Argentine knockout artist Lucas “La Maquina” Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) discussed his training camp routine ahead of his super fight against future Hall of Famer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round welterweight clash. The fight, which will be for Matthysse’s WBA Welterweight World Title, will take …
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Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of May 16th to May 23rd; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Antonio Tarver Credits USA Boxing for Giving Him Structure That Carried Him to the Top …
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By: Ste Rowen This Friday at Ota-City Central Gym in Tokyo, Jamie McDonnell, 29-2-1 (13KOs) will once again step away from home comforts to fight a man, most boxers would rather avoid. The Doncaster native, and WBA ‘Regular’ bantamweight champion will step into the ring with the much feared, Naoya …
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By: Sean Crose “Jose ‘Sniper’ Pedraza is nearing a title shot,” a Top Rank press release declared on Tuesday, “while Shakur Stevenson is well on his way.” Both Top Rank fighters will now find themselves on the undercard of much anticipated WBO welterweight title bout between Jeff Horn and Terence …
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By: Bryant Romero Undefeated light heavyweight prospect Taylor Duerr from Detroit will be headlining an event in the Motor City on June 23 as part of the co-promotion between Tommy Hearns and Jackie Kallen. Duerr (6-0-1, 6 KOs) will look to keep his undefeated record intact as he works towards …
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By: Ciaran O’Mahony Jeff Horn will need to produce the performance of his career to beat highly-rated American Terrence Crawford on the 9th of June, but he is far from a “paper champion”, according to top Australian trainers. Although he is a hero to Australian boxing fans, Horn is regularly …
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Compiled By: Oliver McManus Welcome to the second edition of the European Boxing Notebook, covering all the events and news from the 6th-21st May and even include a bonus section about an Asian world title doubleheader; Photo Credit: Hughie Fury Twitter Account HUGHIE FURY CLAIMS BRITISH TITLE Boxing returned to …
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By: Ken Hissner On April 28th of this year Ghana’s Isaac “Brave-Son” Dogboe, 18-0 (12), came into Philadelphia to face the co-promoters boxer Jesse Magdaleno, 25-0 (18), of Las Vegas, NV. At the press conference several days before their bout at the Liacouras Center of Temple University Magdaleno had some …
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By: Oliver McManus Looking across the array of fighters promoted by Frank Warren there are certain guys that catch the eye and Harvey Horn is certainly one of them – European Under 22 Champion, a British World Series of Boxing representative, in the amateur game now making strides at 2 …
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By: William Holmes Showtime has shown no signs of slowing down in putting on competitive fights with a split site double header on their Showtime World Championship Boxing telecast. The opening bout of the night was between Gary Russell Jr. (28-1) and Joseph Diaz (26-0) for the WBC Featherweight Title. …
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