by: Matthew N. Becher Premier Boxing Champions started of a boxing rich day, with a lead up afternoon fight card, live from Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Opening with a Jr. Middleweight title fight between Cornelius Bundgrage vs. Jermall Charlo, and culminating with a main event between Peter Quillin and …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Fans are voting with their wallets on Saturday night’s match between Floyd Mayweather and Andre Berto. So far they refuse to open them. Anyone who wants to get inside the MGM Grand arena in Las Vegas doesn’t have to pay a scalper’s markup for this one. …
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By: William Holmes Official Weigh In Results: Andre Berto 145 vs Floyd Mayweather 146 Orlando Salido 130lbs vs Roman Martinez 129.5lbs Badou Jack 167.5lbs vs George Groves 168lbs Jonathan Oquendo 129lbs vs Jhonny Gonzalez 129 lbs Vanes Martirosyan 154.5 lbs. vs Ishe Smith at 154 lbs. Saturday night will be …
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By Ivan G. Goldman It turns out that Floyd Mayweather was given a secret, massive injection of chemicals the day before his May 2 super-fight with Manny Pacquiao. Such shots break generally accepted anti-doping rules because they can mask the presence of other chemicals in the athlete’s system, including performance-enhancing …
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By: William Holmes It’s typical for promoters to put on a card on the day before a major pay per view in the city of Las Vegas. Top Rank Promotions continued that tradition by promoting a card at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas featuring Jesse Hart (17-0), son of former …
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By: Matthew N. Becher Premier Boxing Champions brought a title fight to Toronto for the first time in the last 30 years, with the help of Canada’s own lineal Light Heavyweight champ Adonis “Superman” Stevenson who took on Tommy “Kryptonite” Karpency. Live from the Ricoh Coliseum in downtown Toronto, Ontario, …
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By Sean Crose By now you’ve undoubtedly heard of or read Thomas Hauser’s thundering article for SB Nation titled “Can Boxing Trust USADA?” The piece is quite critical of the United States Anti-Doping Agency and its practices, strongly implying that the agency practices favoritism when dealing with boxers. Evidence is …
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By Kirk Jackson There are many who trashed this bout in belief it will not be a good fight. Some don’t want to fork over the $50 – 75 to watch this on Pay-Per-View. It’s understandable to feel that way. But for any “True fan” of boxing, they should tune …
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By Jackie Kallen The Mayweather/Pacquaio fight may not have done Floyd any favors (except financially, of course.) Tickets were astronomically high, both on PPV and in person, and fans hated the fight. They resented paying so much for so little. They were disappointed and bored. Many vowed never to pay …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Oddsmakers continue to show great respect for Floyd Mayweather’s ability to beat his opponent, especially when he’s Andre Berto. Bovada.com calls it -3000 for Mayweather and +1100 for Berto in their welterweight match Saturday night in Las Vegas. You must bet a prohibitive $3,000 to win …
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