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By Chris Cella In a repeat of the heavyweight showdown between hard hitters Tony “The Tiger” Thompson (37-3, 25 KO) and David Price (15-1, 13 KO) this past February, a fight which Thompson stopped Price in the second round, Thompson looked to prove that his knockout of the prospect Price …

By: William Holmes ESPN Friday Night Fights was broadcast from the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut. This was 50 Cent’s first solo promotional debut but his main event of the evening between Eleider Alvarez and Allan Green was cancelled when Green came in yesterday six pounds overweight and was …

By Jaime C. Feal A huge matchup goes down tomorrow night in Las Vegas as pound for pound king Anderson “The Spider” Silva defends his middleweight title against undefeated #1 contender Chris Weidman. The co-main event features a features a featherweight clash between former lightweight champ Frankie Edgar and jiu-jitsu …

Tonight’s edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights comes live from the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut, airing live on the ESPN2 at 9 p.m. Eastern. Promoted by SMS Promotions—owned by recording artist 50 Cent—the main event of the night features a 10-round light heavyweight battle between Eleider “Storm” Alvarez …

Gennady Golovkin solidified his reputation as one of the very best punchers in boxing with his decimation of challenger Matthew Macklin last Saturday night, culminating with a body shot that not only put Macklin to the floor for the entire ten count, but for several minutes afterward. With that he …

Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez didn’t engage in any fisticuffs at the final press conference to promote their September 14 fight; instead, Mayweather, considered by some to be the unofficial “pound for pound” champion of boxing, took part in a little verbal sparring with an opponent he has previously defeated …

NEW JERSEY (June 25, 2013) – Revel Casino-Hotel, Atlantic City’s newest and largest casino resort, will proudly host the highly anticipated middleweight showdown between IBF titleholder Daniel Geale (29-1, 15KOs) and No. 6 rated contender from the UK Darren Barker (25-1, 16KOs) on August 17th. Gary Shaw Productions in association …

Atlantic City, NJ—Former super bantamweight world-title challenger Teon Kennedy, of Philadelphia, PA, now campaigning as a junior lightweight, makes his second start in three months when he boxes Joselito Collado, of Jamaica, Queens, NY, in the scheduled 10-round main event on Saturday evening, Aug. 24, in the Grand Ballroom at …

By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of June 24th to July 1st covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Golovkin Crumbles Macklin Gennady Golovkin (27-0) was supposed to face the stiffest test of his career …

By Bryanna Fissori Former World Boxing Federation Cruiserweight Champion Bashiru “Bash” Ali was recently awarded receivership of the trademark and domain name of World Boxing Foundation, formerly known as World Boxing Federation. The 57 year old boxer hailing from Nigeria has had a number of legal confrontations with the promotion. …