By: Ken Hissner The latest is that Terrence “Bud” Crawford, 32-0 (23) who defended his WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super lightweight titles in August knocking out Julius Indongo, 22-0, in Lincoln, NEB, in his 6th defense and as the WBO lightweight champion had two defenses will be moving up …
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Welcome to Montreal- Canada’s Mecca of Boxing
By: Patrick Mascoe Montreal has long been considered Canada’s cultural capital and may very well be one of North America’s most beautiful and interesting cities. It is warm and inviting, as well as multicultural and cosmopolitan. French is the city’s official language, creating the illusion that Montreal is more of …
Read More »Yes, Floyd Mayweather Held Back Against Conor McGregor — And What Else Is New?
By Ivan G. Goldman I disagree with Jim Lampley’s conclusion that Floyd Mayweather threw some rounds against Conor McGregor last August so he could set up a rematch and another easy payday. The scenario is plausible but almost certainly wrong. It’s always a little delicious to wonder whether a complex, …
Read More »“A.J.” Anthony Joshua Stops Carlos Takam in 10 in Wales
By: Ken Hissner IBF & WBA champion “A.J.” Anthony Joshua, of the UK retained his titles with a stoppage of Carlos Takam, at the Principality Stadium before an indoor record crowd of 78,000 fans, in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday, over Showtime. Photo Credit: Sky Sports 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, IBF & …
Read More »WBSS Results: Braehmer Defeats Brant
By: Ste Rowen Juergen Braehmer made sure he continued the winning trend for seeded fighters in the World Boxing Super Series, as he dominated American prospect, Rob Brant to a twelve round unanimous decision and hardly looked troubled in doing so. It was a tentative first round to begin with …
Read More »Will Dana White and the UFC be the Next Big Players in (Zuffa) Boxing?
By Bryanna Fissori “I could see bringing boxing under our umbrella and trying to see what we could do with that. I could see doing that.”-UFC President Dana White. As written about by BoxingInsider.com following Floyd Mayweather Jr fight versus UFC Champion Conor McGregor, there may be something to the …
Read More »Deontay Wilder: “If Bermane Stiverne Beats Me, I Will Retire.”
By: Sean Crose “That’s the thing about it,” WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder said on a recent conference call to promote his upcoming rematch with Bermane Stiverne. “You take it in the first place, and you make up excuses, and then the blame is pointed at me. It’s starting to …
Read More »The Progression of Chris Eubank Jr.
By: Jacob Tanswell It was June 25th 2016, Chris Eubank Jr, was sat in a press conference alongside promoter Eddie Hearn and his father, fresh from inflicting a damaging defeat on British Middleweight Contender, Tom Doran. As usual, Eubank Snr acted his usual maverick self, giving the journalists plenty of …
Read More »Showtime World Championship Boxing Preview : Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam
by Thomas Nicholls Cardiff’s Principality Stadium will host Saturday night’s heavyweight unification bout between the so far formidable AJ and late replacement Carlos Takam. Joshua had been in a ten-week training camp preparing for his Bulgarian mandatory, Kubrat Pulev, but a shoulder injury sustained in training has lead to the …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Dana White, Anthony Joshua, Sosa, Takam, Smith, Williams, Hernandez, and more…
Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of October 17th to October 24th; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Dana White Says UFC Could Start to Promote Boxing Dana White recently spoke to the …
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