By: William Holmes On Saturday Night the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada will host a two world title fights to be televised on HBO. Golden Boy Promotions is the lead promoter for this card which will feature a WBO Junior Middleweight Title Fight between Jaime Munguia and Liam …
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European Boxing Notebook: DeGale, Fury, Saunders, WBSS, and more…
By: Oliver McManus A busy, busy couple of weeks has seen action across Britain aplenty but, for a while, there were relatively few major talking points. Nonetheless here is everything you could possibly need to know from the course of the last two weeks – Chunky chases the dollar James …
Read More »Mykquan Williams: “I Don’t Say ‘No’ To Any Opponent”
By: Sean Crose “Training camp went well,” undefeated super lightweight Mykquan Williams tells me just days before his match this Saturday against Matt Doherty at Connecticut’s Foxwoods Resort. Williams states that, right now, he’s in “chill mode.” In other words, he’s “not doing too much.” Riding a red hot streak …
Read More »Much More Than Just Bad Blood: Canelo vs. Golovkin II
By: Gary Todd In boxing, a lot can happen in a year, and this has definitely been the case for this fight and for these two fighters. Since that night in Las Vegas 2017, where these two elite boxers met for the first time, all eyes were on the rematch, …
Read More »Kovalev-Alvarez & Bivol-Chilemba Media Conference Call Transcript
Sergey Kovalev vs. Eleider Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol vs. Isaac Chilemba International Media Conference Call Transcript Kathy Duva, CEO Main Events: “Thanks so much for joining in on this beautiful summer day. It is terrific to be putting a show back in Atlantic City. Back in the Etess Arena. Back …
Read More »Robert Easter Jr. Talks Unification Showdown with Mikey Garcia, Training in Florida & More
IBF Lightweight World Champion Robert Easter Jr. has made the most of his inaugural training camp with Kevin Cunningham and will look to bring that same level of focus to the ring when he challenges WBC Lightweight World Champion Mikey Garcia Saturday, July 28 live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center …
Read More »Peter Quillin, Luis Collazo & Alicia Napoleon Media Luncheon Quotes
NEW YORK (July 19, 2018) – Former world champions Peter Quillin and Luis Collazo were joined by WBA Women’s Super Middleweight Champion Alicia Napoleon at a media luncheon in Manhattan Thursday to discuss their respective showdowns taking place Saturday, August 4 from NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial …
Read More »Sergey Kovalev: “My Goal Is To Get All Four Titles”
By: Sean Crose “This is my biggest opportunity,” light heavyweight Eleider Alvarez said of his August 4th title fight against WBO champ Sergey Kovalev in Atlantic City. “I waited three and a half years.” Alvarez was in line to face WBC champ Adonis Stevenson for ages, but, as has sometimes …
Read More »Promoter Langston Hampton Ready To Deliver “The Big Pay Back”
By: Sean Crose Langston Hampton is an ambitious man. Only 33 years old, this product of some of Memphis’ toughest streets is on his way to making his mark on the sport of boxing through his Lank Promotions. Unlike many in what is considered the red light district of sports, …
Read More »How Relevant is Manny Pacquiao Now?
By: Charles Jay After Manny Pacquiao’s fight this past weekend, ESPN commentator Mark Kriegel declared that with his victory, he had “changed the configuration of boxing again.” My first thought was that I didn’t know if I would characterize it quite like that, but there is no doubt that he …
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