By Sean Crose So now the Marcos Maidana camp is being investigated for some suspicious happenings that occurred during Maidana’s dazzling upset of Adrien “The Problem” Broner last Saturday night at the Alamo Dome. There’s a video out, in case you don’t know, showing, some say, Maidana receiving a pill …
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By Tyson Bruce The State of the Heavyweights: Best Puncher: Wladimir Klitschko Best Boxer: Wladimir Klitschko Most Protected: Deontay Wilder Is he still around: Oliver McCall Matchmaker’s Dream: Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder Best Kept Secret: Lucas Brown Deserves a title shot: Kubrat Pulev Most fun to watch: Tomasz Adamek …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of December 10th to December 17th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Patrick Nielsen Back in Action on February 15th Following a hugely successful debut show, the Nordic …
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By Sean Crose So now Vitali Klitshcko is out as heavyweight champion. Hard to blame the guy for his decision, really. He lives in a pretty dark and unfair corner of the world, after all. What he’s doing is actually quite honorable. He’s showing he cares about other things besides …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Golden Boy boss Richard Schaefer has apparently concluded that a superfight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather could be catastrophic to his promotional company and is desperately seeking alternatives. So while most of the boxing world yearns to see this sure-fire welterweight extravaganza, Schaefer plots to …
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By: William Holmes The Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey was the host for tonight’s NBC Sports Network’s Fight Night Series. Fight fans were treated to an entertaining undercard, including a shocking upset by Darnell Wilson over the previously undefeated David Rodriguez with a vicious left hook knockout with …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Dear Adrien Broner, Now that Marcos Maidana has given you a swift kick down the ladder of success you should recognize it as a signal that you need to change your nasty, sometimes creepy behavior in and out of the ring. So if you want to …
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By Tyson Bruce There are those rare moments where it is difficult to do a fight justice through journalism. The Marcos Maidana-Adrien Broner fight was, I’m proud to say, one of those rare and cherished moments. The savage bout featured everything from sustained two-way action, knockdowns, point deductions, and a …
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By Sean Crose He appeared to be as invincible as he was annoying, as dominant as he was obnoxious and amoral. Then he went down. Hard. Almost comically. In the first round, no less. He started looking better as the fight went on, but still appeared far from infallible. Then …
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By Jaime Feal The UFC held a stellar card on free TV, primetime on the FOX network and live from Sacramento, CA. Much to the delight of the partisan Sacramento crowd, longtime hero Urijah “The California Kid” had an impressive submission win over young contender Michael MacDonald. In the main …
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