Showtime World Championship Boxing Preview: Santa Cruz vs. Frampton, Garcia vs. Rojas By: William Holmes On Saturday night Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) will put on a stacked card on Showtime and Showtime Extreme live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The main event of the evening …
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Manos de Piedra: The Life of Roberto Duran By: Matthew N. Becher From the small country of Panama came one of the greatest boxers the world has ever known. Roberto Duran was born in El Chorrillo in 1951 and would grow up to be a four division world champion and …
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Can Thomas Williams Pull Off The Upset Against Adonis Stevenson? By: Sean Crose Adonis Stevenson may not be popular, but; make no mistake about it, the 27-1 WBC light heavyweight champion is a dangerous and talented fighter. Just ask Chad Dawson. Or Tony Bellew. Or Darnell Boone. For all those …
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“Everybody’s on Steroids” – The Concerning State of MMA By Jaime C. Feal During the hype for his first fight against Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz said it best: “Everybody’s on steroids.” Diaz went on to stop McGregor at UFC 196, and then McGregor was pulled from a potential rematch at …
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Going Hard: An Interview with Gabriel ‘Tito’ Barcero By: James Cullinane Brooklyn rapper Maino’s “Harder Than Them” blasts through the lone speaker in the gym: I’ma go harder than them, I’ma go harder than them; I’ma go harder than them, I’ma go harder than them. The street-tough lyrics of …
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Smith, Canelo, Chocolatito, Cornflake, Guerrero, Frampton, and more… By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of July 19th to July 26th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Photo Credit: Hogan Photos/Golden Boy …
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Top Ways to Stream Olympic Boxing Live By: Chris Brantner Prior to the 2016 Rio Olympics, Boxing has received plenty of attention. Some of the most talked about portions of the event have been the several rule changes. First of all, professional boxers are now allowed in the Olympics for …
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Santa Cruz And Frampton Would Rather Punch Each Other’s Lights Out Than Face Rigo By: Sean Crose Sure, Saturday’s bout between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz will probably be exciting. These are two fighters who can excite, after all. They’re both also quite popular and lucrative properties, to put …
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More Than A Belt: Santa Cruz vs Frampton By: Brandon Bernica Dreams come to life in the Big Apple. Lives constantly intersect. People from far-reaching locations around the globe converge in this concrete jungle in hopes of capturing the American dream. In New York, competition to the top is a …
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Crawford Dominates Over Postol By: Sean Crose Things started on Saturday’s pay per view card at the MGM Grand in Vegas with undefeated Ukrainian light heavyweight Oleksandr Gvozdyk (10-8) facing off against Tommy Karpency (26-5-1) in a ten rounder. Karpency, who had lost to big names like Adonis Stevenson and …
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