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By Ivan G. Goldman As the ugly dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable headed into its seventh day Friday, an interesting ShoBox card scheduled tonight was set to be the first boxing casualty. ShoBox is carried by Showtime, which is owned by CBS and therefore blacked out to Time …

By: William Holmes The Morongo Casino Resort Spa in Cabazon, California was the host for ESPN Friday Night Fights and they immediately jumped into the first fight of the night between Jose Pedraza (13-0) and Gabriel Tolmajyan (13-2-1) in the junior lightweight division. Tolmajyan is a southpaw and gave up …

By Kirk Jackson There has been rumors swirling around the boxing world in regards to Erislandy Lara (18-1-2, 12 KO’s) fighting former WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-1, 14 KO’s). Potentially, the pair was and may still be scheduled to duel on September 14th, the same night Floyd Mayweather …

By Johnny Walker Only a few months ago, it seemed to be all laid out ahead of British heavyweight giant David Price. Although he was set to fight Tony Thompson–who’d twice lost to world champion Wladimir Klitschko, the first time with some resolve, the second time with a lack of …

By Ivan G. Goldman With the blackout standoff between CBS and Time Warner Cable extending into its fourth day, the possibility grows that for three million cable subscribers a blank screen will substitute for the Showtime pay-per-view telecast of the Sept. 14 Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez super-event. Showtime is a key …

by Kirk Jackson September 28th is supposed to be the slated return for super middleweight kingpin Andre Ward. After sitting out for more than a year due to a nagging shoulder injury, the undefeated Ward looks to return as HBO’s premier fighter. In the interim, fans have gotten their dose …

By Johnny Walker In these days when it seems that super middleweight Andre “Son of God” Ward can do no wrong in the eyes of the American boxing media, often smiling brightly as he gives us his rundown of upcoming fights on HBO, it is interesting to get another perspective …

by Chris Cella In this week’s edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, lightweight veteran Rustam Nugaev (24-6, 14 KO) takes on Jose Hernandez (14-6-1, 6 KO) in a 10-round contest live from the Morongo Casino Resorts & Spa in Cabazon, California. While consistency in mounting large winning streaks has been …

By Ivan G. Goldman Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios, after spending much of Monday doing publicity on ESPN for their Nov. 23 bout in Macau, China, appear in their first U.S. press conference Tuesday at a Chinese restaurant in New York to publicize the fight. Pacquiao winds …

“There’s darkness and emptiness that I’ve never experienced in my whole career and I’m quite humble that I’ve got to experience them this time.” — David Tua by Johnny Walker As the pictures come out with Russian giant Alexander Ustinov facing up to David Tua, who tangle on August 31 …