By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of July 22nd to July 29th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Locked ‘n Loaded Results: Reyes Defeats Perez On Friday night Artemio Reyes (20-2) defeated Sergio Perez …
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By Kirk Jackson As it stands now, Robert Guerrero, the “Ghost” from Gilroy, is a couple months removed from his 12-round unanimous decision defeat against Floyd Mayweather. Despite putting on a gallant effort, Mayweather exterminated the “Ghost” and showed why he is a Hall of Fame fighter. But there is …
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By Johnny Walker As someone who wasn’t happy when WBC heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis held up the belt while he dithered as to whether to give Vitali Klitschko a rematch or not, it pains me to see current WBC champion Vitali Klitschko doing the same thing as he tries to …
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By Johnny Walker Well, so much for Dereck “Del Boy” Chisora staying out of trouble. One supposes that the British Boxing Board of Control will be having a look at the latest reports out of Ibiza, a popular holiday destination in Spain, where Chisora and world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko …
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By Johnny Walker In the first bout of an action-packed Showtime card entitled Knockout KIngs II at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, tonight, Keith “One Time” Thurman (20-0, 18 KOs) took on fellow unbeaten welterweight Diego Chaves (22-0, 18 KOs). The fight started out at a torrid pace, …
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By Jaime C. Feal The UFC had another extremely solid card for free on network TV, with a title fight and a top welterweight contender fight. Starting off the main card on FOX, Liz Carmouche, who challenged Ronda Rousey for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Title in February, was able to …
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By: William Holmes HBO decided to broadcast Zou Shiming’s second professional bout today on their sister station HBO2 from Macau, China. This is the second fight for Shiming on HBO and it will be the last televised fight from Macau before Manny Pacquiao’s PPV fight against Brandon Rios in November. …
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By Kirk Jackson This weekend, Andre Berto is slated to go against Jesus Soto Karass in San Antonio, TX at the AT&T Center. Karass, is 3-4 his last seven fights and is coming off a majority decision victory over Selcuk Aydin. Berto is trying to bounce back after suffering a …
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By Chris Cella In this week’s edition of Friday Night Fights, coming live from Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California, an outdoor show in the near 100 degree heat, lightweights Josenilson Dos Santos (26-1, 16 KO) and Miguel Gonzalez (21-3, 15 KO) got the action started. From the onset …
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By Chris Cella Over the past few weeks ESPN’s Friday Night Fights has delivered some action packed and entertaining bouts, featuring both contenders and up-and-coming prospects in a variety of weight classes. Tonight’s showdown between former Jr. Lightweight and Featherweight title challenger Juan Carlos “Mini” Burgos (30-1-1-, 20 KO) and …
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