By: Ste Rowen When I sat down to write something this week, I was struggling, and then it came to me. In a quiet few weeks for boxing what better way to create unnecessary arguments about a popular but ultimately irrelevant subject? So here goes, this is my Top 10 …
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By: Eric Lunger The sequel to September’s already-classic middleweight clash between Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is close to becoming a reality, according to recent reporting by Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times. Eric Gomez of Golden Boy Promotions told the Times that the parties were working …
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Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of December 12th to December 19th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Photo Credit: Terrell Groggins / Salita Promotions Claressa Shields Media Workout Quotes Unified Women’s Super …
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By: Ken Hissner Back in 2012 this writer was in New York watching USA vs China. Two boxers stood out one from each team. From team USA it was Philadelphia’s Jesse “Hard Work” Hart, now 22-1. He lost that fight in his September title shot to Gilberto Ramirez the WBO …
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Muhammad Ali Beat Four Olympic Gold Medalists By: Ken Hissner At a boxing event in Atlantic City recently top boxing judge Steve Weisfeld asked “who beat four Olympic Gold Medalists?” About 15 minutes later he told me who it was. In the 1960 Olympic Boxing Trials Cassius Clay aka Muhammad …
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By: Eric Lunger Billy Joe Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) made his third defense of his WBO middleweight belt tonight at the he Place Bell in Quebec, Canada, taking on fearsome power-puncher and former IBF World middleweight champion David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs). Photo Credit: HBO Boxing Saunders won the WBO …
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by B.A. Cass Only three boxers have fought on HBO in back-to-back months. The first two are Roy Jones Jr. and Mike Tyson. The third is Cletus Seldin, who on Wednesday found himself walking down an aisle of a Walmart in Laval, Canada. “I gotta buy food and my recovery …
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By: Ken Hissner TGB Promotions over Premier Boxing Champions USA Fox Sports 1 Friday promoted four ten’s that any could be a main event at the Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster, CA. Photo Credit: Pete Young: Premier Boxing Champions Returning after 13 months the two-time division world champion Jessie “Ruthless” …
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By: Ken Hissner At the Fanasty Resorts Casino in Indio, CA, Thursday night over ESPN due to Diego De La Hoya’s inability to make weight for his fight against Jose Salgado it’s been replaced by Morales vs Zenunaj on a Golden Boy Promotions. Photo Credit: Golden Boy Boxing In the …
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By: William Holmes On Saturday night the Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada will be the host site for an HBO Triple Header to take place on HBO World Championship Boxing. The opening bout will be between Cletus “Hebrew Hammer” Seldin and Yves Ulysse, Jr. in the junior welterweight division. …
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