By Kirk Jackson In the wake of the virtuoso performance of Floyd “Money” Mayweather 46-0 (25 KO’s) over Saul “Canelo” Alvarez 44-1-1 (38 KO’s), the ageless wonder Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins 53-6-2 (32 KO’s) made a bid to fight the long reigning P4P king. If this fight were to happen, …
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By Kirk Jackson The fight against Floyd Mayweather on Sept. 14th did not go as planned for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Suffering his first defeat, he was bested by this generation’s greatest boxer on the biggest stage. Photo: USA Today Even though he did lose a majority decision and could not …
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By Jaime C. Feal Jon Jones survived his toughest fight yet, winning one of the greatest title fights in the history of the UFC. Gustafsson was able to keep pace with the champion for most of the fight, cutting him over the right eye early in the fight, and clearly …
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By Johnny Walker With injured UK rival David Haye suddenly out of the current heavyweight picture today, another Brit, Dereck Chisora, has snuck his way back in. A very in-shape Chisora, fighting at the lightest weight of his professional career, easily disposed of robotic German Edmund Gerber, stopping him at …
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By Nicholas Ayres-Wearne As the dust settles from Floyd Mayweather dominating performance against Saul Alvarez, one looks ahead at who Mayweather could fight in 2014. Showtime by all reports was not at all pleased with the rumored 830,000 buy rate of Mayweather’s fight with Robert Guerrero. This sub par performance …
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UFC 165 Preview: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson By Jaime C. Feal Two title fights headline a very solid PPV card tomorrow night, live from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Renan Barao looks to continue his dominance of the bantamweight division in the absence of the injured Dominick Cruz. He will take …
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By Johnny Walker One of the most anticipated heavyweight tilts of the year was called off today as Britain’s David Haye revealed he had been injured in his final training session for his scheduled September 28 fight with Anglo-Irish behemoth Tyson Fury. “Hayemaker Boxing regret to inform that David Haye …
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MAYWEATHER-CANELO FIGHT SETS RECORD AS HIGHEST-GROSSING PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT OF ALL TIME The SHOWTIME PPV® Event, Promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Premieres on SHOWTIME® this Saturday, Sept. 21 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT NEW YORK (Sept. 19, 2013) – Last …
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By Charles Jay We know by now that C.J. Ross has resigned as a Nevada boxing judge. But you can’t blame Keith Kizer (executive director of the commission) for having defended her publicly. That’s his job. After the fact, it just isn’t right to take someone out to the woodshed …
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In a great traditional battle between Puerto Rico and Mexico, No. 1 Contender Orlando Cruz, in his first world title shot, will battle former two-time World Champion Orlando Salido for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Featherweight Championship. The two fighters are on the call today from their training camps. Orlando …
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