By Jackie Kallen I don’t know about you but I am a big fan of Gennady Golovkin. At 26-0 with 23 knockouts, he is certainly a bright spot in the middleweight division. With Sergio Martinez fading a bit, GGG and Peter Quillin are looming huge on the horizon. This weekend …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of June 17th to June 24th covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Tickets on Sale for Bradley vs. Marquez Timothy Bradley Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez will clash …
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Floyd Mayweather, Eight-Time And Five-Division World Champion “Canelo, I appreciate you for taking this fight. Let’s give the fans what they want to see on September 14. “Mexico has produced some legendary champions. I take my hat off to them. I respect the country of Mexico, but something I’ve always …
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BOXING’S BIGGEST STAR, UNDEFEATED, EIGHT-TIME & FIVE-DIVISION WORLD CHAMPION FLOYD “MONEY” MAYWEATHER SELECTS UNDEFEATED MEXICAN BOXING SENSATION CANELO ALVAREZ FOR SUPER WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEGA-BOUT “THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS CANELO” ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 14 AT MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS AND LIVE ON SHOWTIME PPV® LAS VEGAS (June 24, 2013) …
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by Johnny Walker When former heavyweight contender David “Tuamanator” Tua decided to make one more run at a heavyweight title earlier this year, his old foe, and the man who defeated him in Tua’s last fight, American veteran Monte “Two Guns” Barrett, expressed cynicism at Tua’s decision to return to …
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by Bryanna Fissori Legal Analyst With the impending jury trial just weeks away, a case filed in 2011 against Floyd Mayweather Jr., was voluntarily dismissed in the absence of either party appearing at the hearing scheduled for last week. The case involved an August 2009 shooting outside a Las Vegas …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Tickets to the Sept. 14 Floyd Mayweather versus Saul “Canelo” Alvarez super fight will be offered to the public this Tuesday, and they won’t come cheap. Some third-party brokers are already taking orders. The cheapest nosebleed seats at the very back of the MGM Grand Garden …
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By Ivan G. Goldman When I saw Adrien Broner interviewed on Showtime after winning a split decision over Paul Malignaggi I was reminded of Abu Sakkar, the Syrian rebel commander who last month cut the heart out of a dead enemy soldier and ate some of it on camera. Photo: …
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By Chris Cella Getting the action underway live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn was a WBC Super Middleweight championship bout between undefeated prospect Marco Periban (20-0, 13 KO) and former title challenger Sakio Bika (31-5-2, 21 KO). Almost immediately both fighters established the intense pace to the fight, letting …
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By Chris Cella Leading up to tomorrow’s WBA World Welterweight Title fight between belt holder Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi and Adrien “The Problem” Broner, there has been no shortage of trash talking or drama. From when mentions of the fight first materialized months ago, the two boxing champions began …
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