By: Sean Crose It’s only fitting perhaps that a professional sporting event that was said to be born and bred online ended up dominating the social medial site over the summer. For, in the weeks leading up to Floyd Mayweather’s 10th round victory over UFC star Conor McGregor on Saturday …
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Mayweather vs McGregor – The Party is Finally Over
By Gary Todd Las Vegas- Floyd Mayweather , as expected, took Conor McGregor to school, and gave the Irish plodder , a painful lesson in the sport of boxing. The loud mouthed McGregor could not back up on anything he said in the build up to the fight, and in …
Read More »Mayweather-McGregor – The Aftermath
By Charles Jay This reporter had to take a look around his Facebook news feed today (Sunday) before writing this piece. I don’t know what yours says, but here it’s telling me that, for the most part, those people who felt the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight was a complete and …
Read More »“Brothers by Choice” Buster Drayton & Earl Hargrove
By: Ken Hissner They were closer than brothers and until this day are still best friends. South Philly’s Buster Drayton would get his title fight at age 32 defeating Carlos Santos for the vacant IBF light middleweight title in June of 1986. He was co-managed by Ivan Cohen and Gary …
Read More »Philly’s “The Big E” Eddie Duncan – What Could Have Been
By: Ken Hissner This writer remembers back in the early 70’s when in “Smokin” Joe Frazier’s Gym seeing this boxer that Eddie Goodman managed named “The Big E” Eddie Duncan. Duncan was boastful and was a tall light heavyweight with processed hair. Recently not wanting his name revealed a PA …
Read More »Dear All New Boxing Fans:
By: Greg Houghton This post is a message to all new boxing fans that found themselves interested in the Mayweather McGregor fight. You are no doubt here and reading this post due to your newfound interest in the sport of boxing through the recent McGregor spectacle. I would just like …
Read More »Unbeaten Benavidez Brothers Take Different Routes to Success
By: Ken Hissner In talking to the father and trainer Jose Benavidez, Sr. from their Big Bear, CA, training camp about his sons Jose, Jr. and David Benavidez they have taken different routes from their amateur experiences to their unbeaten professional careers. Jose Benavidez, Jr., 25-0 (16), at 25 had …
Read More »Truths and Lies: The Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor Story
By: Kirk Jackson The epic cross-over mash of combat sports is finally over and the dust settled. As cold reality sets in for dejected fans of mixed martial arts, there’s a million ways to interpret what transpired. Photo Credit: USA Today Most of the build-up was based on a series …
Read More »Miguel Cotto Cruises to Landslide Decision Victory
By: Jake Donovan The manner in which Miguel Cotto stormed out of the ring following his last ring appearance would leave one to believe that the Puerto Rican superstar would do anything possible to avoid once again leavings fate in the hands of the judges. Photo Credit: Golden Boy Promotions …
Read More »MMA and Boxing are Both Better For Mayweather vs McGregor
By Bryanna Fissori The sport of Mixed Martial Arts as a whole had little to lose putting its poster boy up against arguably the most familiar face in boxing for this generation. McGregor the MMA fighter was coming into this bout with literally no professional boxing experience against boxing’s undefeated …
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