By: William Holmes ESPN Friday Night Fights was broadcast tonight from the Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and featured two exciting bouts between upcoming and rising prospects in the junior middleweight and super bantamweight divisions. Photo: Chris Farina/ Top Rank “Jersey Boy” Glen Tapia (19-0) and Abie Han …
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Super Flyweight Prospects Drian Francisco and Chris Avalos Battle Tonight on FNF
By Chris Cella In this week’s edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, coming live from the Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas, former super flyweight titlist Drian “Gintong Kamao” Francisco (24-1-1, 19 KO) will meet Chris “The Hitman” Avalos (21-2, 16 KO) in a 10-round contest as they go to …
Read More »A cause of concern for Julio Cesar Chavez?
By Kirk Jackson It was all good just a year ago. A handful of championship title defenses, including an exhilarating comeback attempt, which resulted in a victory via TKO. Headlining fight cards on HBO, Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach heading the corner, there plenty of momentum leading towards the …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather May Earn $90 Million or More against Canelo Alvarez
By Ivan G. Goldman Estimates of how much Floyd Mayweather will earn for his Sept. 14 showdown against Canelo Alvarez are bouncing all over the place. When I saw a prediction of $90 million, I assumed it was wildly optimistic, but it’s supported by two decent sources — Sports Illustrated …
Read More »Is This The Last Stand for Manny Pacquiao?
By Kirk Jackson 2012 was a horrific year for Manny Pacquiao. From all the rumors of turmoil within his marriage, pressures of orchestrating his political campaign, the pressure of living up to being the spokesperson and hero of his native country the Philippines, all along with taking on some tough …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Canelo vs. Mayweather, Return of Yuri Foreman, Stevens, Kovalev and more..
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of July 1st to July 8th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Felix Sturm Stops Pedrag Radosevic Felix Sturm (38-3-2) took on Pedrag Radosevic (27-1) in Dortmund, Germany …
Read More »If You Like Zou Shiming, You’ll Love July – Otherwise It’s Slim Pickings
By Ivan G. Goldman Among the slim pickings on premium network cards this month is another HBO2 broadcast out of Macau, China featuring a six-rounder July 27 between two-time Olympic Gold winner Zou Shiming and Jesus Ortega, a fighter out of Sonora, Mexico who’s 3-1 (2 KOs). Photo: Chris Farina/Top …
Read More »David Price – chops Goliath down again but it’s Goliath who needs reworking
By Hamza Ahmed One of the most famous Biblical tales told in Christianity involves the underdog tale of David slaying Goliath. Despite being at a height and size disadvantage, David armed himself with a slingshot to take Goliath out and free the children of Israel from being constantly terrorised by …
Read More »Light Heavyweight Reloaded: Who will rule the division when the dust settles?
By Chris Carlson The light heavyweight division has been very active over the last few years. Fighters, networks, and promoters found away to give boxing fans something they rarely get in the sports current state…clarity. With all 3 forces working together all hell broke loose with unforeseen upsets, draws, rematches, …
Read More »UFC 162 Results: Chris Weidman Knocks Out Anderson Silva to Become New Middleweight Champion
By Jaime C. Feal Chris Weidman made Anderson Silva pay dearly for his arrogance. Silva repeatedly put his hands down and taunted Weidman, and ultimately paid the price by getting knocked out in the second round. Weidman is now 10-0 and the new UFC Middleweight champion. Mark Munoz got back …
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