Boxing’s Dark Saturday By: Sean Crose Look, boxing is a rough sport. Always has been. Always will be. Nothing gets much darker than when fighters become permanently damaged or even killed. There’s other less than savory matters, however, that often abound in and around the sweet science. For years, the …
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HBO World Championship Boxing Results: Beltran Flattens Maicelo, By: William Holmes The ultra-talented and underappreciated Terence Crawford headlined tonight’s HBO World Championship Boxing Card live from Madison Square Garden in New York City as he took on former Olympic Gold Medalist Felix Diaz. The untelevised undercard featured some of Top …
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Showtimes’ Wild Saturday Boxing Card: Davis and Russell Victorious By: Sean Crose Liam Walsh, 21-0, took a crack at the IBF junior lightweight title when he took on American champ Gervanta Davis, 17-0, in a sold out Copper Box arena in London. Smith showed some nice range in the first, …
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Josh Davis Stops Carlos Rosario at 2300 Arena in Philly Friday! By: Ken Hissner King’s Promotions returned to the 2300 Arena in South Philly on Friday night with 8 bouts and 46 rounds. They will be returning on June 24th with former champion Kermit Cintron and Tyrone Brunson. In the …
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Canelo-GGG: Location, Location, Location By: Sean Crose Now that the biggest question in boxing, the one about if and when Canelo would face GGG, has been answered, fans and analysts are looking for a new mystery to be solved: Where will the fight be held? This may all seem somewhat …
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Showtime World Championship Boxing Preview: Gary Russell Jr. vs. Oscar Escandon By: Seamus McNally On Saturday night, WBC featherweight champion “Mr.” Gary Russell Jr. (27–1, 16 KOs) of Capitol Heights, Md. makes his long-awaited home debut when he takes Colombia’s Oscar Escandon (25–2, 17 KOs) at the MGM National Harbor …
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A Weekend to Remember at Atlantic City’s Boxing Hall of Fame! By:Ken Hissner Coming to Atlantic City the weekend of May 26, 27 and 28 is a weekend to remember among boxing royality as the 2017 Atlantic City inductees will be inducted into their Hall of Fame. The Claridge a …
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Is Floyd Mayweather Jr. going ALL IN with Gervonta Davis? By: Matthew N. Becher Ever since the beginning of boxing the future stars of the sport are always compared to their counterparts of the past. Who is the next Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, etc., etc. It is …
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HBO World Championship Boxing Preview: Raymundo Beltran vs. Jonathan Maicelo, Terence Crawford vs. Felix Diaz By: William Holmes On Saturday night the under appreciated Terence Crawford will defend his WBO and WBC titles against former Olympic Gold Medalist Felix Diaz. This bout will take place at Madison Square Garden in …
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Mayweather, McGregor, Yafai, Barthelemy, Robinson, and more… Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of May 9th to May 16th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Lorenzo Fertitta Gives Blessing for …
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