By Jake Donovan Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez remain on course to make weight ahead of their highly anticipated HBO-televised rematch which takes place September 9 at the famed StubHub Center in Carson, California. As the WBC super flyweight title is at stake, both boxers have been required …
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Terence Crawford Vacates IBF Title; Lipinets-Kondo Ordered To Fill Void
By Jake Donovan With his win over Julius Indongo in their 140-pound unification clash two weeks ago, Terence Crawford became just the third boxer in history to simultaneously own all four titles in one weight division. The unbeaten two-division world champion from Omaha, Neb. made history just 12 days later, …
Read More »Pacquiao Unable To Rematch Horn In 2017
By: Sean Crose In what has proven to be a stellar year for the sport of boxing, many fans of the sweet science were hoping Manny Pacquiao would help wrap things up in style via a November rematch with Jeff Horn, who bested Pacquiao by extremely controversial decision last summer. …
Read More »Performance Enhancing Drugs in Combat Sports- What is Going On?!
By: Greg Houghton Is it just me, or is it starting to get really frustrating continuously hearing about yet another star in combat sports testing positive for performance enhancing drugs? It seems that, sure as the wind blows, we repeatedly hear of yet another pro athlete in combat sports who …
Read More »Maliek & Mikhail Montgomery Interview
By: Benny Henderson The Montgomery brothers were raised on boxing, all three, Maliek, Mikhail and Michael were decorated amateurs. With a combined record of 419-44, and countless awards and trophies, all three have decided to take the plunge as a professional in the bang for your buck sport. Both, Maliek, …
Read More »GGG: Canelo Fight “Is Special For Me. It’s Huge.”
By: Sean Crose “It’s special for me,” Gennady “GGG” Golovkin said during a Wednesday conference call to promote his middleweight title showdown against Canelo Alvarez on September 16th. “It’s huge.” Indeed, his fight with Alvarez will be enormous, the biggest boxing event this side of Floyd and Conor. And team …
Read More »Cotto-Kamegai Ratings Impacted By Mayweather-McGregor
By Jake Donovan The last time Miguel Cotto fought live on HBO’s flagship station in June ‘15, it turned out to be the 3rd highest-rated fight of the year. Saturday’s ring return for Puerto Rico’s first-ever four division world champion merely produced the third highest-rated boxing telecast of the evening. …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Canelo, Golovkin, Mayweather, McGregor, Morrison, Crawford, and more..
Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of August 22nd to August 29th; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Photo Credit: Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions Canelo vs. Golovkin Undercard Set The undercard for the …
Read More »ESPN Announces Major Deal With Top Rank
By: Sean Crose Perhaps lost in all the mania surrounding the Floyd-Conor weekend was the huge news that ESPN has announced a major deal with Bob Arum’s Top Rank Promotions. Arum, one of boxing’s most prominent promoters (perhaps the single most prominent one) is now letting his stable of boxers …
Read More »P.T. Would’ve been Proud! A Boxing Coach’s Take on Mayweather vs. McGregor
By: Bruce Babashan (A letter to a friend about the McGregor vs Mayweather fight the other night) I did not watch the fight the other night. I had my reasons but I have many friends and family that did. One friend (Greg) in particular who loves Conner McGregor and MMA …
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