By: William Holmes Bally’s Casino put on their last show of the summer with Peltz Boxing Promotions as Teon Kennedy continues his campaign in the junior lightweight division as he took on Joselito Collado in the main event of the evening. As usual, Bally’s Casino had a good turnout for …
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By Ivan G. Goldman When Showtime lured Floyd Mayweather, Jr. from HBO earlier this year, the network bragged about giving him the fattest boxing contract in history. We were encouraged to celebrate this daring network move. But Showtime never told us how it intends to pay Mayweather all these extra …
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By: William Holmes The finale for ESPN’s Friday Night Fights took place at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, and it featured the promotional debut of “Iron” Mike Tyson and an IBF Junior Lightweight Title bout between Argenis Mendez and Arash Usmanee. Iron Mike Productions is actually …
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By Jackie Kallen: For those who thought they’d never see “Iron” Mike Tyson climb through the ropes again–be sure to watch ESPN2 on August 23 when he steps into the squared circle as PROMOTER Mike Tyson. It’s been eight years since he faced Kevin McBride in DC. Those days are …
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By: William Holmes Showtime will be broadcasting from one of Golden Boy Promotions favorite spots to put on a fight in Carson, California on Saturday night as Abner Mares takes on Jhonny Gonzalez for Mares’ WBC Featherweight Title and Leo Santa Cruz takes on Victor Terrazas for the WBC Junior …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of August 12th to August 19th covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Juan Diaz Returns With a TKO Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz (37-4) returned to the ring in …
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By: William Holmes Fox Sports 1 has debuted with a strong footing in the combat sports business with the Golden Boy on Fox series as well as the UFC Fight Night series. Jacobs Scores Eye Opening Knockout The Best Buy Theatre was host to Golden Boy Promotions’ boxing series debut …
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By: William Holmes Ovation Hall at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, NJ played host to two of the three bouts televised on HBO Boxing After Dark and featured an IBF Super Bantamweight and IBF Middleweight Championship bout. The crowd was sparse at the start of the opening bout between …
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By Jaime C. Feal The premiere of the Fox Sport 1 Channel and the UFC Fight Night that accompanied it were a resounding success, as a stacked card delivered on its potential. In the prelims, Connor McGregor continued to live up to his hype by beating Max Holloway via unanimous …
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By Johnny Walker Russia’s Sergey Kovalev made a major impression on the boxing world today with a comprehensive beating of now former WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly. Unfazed by fighting against the champion in his own backyard, Kovalev simply strode into the ring at the Motorpoint arena in Cardiff, Wales, …
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