By Jaime C. Feal To many casual observers and fans, Saturday night’s superfight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin represents a thoroughly even match up. Two fighters in their prime with fantastic records, both champions, ready to throw down and entertain all at the T-Mobile Arena in Las …
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By: Benny Henderson The once beaten light heavyweight prospect, Sena Agbeko 18-1 (17 KO’s) who will be facing veteran Brad Austin 12-25 (9 KO’s) this Friday night at the State Fairgrounds Sports Arena in Nashville, TN, does not hold back any punches with his intentions come fight night. In fact, …
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By: Sean Crose Gennady Golovkin is a long way from Kazakhstan. The 35 year old product of the former Soviet Union is now in Las Vegas for the biggest fight of the year (so long as you don’t count a certain novelty bout between an all-time great and an Irish …
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Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of September 5th to September 12th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Sergey Kovalev to Face Vyacheslav Shabranskyy on November 25th Former Unified Light Heavyweight World Champion …
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by B.A. Cass The fight between Francisco Vargas and Orlando Salido, which seemed to be just about everyone’s pick for 2016 fight of the year, was certainly a good fight. But thirty seconds into Round One and the two men were already in their first clinch, something that turned into …
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By: Sean Crose With the fight serious boxing fans have been waiting for less than a week away, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has chosen its officials for the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin middleweight superbout Saturday night at the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas. Dave Moretti and Adalaide Byrd, both of …
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Full Card: Gennady Golovkin (c) vs Canelo Alvarez Middleweight titles Joseph Diaz Jr. vs Jorge Lara Featherweight Ryan Caballero vs Diego De La Hoya Junior featherweight Ryan Martin vs Francisco Rojo Lightweight Vergil Ortiz vs Cesar Valenzuela junior welterweight Marlen Esparza vs Aracely Palacios Female flyweight Serhii Bohachuk vs TBA …
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By: Kirk Jackson Terence Crawford 32-0 (23 KO’s) became the first male fighter since Bernard Hopkins to become the unified, undisputed champion of a weight division, capturing the WBA and IBF junior welterweight titles as he knocked out the undefeated Julius Indongo in three rounds. Photo Credit: Terence Crawford Facebook …
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By: Kirk Jackson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oJfLOtRZO8 Finally the time has arrived. Fans from all over the world will witness the unified WBC, WBA and WBO middleweight champion Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin 37-0 (33 KO’s) vs. the lineal and Ring Magazine middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez 49-1-1 (34 KO’s). Photo Credit: HBO Boxing …
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By: Ken Hissner In the first bout of an HBO Triple Header Juan Estrada, 36-2 (25), of MEX, defeated Carlos Cuadras, 36-2-1 (27), of MEX, over 12 well fought rounds, with a knockdown proving to be the difference. Photo Credit: Tom Hogan-Hogan Photos/K2 Promotions After 5 rounds of Cuadras controlling …
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