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Get a Grip, Billy Joe Saunders By: Brandon Bernica ​Billy Joe Saunders reminds me of Gollum from The Hobbit. Just as with Saunders’ belt, Gollum’s ring infatuates him with illusions of grandeur. Both are so committed to their prized possessions that their sanities hinge on protecting their gold at all …

PBC on ESPN Results: Ugas and Flores Win Decision Victories By: William Holmes The Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona New York was the host site for the night’s PBC on ESPN broadcast. King’s Promotion was the lead promoter for tonight’s card. The co-main event of the night was between …

The Drought is Over: Nico Hernandez takes home Bronze for US Boxing By: Matthew N. Becher ​ ​Nico Hernandez came into these Olympic Games as a pretty big underdog, in fact the whole USA Boxing team did. Not having won a medal since Deontay Wilder took home a bronze in …

Pacquiao: “I Can’t Rely On My Salary As Public Official” By: Sean Crose “Boxing is my main source of income,” Manny Pacquiao claimed amidst the hubbub of his public announcement that he will return to the ring this November to face WBO welterweight champ Jessie Vargas. “I can’t rely on …

Make It Happen: Danny Garcia vs. Terence Crawford By: Matthew N. Becher ​It started last week when the father/trainer of WBC Welterweight champion Danny Garcia’s, Angel, told Fighthype.com that “HBO should be embarrassed” about putting the Terrence Crawford v. Viktor Postol fight on pay per view. Angel followed with “the …

Team Kovalev, Team Ward Have “Found A Way To Move Past The Impasse” By: Sean Crose “We found a way to move past the impasse on the site,” Kathy Duva informed Boxing Insider this morning. “We are working hard,” she continued, “on the draft contract with the MGM Grand and …

Now Officially Retired, Marcos Maidana Will Be Missed By: Sean Crose Adrien Broner had pretty much gotten under everyone’s skin by that point. Okay, perhaps not everyone’s, but at least a great many people’s. Loud, uncouth and thoroughly arrogant, this master of mind games had the fight world eating out …

2016 Olympics Underway As Americans Look to Seek Gold! By: Ken Hissner The Olympic Games are in Rio, Brazil, with boxing opening up on Saturday but no Americans have fought yet through first 3 rounds. There are 3 CA boxers and 2 from KS on the 10 man team of …

Boxing Insider Notebook: Kovalev, Ward, Jacobs, Crawford, Mora, and more… By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of August 2nd to August 9th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Kovalev vs. Ward Officially Set for …

Why No Pacquiao Crawford? By: John Freund Every boxing fan knows that we don’t always get the fights we want. And if we do get them, they often happen way later than they should (Pacquiao-Mayweather, Jones-Hopkins II, Jones-Trinidad, about a million other examples…). There are varying reasons for this, but …