By: William Holmes This weekend Showtime is giving out a free preview for cable subscribers, and they chose to showcase undefeated lightweight prospect Luis Ramos Jr. as a free fight to prospective subscribers. This card takes place from Indio, California. Luis Ramos Jr. took on a tough veteran in Raymundo …
Read More »ESPN Friday Night Fights Results: Dyah Davis
By: William Holmes ESPN began their season of Friday Night Fights with a main event featuring super middleweights Dyah Davis and Alfonso Lopez. Dyah Davis is the son of former Olympic Gold Medalist Howard Davis Jr., and faced a heavy hitter in Alfonso Lopez, a fighter who’s had seventeen knockouts. …
Read More »More Excuses from Arum to Save Manny from Floyd
by Hans Olson “Obviously, I will discuss Mayweather with Manny when I get over there,” said Bob Arum to Boxing Scene writer Michael Marley Friday afternoon. This was after Marley had asked Arum if Floyd’s jail sentence being delayed until June opens up negotiations for the biggest fight in the …
Read More »Floyd “Money” Mayweather Gets Reprieve from Jail … For Now
By Johnny Walker It seems “Money” does indeed talk. Those who were salivating at the thought of seeing Floyd “Money” Mayweather behind bars will have to wait a little longer than expected for satisfaction. Mayweather Jr. had been scheduled to move into the Big House today in Las Vegas, but …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather’s Advisor Releases Statement on Floyds Jail Postponement
‘We are pleased that the judge granted postponement of his surrender date so he could fulfill his commitment to Las Vegas to deliver his promised mega fight and the economic benefits it provides to the community. ” — Leonard Ellerbe on behalf of Mayweather Leave a Comment
Read More »Strikeforce Preview: ‘Rockhold vs. Jardine’
By Jaime C. Feal Longtime UFC veteran Keith Jardine makes his second Strikeforce appearance after fighting to a draw with Gegard Mousasi in April. This time, however, Jardine has slimmed down to 185 pounds to challenge for the Strikeforce middleweight title against Luke Rockholt. Also on the card are Tyron …
Read More »ShoBox Returns with a Double Feature Friday Night
The 2012 boxing season gets off to a rousing start this Friday night at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, when Golden Boy Promotions and SHOWTIME present a hard-hitting doubleheader featuring the WBA Fedelatin lightweight title fight between undefeated Luis Ramos Jr. and veteran Raymundo Beltran and a battle …
Read More »Sergio Martinez: Chavez and Pacquiao are “Biggest Lies in Boxing”
by Hans Olson Last week, Sergio Martinez held a press conference in his native Argentina, airing his grievances on a number of topics including the WBC and HBO, along with his frustration toward Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Boxing Insider caught up with the middleweight champ this week for an exclusive …
Read More »Freddie Roach Needs To Talk Sense Into Amir Khan
By Charles Jay In a Washington Post article before his loss to Lamont Peterson, in which Amir Khan insisted it was NO problem whatsoever fighting a touch challenger in his hometown, trainer Freddie Roach was quoted as saying, “The thing is, the ring’s the same size in L.A. that it …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather Gets To Be The “Undisputed”
by Charles Jay There will not be additional jail time for Floyd Mayweather for that incident a year ago when he had an altercation with a couple of rent-a-cops in his ritzy Las Vegas neighborhood. Mayweather was able to plead the thing down to a $1000 fine and avoid any …
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