Boxers Fighting Past 49 Years Old in the Modern Era of Boxing! By: Ken Hissner We all know about people like Archie “Old Mongoose” Moore, 186-23-10, finishing up in March of 1963, fighting past 45 and who knows how old he and Sonny Liston were when they stopped fighting. The …
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Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez: Whoever is Next, is Next By: Francisco Martinez Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez the hot trailblazing southpaw, Top Rank promotions signee, Mexican import who hails from Sinaloa, Mazatlan and current 168lbs WBO world champion aims for unifications in his division coming off of hand surgery and wants to waste …
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Pacquiao Tweets He’s Negotiating With Khan By: Sean Crose “My team and I are in negotiations with Amir Khan for our next fight. Further announcement coming soon. #TeamPacquiao” So tweeted Manny Pacquiao this evening , adding intrigue to what has already been a series of statements from a variety of …
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Canelo v. Chavez Jr: Both Fighters bet purse, winner takes all By: Matthew N. Becher The mega fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. began its media press conference stops this week and we already have a very big announcement. Not only did Chavez Jr. agree to …
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The Prince of Mexico: Carlos Cuadras By: Francisco Martinez Coming off a controversial unanimous decision loss to Nicaraguan Roman Gonzalez, Carlos Cuadras is looking to avenge that loss most in attendance would say was much more closer than that of the official judges scorecards would indicate. Some would argue Cuadras …
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Miguel Flores Upset by Dat Nguyen in Houston Tuesday! By: Ken Hissner Premier Boxing Champions promoted over FS1 at Silver Street Studio in Houston, TX, Tuesday night. In the main event Miguel Flores, 21-1 (9), of Houston, TX, suffered his first loss being stopped by Dat “Dat Be Dat” Nguyen, …
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Canelo, Chavez, Lubin, Lara, Beterbiev, Bute, Braekhus, Svennsson, and more… Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of February 14th to February 21st, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Photo Credit:Etzel …
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Don’t Call It a Comeback: Yusef Mack beats up Internet Troll By: Matthew N. Becher Over the weekend, former Light Heavyweight title challenger, Yusef Mack (31-8-2 17KO), was in the news for attacking a man at a Philadelphia barbershop. The man, Hector Echevarria, is a social media “Troll” who repeatedly …
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For Your Consideration: Marlon Staring By: Sean Crose After barely losing to a young and exceedingly promising Donald Curry in the early eighties, welterweight Marlon Starling started to seem to the fight world like “that guy.” You know, the talented enough terminal contender who just never had what it took …
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OPENING BELL: 10/25/33 “MARTY FELDMAN” CLOSING BELL: 2/14/17 By: Ken Hissner Former amateur, professional boxer and trainer Martin “The Hammer of Thor” Feldman, passed away on Valentine’s Day February 14th, 2017 at the age of 83. He was born and fought as an amateur in Paterson, NJ, compiling a 28-1 …
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