By: Sean Crose Rising junior lightweight Chris Colbert was the unofficial headliner of Showtime’s Saturday night card, which was broadcast live from Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena. The 14-0 Brooklyn native squared off against the 16-1 Jaime Arboleda in a scheduled 12 round affair. At stake was the WBA Interim Super …
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By: Sean Crose The co-main event of Saturday night’s Showtime Chris Colbert-Jaime Arboleda card from Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena featured the 11-0 lightweight Richardson Hitchins as he faced off against the 25-3-3 Algenis Mendez in a scheduled 10 rounder. Hitchins was clearly the attraction, but the veteran Mendez had plans …
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By: Sean Crose Live boxing returned to Showtime Saturday night, with rising junior welterweight Chris Colbert set to square off against Jaime Arboleda in a scheduled 12 round affair at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. First, however, the 17-1-2 middleweight turned super middleweight (thanks to weighing in six pounds …
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Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev During the first two rounds of Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight title defense against Kubrat Pulev (28-2, 14 KOs), both fighters were reluctant to let their hands go. In the third however, the script was completely flipped. A left hand courtesy of Joshua left his man on …
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The ring walk for Cruiserweight contender Lawrence Okolie (15-0, 12 KOs) was much longer then his contest against Nikodem Jezewski (19-1-1, 9 KOs). With two quick knockdowns in the first round, Okolie pulled the curtain’s down on their contest in the second round as a right hand sent Okolie’s man …
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Like most Hughie Fury (25-3, 14 KOs) contests, the heavyweight found himself a bloody mess. Despite that, he still managed to outpoint and outgun gate keeper Mariusz Wach (36-7, 19 KOs). With two early rounds already in the bag, a nasty cut due to a clash of heads in the …
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Make it five in a row for heavyweight contender Martin Bakole (16-1, 12 KOs). The once beaten British residence had a relatively rough time against Sergey Kuzmin (15-2, 12 KOs). During the early going’s it was all Bakole as Kuzmin seemed content with sitting back and taking punches to the …
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From the moment the opening bell rang, fringe Jr. middleweight contender Macaulay McGowan (14-2-1, 3 KOs) had absolutely nothing for Kieron Conway (16-1-1, 3 KOs). The British native came straight forward and landed shot after shot on his man. After a one-sided beating, Kieron dropped his man in the eighth. …
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By: LV Boxing No matter how intimidating Anthony Joshua seemed on the outside, it didn’t take much to get under his skin. The surly knockout artist from Britain always found himself the topic of conversation, and more times than not, what was said about him wasn’t very flattering. For the …
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By: Kirk Jackson The Sports Immortal, Collectable Collaboration and the Special Connection with Sports Boxing Insider sat down with Ezra Levine, CEO of Collectable, and Jim Platt, President of Sports Immortals to discuss their collaboration, as well as the origins of their respective ventures. Also in the discussion are the …
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