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The Brothers Canizales Put Laredo, Texas on the Map! By: Ken Hissner Gaby Canizales, 48-8-1 (36), held the WBA and WBO Bantamweight titles while his younger brother Orlando held the IBF Bantamweight, THE IBA Featherweight and the IBC Super bantamweight titles. Gaby was born in 1960 and turning professional in …

Sex Tapes, Privacy, and Amir Khan By David J. Kozlowski The long-rumored Amir Khan sex tape is available online. I haven’t seen it. It was meant to be private, and I respect that. The tape is reported to depict former world champion Khan video-chatting with a model he dated years …

Angel Garcia Melts Down In Rage Filled Rant At Thurman-Garcia Press Conference By: Sean Crose It was meant to be a celebration of a big deal. For WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia was at a press conference with his team to announce an upcoming bout with WBA welterweight champion Keith …

The Most Anticipated Boxing Matchup of 2017 By: Kevin Kennedy 2017 is going to be a special year for boxing, with the plenty of questions surrounding the top stars of the sport. Is this the year when Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor finally stop talking and meet in the …

Cecilia “First Lady”Braekhus Makes 19th Defense in January! By: Ken Hissner Cecilia “First Lady” Braekhus, 29-0 (8) was born in Cartagena, COL, some 35 years ago. On January 28th she will make only her second appearance in her now residence of Bergen, Norway. She will be defending her WBC welterweight …

Boxing Insider Notebook: Conlan, Canelo, Chavez, Briggs, LaManna, and more… Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of January 10th to January 17th comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Ireland’s Conlan to Announce 3/17 Pro Debut …

Ali’s Birthday & Seven Heavyweight Champions Who Are Capricorns! By: Ken Hissner Cus D’Amato at his home in the Catskills of New York once told this writer back in 1982 that “if a new kid came into the gym and is a Capricorn(12/22-1/20) I will work with him”. Well, he …

Rabbi (Yuri Foreman) Should Have Been in Temple By: Ronald Neal Goldman What might eventually portend as a career ending match, Yuri Foreman (34-3, 10 KOs), was knocked out for the second first time in his career, at 1;47 of the fourth round at the Amphitheater at Hialeah Park South …

Atlantic City and Trenton Shows in New Jersey Friday and Saturday! By: Ken Hissner New Jersey boxing is off to a fast start with two shows scheduled this week. Friday at Bally’s Event Center, in Atlantic City with 11 bouts scheduled over Sho Box. The main event features two topsuper …

DeGale-Jack Shows That Not All 10-9 Rounds Are Alike By: Sean Crose Let’s face it, James DeGale got his ass kicked Saturday night in Brooklyn. That’s right, Badu Jack took it to the English super middleweight in a big way. While DeGale, slick and skilled, dominated early, Badu’s hard, grinding …