by Johnny Walker The Ring reports that veteran American heavyweight Tony Thompson, fresh off of two upset wins over British giant David Price, is ready to take on the man who most fighters in the division have been ducking as of late, European heavyweight champion Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria. According …
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By: Sergio Luis Martinez As far as anyone can tell, Andre Berto is still slated to face Mexican perennial contender Jesus Soto-Karass this coming Saturday at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas in a bout that will be televised on Showtime airwaves. The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds …
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By Johnny Walker Mike Tyson’s one-man show about his life, entitled Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, produced by moviemaker Spike Lee, will soon make its way to television. The show, in which Tyson takes time to even the score as he sees it with enemies like trainer Teddy Atlas, promoter Don …
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By Johnny Walker Rising Australian heavyweight Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne continued his journey north in the heavyweight division today when he stopped veteran American Travis Walker in Melbourne. Walker was a last minute stand-in for British giant Richard Towers, who was denied a visa to enter Australia due to a …
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By: William Holmes The first two months of the summer were lackluster in action for boxing fans in the United States, but the action will begin to pick up this weekend when Golden Boy Promotions presents an action-packed card from San Antonio, Texas. The welterweight division is Golden Boy’s deepest …
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By: William Holmes Zou Shiming is a highly decorated amateur and carries the weight of a nation on his shoulders. His popularity is high for a relative newbie that HBO has decided to televise, even though he fights in China. Macau, China, is quickly becoming a competitive destination to Las …
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By Johnny Walker Fresh off his recent utter humiliation of fading American veteran James “Lights Out” Toney, Australia’s Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne had planned to take on 6′ 8″ UK giant Richard Towers this Thursday, July 27, at the Melbourne Pavilion in Australia. However, a squeamish Australian customs had a …
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By Johnny Walker It seems to be the year for major domestic fights in the UK, as hot on the heels of the announcement that undefeated giant Tyson Fury will square off with veteran David Haye, we now have another blockbuster on the way, as IBF and WBA super middleweight …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of July 15th to July 22nd covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Algieri Thrills Hometown Crowd Chris Algieri put an exclamation point on his return to the Paramount …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Schemers in tailored suits are still beating their chests over rounding up an excellent junior welterweight match, Lucas Matthysse-versus-Danny Garcia, on the Sept. 14 Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez undercard. Stephen Espinoza, maharajah of Showtime sports, exultantly tweeted, “So is everyone happy now? If you previously tweeted to …
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