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By: William Holmes Canada is a major hotspot for boxing and the light heavyweight division is by far Canada’s best. Adonis Stevenson is the current light heavyweight kingpin after knocking out Chad Dawson in the first round. Jean Pascal and Lucian Bute also call Canada home and compete in the …

By Tyson Bruce The light heavyweight division is boxing’s version of no-man’s land. Despite being one of the original weight classes of boxing it is often considered to be the ugly stepchild between the more glamorous middleweight and heavyweight divisions. An observer would have to go all the way back …


By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of November 19th to November 26th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Bob Arum’s Statement on Manny Pacquiao’s Tax Issues Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum issued the …

By Sean Crose Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: Stepping into a boxing ring is not the same as charging from a landing craft onto Omaha Beach. It’s not even close. Anyone who thinks otherwise has no business being in the sport. While it’s true that boxing is all about …

by Matt Gerovac The most infuriating part of being a boxing fan is the perpetual attempt to fully understand why the big fights tend not to happen. You could spend weeks scouring YouTube, boxing blogs, Facebook, and follow everyone and their mother on Twitter, and still not know what actually …

By Kirk Jackson Much to everyone’s delight, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO) returned to glory, ending a two fight losing streak this past weekend when he defeated the iron-chinned Brandon Rios 31-2-1 (23 KO’s), at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China. It was a 12-round unanimous …

By Tyson Bruce To say that Anthony Mundine vs. Shane Mosley was an unpleasant viewing experience would be a drastic understatement. In what has become an unfortunate and bizarre tradition in Australia, another ancient shopworn American boxing star was crated over to fight a local Australian hero. Remember when the …

By: William Holmes Antonio “The Magic Man” Tarver made his first appearance inside the ring at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida since his positive test for steroids. He’s a former light heavyweight champion and he was making his debut in the heavyweight division. The first bout of the night …

By Ivan G. Goldman 10. I’m just up to my neck in Tupperware parties. 9. He won’t stand still long enough for me to hit him with the less powerful shots I’d be throwing at him. 8. Also, he might hit me back. 7. He throws more than one punch …

By Briggs Seekins The big pay-per-view weekend is over in the world’s largest gambling mecca, in the world’s largest officially authoritarian state. And the big take away in terms of important boxing knowledge is that Manny Pacquiao is, indeed, a far better boxer than Brandon Rios, and a much quicker …