By Mark Turley Three days, three birthdays. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week, a trio of bona-fide legends of the modern ring will be another year older. One of them is long retired, although many would say perhaps not quite long enough. Remarkably, despite being well over 40, the …
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Mayweather, Pacquiao, Tyson, and more…
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of January 7th to January 14th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Mayweather to Help Revive South African Boxing Floyd Mayweather Jr. was recently rated by the South …
Read More »Chris Arreola May Open Massive Heavyweight Gate for Boxing Godfather Al Haymon
By Ivan G. Goldman Boxing Godfather Al Haymon could conceivably get his hands on a chunk of the heavyweight title this year, expanding his empire into territory that’s been closed to Americans for years. It all depends on his fighter Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola of Riverside, California, a fan-friendly pressure …
Read More »He May Be Forty-Nine, But Bernard Hopkins Represents The Future
By Sean Crose As of this Wednesday, Bernard Hopkins will be forty-nine years old. The fact that the man remains one of the top boxers in the world is nothing short of amazing. What’s more amazing, however, is the fact that one day, probably in the near future, there will …
Read More »Middleweight Division Starts Off an Electric Year January 24th NBCSN at Resorts
Atlantic City, NJ: The Stevens-Majewski fight scheduled for Friday, January 24th on NBCSN live from Resorts Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ marks the first of many explosive middleweight match-ups awaiting boxing fans in 2014. The red hot middleweight division saw some memorable bouts in 2013 and is jam-packed …
Read More »Pascal/Bute: Who wants it more?
By Jackie Kallen What do light heavyweights Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal have in common? First of all, both live in Laval, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal. On Saturday on HBO, the two local favorites will fight one another for the NABF Light Heavyweight title. This will be a huge …
Read More »Lamont Peterson Media Work Out Quotes
LAMONT PETERSON, IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion “I intend to continue to be the champion after my fight on January 25. “I don’t worry about comments from him [Dierry Jean]. At the end of the day he’s got to get in the ring with me. He can say whatever he …
Read More »The Burden of Adonis Stevenson: Money Is On His Mind But Kovalev Is In His Face.
By Tyson Bruce It’s good to be Adonis Stevenson these days. The Montreal hitter went from being an underground curiosity to the lineal light heavyweight champion of the world in a matter of a year. Stevenson also has the good fortune of being from a boxing crazy city, which means …
Read More »Like It Or Not: Here Comes Broner-Maidana II
By Sean Crose “So I took a loss,” Adrien Broner is quoted by ESPN’s Dan Rafael as saying. “But my check was amazing.” New year. Same old Broner. Thought you were rid of the guy for a few months? Guess again. News has arrived that Broner is exercising a rematch …
Read More »ESPN Friday Night Fights Results: Rodriguez, Kayode, and Raheem are Victorious
By: William Holmes The Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington was the host city for tonight’s ESPN Friday Night Fights card. The main event was changed at the last minute since Arash Usmanee suffered an ankle injury while he was sparring. Yenifel Vicente took his spot in the main event …
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