By: Ken Hissner On Saturday night Hard Hitting Promotions Will Ruiz and matchmaker Manny Ramirez put on 8 bouts before a very good attended crowd. These bouts took place at the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia. In the Main Event Super Middleweight southpaw Derrick “Take It to The Bank” Webster, …
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Back to Basics: Recognizing the Significance of Boxing Fundamentals Through Mikey Garcia
By John Tsoi: Scanning through the current boxing pound-for-pound rankings, all of the entrants possess an “X factor” – something unique that makes them great. Heavy-handed hitters such as Gennady Golovkin and Errol Spence Jr are rightfully included, while technicians like Vasyl Lomachenko, Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk also justified …
Read More »Tyrone Crawley and Ricardo Garcia Ends in a Draw
By: Ken Hissner The SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia was the host site for a King’s Promotion 9 fight card. Young Philadelphia talent were featured in the main event, which ended in a draw between Tyron “Butterfly” Crawler, Jr. of Philadelphia and Dominican Richard Garcia over 8 rounds. Philadelphia, PA, and …
Read More »What is DAZN?
By: Dylan Smith DAZN (Pronounced ‘Da-Zone’) You may or may not have heard of them but here they are. Although they are going to be a multi sport platform, their first phase is heavily focused on boxing and fight sports. The reason for that is they believe fight fans in …
Read More »What is the Hold Up for Zuffa Boxing?
By Bryanna Fissori It has been about a year now since the combat sports world first saw the “Zuffa Boxing” image across UFC President Dana White’s red Reebok shirt. This was during the hype for the Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather Jr fight in August of 2017. How the time …
Read More »The Ultimate Showdown of Boxer vs. Brawler: Fury vs. Wilder
By: Dylan Smith The Battle of the Behemoth Could this be it? The greatest pugilist Giants waging war to win the ultimate title of Super Heavyweight Champion of the world and could the victor be crowned as the GOAT? Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are the longest bodied out of …
Read More »Philadelphia Area Has a Big Weekend of Boxing with Three Shows
By: Ken Hissner On Friday night at the SugarHouse Casino, Marshall Kauffman’s King’s Promotions brings Tyrone Crawley, Jr., 7-1 (0), of Philadelphia, for the WBF junior welter title, against his toughest opponent to date in Dominican Ricardo Garcia, 14-3 (9), over 8 rounds. The matchmaker is Damian Ramos and PR …
Read More »Whyte, Fury, Wilder and Chisora and the Order of the Square Jungle
By: Daniel Smith “CRACK!” A whamming freight train of a left hook smashes against the granite jaw of Joseph Parker, as a thrash of thick, spume-like slaver oomphs from his gaping mouth, while a spattering-lash of sweat pelts from his drenched glistening crown. In that precise moment, Joseph Parker’s body …
Read More »Eddie Hearn Hopes To Ring In: “A New Era Of Broadcasting”
By: Sean Crose On October 6th, Chicago’s Wintrust Arena will host the American premiere of promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom boxing. The card, which will feature welterweights Jessie Vargas and Thomas Dulorme will be broadcast live on the DANZ streaming program. “This is a huge event and the first of our …
Read More »Best of the Rest: The Heavyweight Division
By: Oliver McManus Last week we focused on the “elite” heavyweight fighters and in an ever-changing division with contenders coming and going, this article seeks to take a look at the next crop of challengers looking to force their way to a world title. Alexander Povetkin Where better a place …
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