By Jonathan Shrager 1. Intro We are now over a week removed from the fight. I was one of the fortuitous fans to be in attendance and can vouch that the atmosphere was more intense than Froch-Kessler II of May 2013. Having rewatched the fight on TV, which invariably offers …
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By Tyson Bruce In today’s boxing climate Madison Square Garden is known as New York’s premier boxing site. However, in the history of New York boxing the great borough of Brooklyn occupies an equally rich and storied history in the ‘Sweet Science’. This weekend at the newly constructed Barclay’s Centre, …
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By: William Holmes In some aspects the current “cold war” is bad for boxing in that it deprives fans of seeing marquee matchups that they desire, such as Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. However, the cold war has also benefited fans in that promoters are forced to put on more compelling and …
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Sean Crose You have to feel sorry for Guillermo Rigondeaux. Last spring at Radio City Music Hall, he met and defeated a man widely recognized as one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. The Cuban pugilist’s victory over Nonito Donaire of the Philippines should have been …
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By Ivan G. Goldman If Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather get it on next year, the U.S. network that carries the Big Kahuna of all money fights will be Showtime, not HBO. That much is settled. I determined this in a conversation today with Todd DuBoef, president of Top Rank, …
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By Ivan G. Goldman In the media business we require a “hook,” a fresh angle to keep a story alive. For now I’ve pretty much run out of hooks for Anthony Fletcher, an ex-lightweight contender jailed since March 1992 by the uncaring, shoddy justice system that existed in Philadelphia at …
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by Johnny Walker Boxing Insider recently talked to veteran American heavyweight Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett (35-10-2, 20 KOs), who has taken on everyone from Wladimir Klitschko to Nikolai Valuev to David Tua, about the state of his career and of the heavyweight division in general. Barrett, who had recently been …
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By Jackie Kallen Friday night in Shelton, WA at a place called Little Creek Casino Resort, Mayweather Promotions is highlighting some of their undefeated prospects on Showtime. They have put together their own version of the Night of Future Champions. The main event is a 10 round Middleweight showdown between …
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Chisora, Barker vs. Sturm, Pacquiao, Mansour, and more… By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of November 26th to December 3rd, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Chisora Returns on February 8th …
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By Ivan G. Goldman WBC heavyweight titlist Vitali Klitschko was instrumental this weekend in preventing a peaceful protest in his native Ukraine from morphing into a full-fledged riot, a credible observer reported. Vitali, a member of Parliament and a candidate in next year’s presidential election, broke through attackers heading for …
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