By: LV Boxing Canelo Alvarez has been called many names. A champion, a warrior, maybe even a prima-donna. But an underachiever? Never. When Alvarez first came onto the boxing scene in 2005, he was viewed as a good fighter. Wins over Matthew Hatton and Ryan Rhodes pushed him from good …
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By: LV Boxing Unpredictability has always been the name of the game when it comes to boxing’s Heavyweight division. Unlike most weight classes, you just never know what you’re going to get once the big guys step inside of the ring. And on March 7th 2020, at Barclay Center in …
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By: Sean Crose It was a turning point fight for both men. One, defending middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler, had been chomping at the bit for a big money, highly touted match-up. The other, iconic challenger Roberto Duran, was still looking to fully redeem himself after inexplicably quitting in the …
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By: LV Boxing Former unified Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch has always been confident. Maybe even too confident. But wins over Jean Pascal, Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell, Arthur Abraham, Lucian Bute, Mikkel Kessler and George Groves gives him the perfect ammunition to think he was the best. When Froch retired …
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By: LV Boxing The Heavyweight division has somewhat of an arbitrary list. But just about everyone views the top of the weight class the same. Former WBC titlist Deontay Wilder, current WBC belt holder and Lineal champ Tyson Fury and unified champion Anthony Joshua are all at the top. One …
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By: LV Boxing Once upon a time, the boxing schedule was filled with some of the interesting matches possible. WBC and Lineal Heavyweight champ Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder were heading toward a third matchup against one another. Former Super Lightweight world champions Regis Prograis and Maurice were on the …
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In a sea of ghost-written fight memoirs and tweets with poor grammar, truly beautiful boxing writing is a treat. Andrew Rihn’s Revelation: An Apocalypse in Fifty-Eight Fights is one such treat that’s engaging and readable, but to tell the story of one of boxing’s greatest, Rihn uses an unexpected tool: …
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By: LV Boxing Franchon Crews-Dezurn can officially call herself a champion once again. The WBO sanctioning body has recently stripped Alejandra Jimenez of the 168 pound title and has handed the belt back to Crews-Dezurn. Originally, the two fought back on January 11th, of this year. Both ladies gave the …
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By: Hans Themistode For the past 14 years, current IBF Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has been viewed as the better fighter each time he has stepped foot inside of the ring. Yet, when the knockout artist climbs through those ropes on September 12th, against Canelo Alvarez, he won’t be. With …
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By: LV Boxing For the past few years, WBO Super Middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders has been calling for a shot at pound for pound star Canelo Alvarez. With back to back wins over Willie Monroe Jr and David Lemieux back in 2017, Saunders had effectively placed himself in the …
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