights is known for delivering solid fights between up and coming prospects and grizzled tough veterans. The opening bout of tonight’s telecast did not disappoint. Manny Perez came into this fight tonight as the underdog, but used a steady attack of hooks and jabs …
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By Kirk Jackson Former Junior Welterweight Champion Devon Alexander 22(13)-1 is facing WBA Junior Welterweight titlist, Marcos Maidana 31(28)-2, Saturday night in Alexander’s home town of St. Louis, in a 10 round Welterweight clash. Photo: Tom Hogan/ Hogan Photos Perhaps following the lead of Amir Khan and Timothy Bradley, both …
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PROFESSIONAL Mixed Martial Arts returned to the glorious and historic Palace of Auburn Hills as presented with CLASS by Donofrio MMA and the Impact Fight League. The event was preceded by an extremely informational and FREE seminar on concussive injuries in sports presented by the Sports Legacy Institute’s Chris Nowinski …
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by Johnny Walker Pity WBA “regular” heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin, and his opponent in this Saturday’s title clash, WBO cruiserweight champion Marco “Captain” Huck (pronounced “Hook”) who square off in Stuggart, Germany. After the shenanigans that occurred at last week’s heavyweight title clash between Dereck Chisora and WBC heavyweight champion …
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By Jaime C. Feal Now the dominant global figure in MMA, the UFC returns to Japan for the first time in 12 years. Once considered enemy territory, Japan is now fair game for UFC shows to be the main attraction after Zuffa acquired all the PRIDE assets in 2007. The …
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by Charles Jay There has been a fair amount of discussion on this website about “Old School vs. New School” when it comes to the sport of boxing, and it probably deserves to be discussed, with some myths dispelled. This latest round of debate was fueled by a story posted …
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By Hans Olson Crossroads According to RDS.ca, it’s now official that Montreal’s Joachim Alcine will fight Jermain Taylor on April 14 in Little Rock, Arkansas, Taylor’s hometown. The Haitian-born Canadian made waves last December when he upset the hard-hitting David Lemieux in one of the best performances of his career. …
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By: William Holmes The welterweight division is crowded with talent, and many of the top contenders in the division are chomping at the bit for a shot at a big payday against Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. You can add two more talented fighters to the mix, as Devon …
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