By Tyson Bruce You first heard of him as an Internet urban legend. Rumors started building in boxing chat rooms and YouTube about a meek, smiling fighter from a country most Americans have trouble pronouncing, let alone identifying, who supposedly hits like a middleweight Mike Tyson. His list of amateur …
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By Johnny Walker So, following in the hallowed path of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and numerous other vapid flotsam of current pop culture, welterweight boxer Adrien Broner has made a sex tape. If you haven’t seen it (lucky you), the tape shows Broner engaged in three-way unprotected sex with some …
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By Ivan G. Goldman New Jersey boxing was out of control Saturday night in Atlantic City. Referee Steve Smoger, who physically manhandled Bernard Hopkins’ opponent Karo Murat all night, at one point stuck his palm in Murat’s face and shoved him backward with a sneer, clearly intent on inflicting harm. …
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Ageless Hopkins Triumphs Over Murat. By Tyson Bruce Atlantic City, NJ—IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (54-6) lived up to his newly acquired alien moniker, by turning back the clock to defeat game fringe contender Karo Murat (25-2) in dominant fashion. The fight, which had very low expectations going in, …
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By Jackie Kallen He may not be a household name over here yet, but Kazakh (Russian) Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin–known as GGG–has won my heart. I am a sucker for the middleweight division, having managed former champ James “Lights Out” Toney. I am always following the division with interest and wondering …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of October 22nd to October 29th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Wallin Scores TKO Victory Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin (3-0, 3 KOs) put on a dominant display …
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY, PHILIPPINES (October 25, 2013) — Fighter of the Decade, Congressman MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO (54-5-2, 38 KOs), the lone congressional representative from the Sarangani Province of the Philippines, and Hall of Fame promoter BOB ARUM hosted an international Media Conference Call which emanated from General Santos City, Philippines, …
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By Kirk Jackson Well it did not go as planned for Mike Alvarado in his last fight on HBO. The former WBO junior welterweight champion suffered a destructive TKO defeat from the hands of the Eastern European, Ruslan Provodnikov in Alvarado’s hometown of Denver. Despite Alvarado setting the tone early, …
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By: William Holmes Golden Boy Promotions returned to the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City tonight and it featured two Philadelphia fighters on the televised portion of the card which undoubtedly helped fill out the historic arena. “The Alien” lands a shot on Karo Murat Three bouts were televised tonight, and …
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By Johnny Walker WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight champion “King” Arthur Abraham (38-4, 28 KOs) labored to a lopsided win today, shutting down Italian Giovanni De Carolis (20-5, 10 KOs) of Italy in a match held at the EWE-Arena in Oldenburg, Germany. In a bout that was supposed to set up …
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