By: Dylan Smith Andrew Cancio vs. Dardan Zenunaj and Yoshihiro Kamegai vs. Greg Vendetti Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, US. On Friday 17th August 2018 TV: ESPN, ESPN Deportes 11 p.m. ET The Main event of the Evening Californian Andrew ‘El Chango’ Cancio WBA Intercontinental Super Featherweight Champion …
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Canelo On Golovkin: “The Respect That We Had Was Lost”
By: Sean Crose “That’s the way I want this fight to end,” Canelo Alvarez claimed during a Wednesday conference call to promote his highly anticipated rematch with Gennady Golovkin on September 15th, “by knockout.” The first fight between the two top middleweights went down last year in Vegas, only to …
Read More »Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Preview: Jennings vs. Dimitrenko, Hart vs. Gavronski
By: William Holmes On Saturday night at the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey Top Rank Promotions will promote an eight fight boxing card to be televised on ESPN. The main event and co-main event of the evening will likely have future title bout implications. Bryant Jennings will …
Read More »Canelo Alvarez Media Call Interview Transcript
OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Hi there, everyone. Thank you very much for joining us and for participating in the Canelo Alvarez international media conference call. September 15 couldn’t be close enough. We are exactly about one month away from one of the most anticipated high-class action rematches of the middleweight …
Read More »Sylvester Stallone “About 99% Certain” Mayweather-Pacquiao II Will Happen
By: Sean Crose Sylvester Stallone is a celebrity, not a boxer. Yet the man is so ingrained in the mind of the public as the heroic Rocky Balboa that at this point it’s easy to see how he can be mistaken for a genuine retired ring great. In other words, …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: DeMarco, Orozoco, Ramirez, Solomon, WBC, Van Hardeen, and more…
Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of August 7th to August 14th; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Photo Credit: Stephanie Trapp Dazn Reaches Three Year Distribution Deal in World Boxing Super Series …
Read More »Tyson Fury vs. Francesco Pianeta Final Press Conference Quotes
Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former two-time heavyweight title challenger Francesco Pianeta faced off on Tuesday in Belfast during the final press conference for their 10-round heavyweight bout this Saturday from Windsor Park. The second comeback fight of the former unified champion will stream live exclusively to U.S. audiences …
Read More »Interview with Dr. John Neidecker: “Combat Sports Should Be Held To A Higher Standard”
By: Sean Crose “I’m a primary care sports medicine doctor,” John Neidecker tells me. Dr. Neidecker, an engaging individual, is the man behind a major Consensus Statement from the Association of Ringside Physicians., a Consensus which has recently been published by the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The subject? “Concussion …
Read More »Fight Week in Belfast for Frampton vs. Jackson
By: Oliver McManus It is fight week in Belfast with 25,000 people set to descend upon Windsor Park this coming Saturday to witness Carl Frampton defend his interim WBO featherweight title against, Australian challenger, Luke Jackson whilst Irish Olympic hero Paddy Barnes challenges for a world title of his very …
Read More »Closed Circuit Tickets for Canelo vs. GGG2 On Sale Wednesday August 15th
Tickets for the closed circuit viewing in Las Vegas for the historic rematch between Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) and WBC, WBA, IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) will go on sale Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 10:00 a.m. PT. Closed circuit viewing …
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