By: Francisco Martinez After his 10 round dominating performance over Ivan Najera the future of Puerto Rico boxing, native of San Juan, Felix “El Diamante” Verdejo found himself in California. Verdejo in high spirits even after hand surgery to remove bone spurs a pre existing injury he worsened by deciding …
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Shabranskyy Survives First Round Scare To Earn 14th Victory
By Sean Crose Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena hosted Tuesday’s Golden Boy Promotions card, which was aired on Fox Sports 2 and Fox Deportes. The first bout featured lightweight Lamont Roach Jr (7-0, 3 KOs) from Washington DC as he battled Texan Christian Santibanez (3-4, 2 KOs) from Texas. Santibanez, a man …
Read More »Vyacheslav Shabranskyy To Battle Paul Parker On Golden Boy Card tonight
LA’s Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (13-0, 11 KOs) highlights a live Fox Sports 2 card on Tuesday by battling Ohio’s Paul Parker (7-0). The two cruiserweights will engage in a ten round battle on a night which will also see Washington’s D’Mitrius Ballard (8-0, 7 KOs) face Mexico’s Josue Obando (11-5, 9 …
Read More »Karim Mayfield Interview: “Of course I would like the fight (with Mayweather)…I’m a fighter”
By: Matthew N. Becher Karim Mayfield (19-2-1 11KO) is a Jr. Welterweight fighter from San Francisco, California. He has most recently made headlines when current pound for pound kingpin Floyd Mayweather Jr. named Mayfield as a possibility for his final opponent in September. We talked to Karim about this recent …
Read More »Interview with Keith Thurman: I’ll knock Amir Khan out
By Eric Duran WBA Welterweight Champion Keith Thurman Jr. sat down with media outlets from around the country at a media luncheon just hours before Shawn Porter defeated Adrian Broner. The likable Thurman spoke on numerous topics that included, Amir Khan, fighting in his hometown of Tampa and hid first …
Read More »Max Kellerman Interview: I know Bradley would fight King Kong
By: Francisco Martinez HBO commentator Max Kellerman opens up to Boxinginsider.com about the confusing ending Bradley vs Vargas had in front of an estimated 6,000 raging fans at the StubHub center this Saturday. Here’s a little bit of what Kellerman had to say about the whole situation and touched on …
Read More »HBO Boxing Results: Valdez Defeats Tamayo, Tim Bradley Survives Scare to Defeat Vargas
By: William Holmes The Stubhub Center in Carson, California was the host site for tonight’s HBO World Championship boxing series. Top Rank Promotions was the lead promoter for the card and it featured two televised bouts. Tonight was also a historical landmark for HBO as it featured the 1000th fight …
Read More »Old School Training: Joel Diaz and Timothy Bradley Turn Back the Clock
By Joe Pietaro The clock ticks away on the wall high above the front desk at the gym with nary an eye on it. Time is of the essence, as the old saying goes, but there is a group of people nearby that are only concerned with three-minute periods. “There …
Read More »Bryanna “Pink Ranger” Fissori (& Boxing Insider Writer) Earns First Bellator Win
Bryanna Fissori (1-0), also known as the Pink Ranger, won her premiere Bellator fight on Friday evening, besting Iony Razafiarison (2-0) by a unanimous decision after nearly stopping her foe in the final round in Mulvane, Kansas. As part of a packed card, Fissori proved she was worth the investment …
Read More »HBO Boxing Preview: Tim Bradley vs. Jessie Vargas, Valdez vs. Tamayo
By: William Holmes On Saturday night HBO’s World Championship Boxing series returns to the Stub Hub Center in Carson, California as Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley Jr. takes on upcoming prospect Jessie Vargas for the vacant WBO Interim Welterweight title. Saturday is seen by many as a crossroads fight for both …
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