by Johnny Walker While many opponents of both current heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko and now retired WBC world champ Vitali Klitschko have quickly faded away or never been the same again, Russian Alexander Povetkin seems to be the exception to that paradigm. Since losing to Wladimir in 2013, Povetkin has …
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by: Matthew N. Becher Premier Boxing Champions will be coming live from the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts with a World Title fight between two former Olympic medalists and top contenders Andre Dirrell and James DeGale, which could shape the landscape of the Super Middleweight division. Also appearing on the …
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By Joe Pietaro If it’s good enough for the First Lady, then it is good enough for the masses. Michelle Obama needs to be commended for her dedication to physical fitness and trying to set an example for the entire country with her “Let’s Move” campaign and #GimmeFive challenge. Besides …
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By Ivan G. Goldman All these lawsuits filed by upset fans, bettors, and sports bars because they claim they were cheated by the egregiously disappointing “fight of the century” on May 2 look awfully silly and ought to be thrown out, but that’s not necessarily what will happen. Many of …
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By Tyson Bruce It may take awhile for the casual sports fan to warm back to boxing after the gutting disappointment of the Mayweather-Pacquiao non-fight. Fortunately for boxing fans the transition back to a positive light has been paved with a series of delightfully violent fights. The fight community is …
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By Bryanna Fissori Legal Analyst Sometimes the past comes back to bite you. This old saying recently came to fruition for one Wisconsin bar that illegally commercially broadcast the 2012 WBO Welterweight Championship Fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley. Photo: Chris Farina/Top Rank “The Old School Way” is a …
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By Sean Crose “They treat me right,” Eric Hunter (20-3) tells Boxing Insider about Golden Boy Promotions. Hunter is a fairly new edition to the House that Oscar Built and is excited to be featured once again on a nationally broadcast card. For Hunter is fighting veteran Antontio Escalante (29-7) …
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by: Matthew N. Becher After seventeen years of great matchups and thrilling moments we will bid farewell this week on May 22nd to ESPNs Friday Night Fights. Debuting in the fall of 1998, Friday Night Fights has brought hundreds of boxing matches into millions of homes, until just recently being …
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By Sean Crose The Nevada Athletic Commission passed new rules which will come down hard indeed on professional fighters who engage in drug use. A panel consisting of four members made it clear that boxers and mixed martial artists who employ marijuana, cocaine, opiates, diuretics, anabolic steroids and amphetamines will …
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By: William Holmes The Forum in Inglewood, California was the host site for tonight’s HBO World Championship Boxing telecast. Two world title fights were on the line as Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (32-0) defended his WBA and WBC Interim Middleweight titles against Willie Monroe Jr. (19-1) and Roman Gonzalez (42-0) took …
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