By: William Holmes Floyd Mayweather Jr. Stripped of WBO Title Floyd Mayweather was stripped by the World Boxing Organization of the welterweight world title he won by beating Manny Pacquiao two months ago. Mayweather had failed to meet the deadline last Friday for paying the US$200,000 sanctioning fee required by …
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Canelo Alvarez-Miguel Cotto Shaping into Something More than Just Spectacle
By Ivan G. Goldman The projected match between Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez promises to be an excellent pairing of two skilled destroyers. They’re expected to wage their intriguing battle either November 7 or 21 on HBO pay-per-view, with the precise venue in Las Vegas also uncertain. No contracts have …
Read More »Rene Alvarado Interview: (I’ll) come out with my hand raised
By: Francisco Martinez The rugged Nicaragua native Rene Alvarado finds himself with one more opportunity which he expects to be his last if not successful in winning. After winning the WBC silver and international silver titles Rene has been unable to make the next step up. With a pair of …
Read More »California Commissioners Get Cold Feet after Crossing Mighty Al Haymon
By Ivan G. Goldman I stand by every word of my June 25 story quoting California commissioner John Frierson as telling me that boxing kingpin Al Haymon, had been blocking preferred Los Angeles venues. It was done, said Frierson, to sabotage the shows of his competition so they couldn’t get …
Read More »Sergey Kovalev Interview: I’m just doing my best job for my boxing career
By: Matthew N. Becher Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (27-0-1 24KO) is the unified light heavyweight champion of the world. Presented by HBO, on July 25th , live from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Nevada, Kovalev will take on contender Nadjib Mohammedi (37-3 23KO). We were able to speak with Sergey …
Read More »J Russell Peltz Interview: “I’m more interested in pleasing the fans than I am in getting my fighters wins”
By: William Holmes J Russell Peltz has been a mainstay on the Philadelphia fight scene since 1969 and he’s the last of a dying breed of promoters. He started as a sportswriter for the Evening Bulletin in Philadelphia and wanted to be the full-time boxing writer. Jack Fried, the boxing …
Read More »Diego De La Hoya Interview: Like a true Mexican I seek the knockout and satisfying the fans
By: Francisco Martinez Diego De La Hoya cousin of hall of fame inductee Oscar De La Hoya plans on making his own legacy in boxing. Diego isn’t intimidated by the weight the name De La Hoya carries and it’s obvious with the way he carries himself in the ring. The …
Read More »Top Rank Files Suit Claiming Al Haymon is Conspiring To Monopolize Boxing
By Bryanna Fissori Legal Analyst If promoter, manager, jack of all trades and (some legally questionable ones) Al Haymon thought he had a mess to deal with coming into the recent lawsuit filed by Golden Boy Promotions, the plot thickens with a similar attack coming from Bob Arum of Top …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Top Rank/Haymon, Klitschko, Fury, Bey, Shumenov, Flores, and more…
The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of June 23rd to July 1st, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Top Rank, Inc filed a federal antitrust lawsuit seeking more than $100 million in damages and an injunction to …
Read More »Randy Caballero Interview: “You don’t know how bad I want to get in the ring”
By: Franscisco Martinez Young undefeated Golden Boy promotions fighter Randy Caballero is the current IBF bantamweight world champion but is yet to defend it once since winning it this past October due to a nagging foot injury that won’t let him physically compete yet alone walk with out crutches. As …
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