By: William Holmes HBO will return to the hometown of WBO Junior Welterweight Champion Terence Crawford in Omaha Nebraska when he defends his title against Haitian born Canadian Dierry Jean. HBO will be televising the flyweight shellacking of Brian Viloria by Roman Gonzalez as well as the eight round domination …
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Top Rank Anti-Trust Case Against Al Haymon Dismissed for Now
By Bryanna Fissori Legal Analyst Long time boxing manager and industry professional, Al Haymon has had a decent year with the success of “Premier Boxing Champions (PBC),” which hosted its first event on March 7, 2015. The series airs nearly every other weekend and is broadcast on virtually all major …
Read More »Say It Ain’t So! Has Canelo Alvarez Embraced Risk Aversion?
By Sean Crose So Canelo Alvarez has reportedly said he won’t fight Gennady Golovkin unless Golovkin allows for a catchweight of 155 pounds. One could hardly imagine Mike Tyson saying such a thing. Or Marvin Hagler. Or Sugar Ray Robinson, for that matter. This is a new era, however, and …
Read More »GGG-Lemieux Does Well Under 200K PPV Buys
By Sean Crose Tom Loeffler, K2 Promotions’ honcho, has told ESPN.com that last Saturday’s Gennady Golovkin-David Lemieux card only did around 150,000 pay per view buys. After essentially being informed that 200,000 buys would constitute a success, the public can now rightfully call the PPV debut of GGG a failure. …
Read More »Interview with IBO Super Middleweight Champion Zac Dunn: very excited to show off my talent
By: Matthew N. Becher Zac Dunn is a 24 year old undefeated (18-0 15KO) Super Middleweight champion fighting out of Melbourne Australia, who on Saturday, October 24th will make his professional United States debut against rugged veteran Derrick Findley at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New York. Dunn has recently …
Read More »Jackie Kallen: Crawford Fights at home for Supremacy in the 140 lb. division
By Jackie Kallen The shoot-out for supremacy in the P4P ratings continues this weekend as 28 year old Terrance Crawford puts his WBO Super Lightweight belt up for stakes. He’ll do it in his home town of Omaha, Nebraska, on HBO, in front of his adoring, supportive followers. Dierry Jean, …
Read More »Joseph Diaz Jr : “I Want To Fight These Tough Opponents”
By Sean Crose “Me and my father watched a couple of you tube videos,” Joseph Diaz Jr says of his October 23’d opponent, Ruben Tamayo. “It’s going to be kind of interesting seeing a lefty going against a lefty.” The 17-0 Diaz’ career is in high gear at the moment. …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Colon in Critical Condition, Tarver, Andrade, Golovkin, and more…
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of October 13th to October 20th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Boxer Prichard Colon in Critical Condition after Suffering Brain Bleed Prichard Colin was in critical condition …
Read More »The Haters Show Just How Far GGG Has Come
By Sean Crose You know you’ve made it big in life when you’ve got a list of people who speak out against you. With that in mind, it’s safe to assume Gennady Golovkin has now cracked through the stratosphere. Sure, he just bested David Lemiuex and would probably be favored …
Read More »Referee Steve Willis Deserves Credit for Golovkin/Lemieux
By Sean Crose How many times do we fight fans overlook the importance of a referee? It’s a thankless position to have, really, that of a ref. You’re pretty much completely ignored unless you screw up. And then you’re hated. Referee Dave Barry will probably always be remembered as the …
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