Boxing Insider Notebook: Cuellar, Mares, Lopez, Webster, Crawford, Beltran, and more… By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of November 29th to December 6th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Cuellar, Mares, and Lopez Media …
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Philadelphia Produced 12 Olympians Since 1920! By: Ken Hissner The first Philadelphia Olympians were in 1920 when 3 made the USA team. There was Sid Loog at 160, William Clark at 147 and Earl Hartman at 118. None came back with a medal from Antwerp, Netherlands. In 1928 Ray Gatsby …
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Beautiful Brawlers Pro Female Fight Card Postponed Due To Illness and Injury By: Ron Scarfone There is an old adage in boxing to “expect the unexpected” which refers to what happens inside the ring. However, this was true outside the ring as well for boxing promoter Blanca Gutierrez. Her inaugural …
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Billy Joe Saunders Continues Not To Impress By: Sean Crose Here’s the truth – I could see last Saturday’s WBO middleweight title match in Scotland between champion Billy Joe Saunders and Artur Akavov being scored a draw. No, I didn’t see the 23-0 Saunders losing the fight to his 16-1 …
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Gassiev Outpoints Lebedev to Win IBF Cruiserweight Belt By: Eric Lunger Last night at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Denis Lebedev (29-2, 22 KO’s) faced fellow Russian Murat Gassiev (23-0, 17 KO’s) with Lebedev’s IBF World Title at stake. Lebedev, currently trained by Freddie Roach, picked up the IBF …
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The One Game We’d All Want for Christmas… If It Existed By: Jordan Seward If you’re an avid boxing fan and a gaming enthusiast the one game you’d have to have at the top of your Christmas list this year would be the new EA Sports boxing game … if …
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Why the Conor McGregor Hype Train Can Be Good for Boxing By: Matt O’Brien With the recent news that UFC star Conor McGregor was granted a professional boxing license in California, the media hype about a potential fight with Floyd Mayweather has gone into overdrive again – although this time, …
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Boxing In The Post Floyd Mayweather Era By: Sean Crose It’s said former pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather is happy in retirement. Indeed, the longer the man stays out of the ring – it’s been well over a year at this point – the less of a chance it …
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Tevin “American Idol” Farmer Retains NABF Title in Philly Friday. By: Ken Hissner At the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia Friday night Promoters Peltz Boxing, Bam Boxing Promotions, DiBella Entertainment and Joe Hand Promotions put on an 8 bout show. This show was highlighted by a great undercard. In the …
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Tevin “American Idol” Farmer Defends NABF Title in Philly on Friday! By: Ken Hissner Philadelphia’s Tevin “American Idol” Farmer, 23-4-1 (5) defends his NABF super featherweight title he won back in March at the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia. Peltz Boxing is doing the promotion with associates BAM Boxing, DiBella …
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