By: Matthew N. Becher This Saturday, live from the DC Armory in our Nation’s capital, Golden Boy promotions in association with HBO will present a fun night of boxing, which will include a title fight between two fast rising young stars in the sport and culminating in a heavyweight showdown …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of February 23rd to March 1st, , covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. PBC on ESPN Debut for 2016 Pushed Back to June ESPN’s Dan Rafael recently reported …
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By Jackie Kallen Now that the Klitschkos no longer control the heavyweight division, there are more and more fighters with dreams of being the king of all kings—The Unified Heavyweight Champion of the World. Add to that list, Cuban-born Luis Ortiz. Fighting out of Miami, this southpaw is undefeated with …
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By: William Holmes The legendary theater at Madison Square Garden was the host site for tonight’s HBO World Championship Boxing and featured two of boxing’s most prized and young superstars. The opening bout of the night was between former Puerto Rican Olympian Felix Verdejo (19-0) and the undefeated Braziian boxer …
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By: Matthew N. Becher Showtime boxing continued its full day of boxing with another two title fights, this time in Anaheim, California. The first fight was a rematch between Julio Ceja and Hugo Ruiz for the WBC Super Bantamweight title. Both fighters went to war last year knocking each other …
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By: Matthew N. Becher Live from the sold out M.E.N. arena in Manchester, England two of the top 122 pound boxers in the world finally met, in one of the most anticipated fights of the year. Both Carl Frampton (21-0 14KO) and Scott Quigg (31-0-2 23KO) entered the ring tonight …
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By: William Holmes The Madison Square Garden Theater in New York City has long been a venue that featured high level boxers that are on the cusp of superstardom, and Saturday night will be no different. WBO Junior Welterweight title holder and former BWAA Fighter of the Year Terence Crawford …
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By: Matthew N. Becher This Saturday, February 27th, Showtime sports will be presenting live, not one but two title fights spanning a distance of over 5,400 miles away from one another. The first fight will be a unification in the Super Bantamweight division (122lbs) for the IBF and WBA titles. …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of February 16th to February 23rd, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Politics May Force Postponement of Pacquiao-Bradley Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley are scheduled to face each …
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By Sean Crose The common criticism around the boxing campfire is that no one, but no one, wants to fight middleweight terror Gennady Golovkin (34-0), not even for numerous major titles. Indeed, there’s truth to this argument, for men like fellow champion Billy Joe Saunders have seemed less than interested …
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