By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of November 10th to November 17th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. De La Hoya Says Goodbye to Mayweather in Playboy Oscar De La Hoya recently penned an …
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Just How Significant Is Cotto-Canelo?
By Sean Crose This Saturday, I, like many others will be tuned in to see Miguel Cotto battle Saul Canelo Alvarez for the lineal and WBC middleweight championship of the world. It’s one hell of a matchup, really. Cotto is completely rejuvenated since teaming with Freddie Roach. His body attack …
Read More »The Future King of Boxing: 5 year old Prince Duarte
By: Matthew N. Becher We are always looking for the next king of the sport, the next great showman, the next big thing. Most recently it was Floyd Mayweather Jr., before that it was Oscar and before that it was Tyson. The sport is always searching for who will fill …
Read More »Media Conf Call Transcript: Miguel Cotto Talks Canelo Alvarez
PARTICIPANTS MIGUEL COTTO, WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion FREDDIE ROACH, International Boxing Hall of Famer and Seven-Time BWAA Trainer of the Year Award Winner MICHAEL YORMARK, President & Chief of Branding and Strategy, Roc Nation DAVID ITSKOWITCH, COO – Boxing, Roc Nation Sports MICHAEL YORMARK: Good afternoon, …
Read More »Randy Caballero Interview: “I’m ready to shine on November 21st, and show people who I am that night”.
By: Matthew N. Becher Randy “El Matador” Caballero (22-0 13KO) is the current IBF World Bantamweight champion. He is an undefeated fighter who had to go across the Atlantic to get his title shots and will now defend his championship belt for the first time on the November 21st Miguel …
Read More »Jayson Velez Interview: “If someone is in my way, I will take the challenge.”
By: Matthew N. Becher Jayson “La Maravilla” Velez is an undefeated (23-0-1 16KO) fighter in the featherweight division. He is a very good up and coming boxer out of the Golden Boy stable. He will be taking on Ronny Rios this November 21st on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto …
Read More »PBC on Spike TV Results: Rodriguez Wins Thriller, Williams Stop Savigne
By: William Holmes Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions Series was broadcast from the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi as Edwin Rodriguez took on the undefeated Michael Seals in the light heavyweight division. The opening bout of the night was between Thomas Williams Jr. (18-1) and Humberto Savigne (12-2) in the …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Mayweather, Pacquiao, Joe Louis, Provodnikov, and more….
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of November 3rd to November 10th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Freddie Roach Claims Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will Fight Again Even though Manny Pacquiao has …
Read More »Canelo Claims He’s “Never Been To Freddie Roach’s Gym”
By Sean Crose Freddie Roach has claimed that Saul Canelo Alvarez trained at his gym in preparation for three matches. Roach also claims that he wasn’t all that impressed with Canelo, that indeed he thought the young man from Mexico wasn’t particularly “dedicated.” During a conference call on Tuesday to …
Read More »Media Conf Call Transcript: Canelo Alvarez talks Miguel Cotto
CECILIA ZUNIGA: I want to welcome all the media that joined us today for Canelo’s final media conference call. As you all already know, we have an exciting event planned for all of you on November 21st. Now to introduce the call and Team Canelo, I would like to introduce …
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