By: Oliver McManus When the dust settled in Cardiff on Saturday night, the 80,000 fans made their way home and the blood on the canvas was wiped clean, there were two people left in their dressing rooms to ponder over the contrasting future career trajectories they were left with. Photo …
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“AJ” Anthony Joshua Unifies Titles by Defeating Joseph Parker
By: Ken Hissner The Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday was the host site for the heavyweight boxing unification title bout between WBA & IBF heavyweight champion Anthony “AJ” Joshua and WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker. This Eddie Hearn/Matchroom Boxing event had 80,000 fans in attendance. WBA & IBF heavyweight …
Read More »Roach Talks Tough On Canelo, PEDs
Famed trainer Freddie Roach feels that if Canelo Alvarez willingly ingested performance enhancing drugs, then he, and anyone else who does the same, should face an “attempted murder charge.” As far as the veteran corner man is concerned, strong enough action hasn’t been taken in light of fighters willfully cheating. …
Read More »Leonard Ellerbe: “Social Media’s Changed Everything”
“Social media’s changed everything,” Leonard Ellerbe told Boxing Insider. “I love it.” The CEO of Mayweather Promotions claimed that social media “gives fighters a platform.” Still, Ellerbe admitted “It’s a blessing and sometimes it’s a curse…so long,” he added, “as it’s used in the right way. as a promotional tool.” …
Read More »Heather Hardy Returns to the Ring
By: Bryant Romero Heather “The Heat” Hardy (20-0, 4 KOs) makes her return to ring on April 21 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn after nearly a full year away from the sport where she will be a part of the Broner vs Vargas undercard. For the past year, Hardy …
Read More »Ray “Tito” Serrano Edged by Malik “Iceman” Hawkins at Fillmore
By: Ken Hissner Hard Hitting Promotions returned to the beautiful Fillmore in Philadelphia for the second time since their debut there a year ago. They put on an exciting 8 bout card Friday night before a sold out crowd. In the Main Event Welterweight Ray “Tito” Serrano, 24-5 (10), of …
Read More »MGM Offers Refunds on Canelo GGG Tickets Based on Uncertainty of Commission Decision
Word broke on Wednesday that MGM Resorts will be offering full refunds for tickets that have already been purchased for the May 5th Canelo Alvarez – Gennady Golovkin rematch, which is still scheduled to go down at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “In the event a fan requested a …
Read More »Anthony Joshua v. Joseph Parker Undercard Preview
BY: Ste Rowen Controversy, Olympians and a world title fight. Here’s the breakdown of this weekends Joshua vs Parker undercard. Alexander Povetkin v David Price The most high profile, and controversial bout of the undercard pits Alexander Povetkin, 33-1 (23KOs) a man who failed multiple drug tests in 2016; resulting …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Vargas, Andrade, Joshua, Parker, Golovkin, and more…
Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of March 20th to March 27th covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker Press Conference Quotes Undefeated heavyweight world champions Anthony Joshua and …
Read More »The Eleventh Annual Philly’s “The Briscoe Awards”
By: Ken Hissner John DiSanto did his usual great event at the VBA Ring One this year instead of the Xfinity live in recent years thanks to the suggestion by Brittany “BAM” Rogers who is part of Peltz Boxing team. The event had its usual mix of a crowd from …
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