Breaking News: Haymon Wins Legal Battle Against Golden Boy By: Sean Crose Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions has lost a lawsuit worth hundreds of millions of dollars against boxing guru Al Haymon, and his Premiere Boxing Champions series. John F Walters, the judge presiding, dismissed the case without …
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Conspiracies Real and Imagined? Golden Boy Takes a Loss in District Court By: Eric Lunger James DeGale took a savage beating from the hands of Badou Jack last Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Despite a perforated eardrum and two lost front teeth, the judges rendered a rare …
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Showtime World Championship Boxing Preview: Lee Selby vs. Jonathan Victor Barros, Dejan Zlaticanin vs. Mikey Garcia, Leo Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton By: William Holmes On Saturday night a rematch of the consensus fight of the year between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz will take place in Las Vegas …
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Hoped For Brook-Kahn Matchup Ain’t Happening By: Sean Crose The truth is that many American fight fans would love to see British welterweights Kell Brook and Amir Khan throw down. In their homeland, however, a Brook-Khan bout could prove to be positively explosive (in a very good way). Unfortunately, those …
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The Harder They Fall: Gladys Rosa—A Conversation (Part II) By Kent Wallace (Authors Note: When we last left Gladys Rosa, the young, no-nonsense lass was being pitched by boxing legend Don King—but not biting. Let’s take it from there…) So I’m back at the 92 (my office), seated beside Cindy …
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Gamboa, Golden Boy, Peterson, Linares, Lara, Foreman, and more… Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of January 17th to January 24th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Yuriorkis Gamboa Joins …
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Frampton – Santa Cruz II: Even Better Than Last Time By: John Freund Hey boxing fans, I’ve got some good news and some even better news. First the good news: there are 4 huge fights scheduled over the next 4 months. Beginning early March, we’re in for some Garcia-Thurman, Haye-Bellew, …
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Riddick Bowe Heavyweight Champion 43-1 Never Included As One of the Best! By: Ken Hissner Former world heavyweight champion Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe, 43-1 (33), with one NC never seems to be considered one of the best in that division. He defeated six future or former champions in Pinklon Thomas, …
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Danny Batchelder “I will Beat Michael Terrill for America!” By: Benny Henderson Professional boxer and reigning American Bare Knuckle Boxing champion, Danny Batchelder aims to jump the pond and pound out a victory over the hometown hero, Michael Terrill. Danny, who is a 40 plus fight veteran as a professional …
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Three Philly Area Latino’s With Bright Futures! By: Ken Hissner At a recent Peltz Boxing and BAM Boxing Promotions show on December 2nd appeared a pair of outstanding Latino prospects at the 2300 Arena making their professional debuts. They actually stole the show in this writer’s opinion. From Allentown, PA, …
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