Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of October 3rd to October 10th; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. HBO Sports Extends Agreement with Veteran Broadcaster Jim Lampley HBO Sports has entered into a …
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Charles “The Hatchet” Brewer Didn’t Forget His Roots Defending His IBF Super World Middleweight Title at the Legendary Blue Horizon
By: Ken Hissner How many times do boxers fight in a small facility and become world champions and “forget where they got their start?” IBF World Super Middleweight champion Charles “The Hatchet” Brewer was “the exception!” Turning professional in August of 1989 on a Peltz Boxing show Brewer won his …
Read More »“My Three Sons” All Trained by Their Father “Bozy” Ennis
By: Ken Hissner It doesn’t happen much when a father trains a son in boxing but Philadelphia’s Derrick “Bozy” Ennis seems to have been an exception to that rule. As a boxer he went 12-1 over a six year period ending in 1984. “I went to the gym to learn …
Read More »Vitali Klitschko Hints At Return To The Ring Against Anthony Joshua
by Johnny Walker It seemed apparent following world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s recent TKO win over long-time reigning former champion Wladimir Klitschko, that the other member of the famous boxing siblings who dominated the division for over a decade, Vitali Klitschko, still had some passionate bloodlust in his soul for …
Read More »Boxing Insider Interview with Tramaine Williams
By: Ben Sutherland The stadium is still filling up at the Mandalay Bay Hotel Events Center and neither Ward nor Kovalev have yet arrived for their much hyped rematch. The Sky Sports and HBO broadcasts have started and whilst the stadium is nearly empty, a large TV audience has tuned …
Read More »Does Saul “Canelo” Alvarez Deserve a Rematch with GGG Golovkin?
By: Ken Hissner This writer’s favorite boxer today is none other than Gennady “GGG” Golovkin who holds the WBA, WBC, IBF and IBO titles in the middleweight division. He just came off of a disputed draw with former super welterweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and there is talk of a …
Read More »WBSS Results: Chris Eubank Jr Easily Defeats Avni Yildrim
By: Ste Rowen Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart was the setting for the second Super Middleweight quarter final of the World Boxing Super Series, as Turkey’s Avni Yildrim took on IBO World Champion, Chris Eubank Jr. Stuttgart is said to be home to around 20,000 Turks, but their number, nor the ferocious atmosphere …
Read More »Amir Khan: “Can’t Wait To Get Back In The Ring, Where I Belong”
By: Sean Crose “Can’t wait,” Amir Khan tweeted this week, “to get back in the ring, where I belong.” Sure enough, the last time fans saw the lighting fast former British Olympian was back in 2016. It was then that Khan was knocked out in brutal fashion by Canelo Alvarez …
Read More »Daniel Jacobs Set To Headline HBO Card
By: Sean Crose Middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs recently announced that he had teamed up with British super promoter Eddie Hearn. Not only that, Jacobs also made it clear that he had teamed up with HBO. It was obviously a fresh start for the man who gave middleweight champ Gennady Golovkin …
Read More »These Three Hold the Future of Philadelphia Boxing in Their Hands
By: Ken Hissner At the end of this article this writer will talk about the three boxers in Philadelphia who hold the future of Philly boxing in their hands! For some time Philadelphia writers, trainers, boxers and promoters have said Philadelphia is the “boxing capitol of the world!” Currently Philadelphia …
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