By Kirk Jackson BoxingInsider.com: You have a big fight Oct. 26th defending your WBO middleweight title against Gabriel Rosado, how was your training camp in preparation for this fight? Kid Chocolate: Ah man it was good. I felt inspired by my work, I did some things that I didn’t do …
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By Tyson Bruce For the first time since 2000, when Stevie Johnston failed to regain his lightweight crown against Jose Luis Castillo, championship boxing returned to the mile-high city of Denver. Safe to say, that it might be a while before it returns, as hometown hero Mike Alvarado was gradually …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Ruslan Provodnikov and Mike Alvarado proved once again that you don’t always have to pay extra to see a better fight. Their all-action explosion Saturday night, available to all HBO subscribers, kicked off only a few minutes after the network presented a rerun of its more …
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By Johnny Walker At the Messehalle in Leipzig, Germany, this afternoon, heavyweight hopeful Manuel “Diamond Boy” Charr took on Russian veteran Denis Bakhtov, and provided some unintentional humor for the crowd, who nevertheless booed Charr repeatedly during and after the match. On the same card, WBO super middleweight champion Robert …
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by Johnny Walker Tonight at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado, American WBO light welterweight world champion “Mile High” Mike Alvarado (34-2, 23 KOs) took on the “Siberian Rocky,” Ruslan Provodnikov (23-2, 16 KOs) in a title defense broadcast on HBO. With both men coming off of what announcer Jim …
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Official Weights: Mike Alvarado 139.8 lbs vs Rusian Provodnikov 138.8 lbs By Jackie Kallen After avenging his 2012 loss to Brandon Rios earlier this year, Mike Alvarado got himself back on track. The loss to Rios was a tough one, but Rios graciously gave him a rematch five months later …
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By Jaime C. Feal The UFC has a stellar card on Pay-Per-View tomorrow night, headlined by the third installment in the epic trilogy of fights between Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos, once again for the UFC Heavyweight Title. With this third fight also being a rubber match, bragging rights …
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Good morning, everybody. I wanted to welcome you all to this call. We are obviously very excited and enthusiastic for what promises to be a fantastic card next weekend in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Obviously we’re here to talk to the participants in the main event, Bernard Hopkins and Karo …
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By Tyson Bruce Since HBO’s banishment of Floyd Mayweather and the rest of Golden Boy’s deep and diverse stable of fighters, the network has attempted to refocus its programming with creative matchmaking and a noted emphasis on creating action fights. Despite clearly suffering financially by not having access to big …
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By: William Holmes On Saturday night, HBO will have a boxing-heavy lineup, despite the fact they will only be televising one live bout. First they’ll be showing Timothy Bradley’s clear and sound decision victory over the legendary Juan Manuel Marquez from last weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. After that bout …
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