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Thomas “Cornflake” Lamanna Returns to the Claridge in AC Saturday! By: Ken Hissner Rising Star Promotions returns to the Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ, Saturday night with a 9 bout boxing event. Thomas “Cornflake” Lamanna will be in the main event with Anthony “Juice” Young from Atlantic City in …

Original Gangster: Antandil Khurtsidze Arrested In Organized Crime Roundup By: Sean Crose Okay, I admit that title is a bit disingenuous. The truth is that here in the United States of America, one is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Therefore, middleweight Antandil Khurtsidze, who was arrested …

Jarrett “Swift” Hurd’s First Title Defense is a Serious Challenge By Eric Lunger There is a perception in boxing today that too many fighters, when they finally reach that goal of grabbing their first belt, spend too much time resting on their laurels, maybe trying to maximize their earning power …

Ward, Kovalev Conference Calls Showcase Differences In Character By: Sean Crose Kovalev: “I hate him.” Ward: “He’s a good fighter.” Kovalev: “He didn’t deserve this belt.” Ward: “It doesn’t take a close decision to get criticism.” Kovalev: “I want to punish him.” Andre Ward. Sergey Kovalev. Two men. Two highly …

Sullivan Barrera Interview: “With respect to every fighter, Fonfara had him out” By: Matthew N. Becher Sullivan Barrera (19-1 14KO) is a Cuban Light Heavyweight, who defected from his native country and now resides in Miami, Florida. He is 35 years old and comes from the famous “Cuban School” of …

Boxing Insider Notebook: Broner, Garcia, Golovkin, Canelo, Booth, De La Hoya, and more… Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of May 30th to June 6th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Adrien Broner …

Why Jeffries Came Back for Johnson & Marciano Didn’t for Johansson! By: Ken Hissner James J “The Boilermaker” Jeffries was considered one of the all-time great heavyweight champions when he retired after defeating Jack Munroe in 2 rounds in August of 1904. His record was 19-0-2 (16). When Jack “The …

Sergey Kovalev Interview: “I Want to Destroy this Guy” By: Matthew N. Becher Sergey Kovalev will attempt to redeem his lone defeat against Andre Ward on June 17th, Live on HBO Pay per view. Kovalev has been very outspoken in the media about his disdain for Ward and that he …

Chayaphon Moonsri goes to 47-0 defeating Omari Kimweri! By: Ken Hissner WBC Minimumweight champion Chayaphon Moonsri, of Thailand, improved his record to 47-0 (17), defeating No. 4 contender Omari “Lion Boy” Kimweri, 16-4 (6), from Tanzania fighting out of Australia over 12 rounds. Moonsri received a cut on his left …

Canelo-GGG Will Go Down At T-Mobile Arena In Vegas By: Sean Crose Many people wanted the September 16th Canelo-Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin superfight to happen in Texas, at the AT&T arena, home of the famed Dallas Cowboys. Of course, fight fans had a right to want to see the fight there. AT&T …