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By Ivan G. Goldman Dear Friday Night Fights, Just when you were on a hot streak you put on another one of those C-plus performances. Which may be too generous. In your main event, Cuban superfeatherweight Rances Barthelmy kayoed a Thai with credentials that looked spottier than a truckload of …

By: William Holmes ESPN’s Friday Night Fights was broadcast from the Minneapolis convention center in Minneaspolis, Minnesota. Friday night fights started on time with no delays and immediately went in to the first bout of the evening between hometown fighter Caleb Truax (21-1-1) and Don George (24-3-1) in the middleweight …

By Jackie Kallen Damn it would be fun to see 32 year-old Paul Malignaggi kick 23 year-old Adrien Broner’s ass in Brooklyn this weekend. Not because I don’t like Broner. I actually like the guy personally and think he’s a hulluva boxer. But Paulie is such a sweet, lovable guy …

By: William Holmes Saturday’s Golden Boy Promotions card from Brooklyn, NY marks the end of a terrific stretch of spring/early summer boxing and it marks the beginning of a two-month stretch of less than compelling fights. Brooklyn was going to host a Hopkins fight in early July but that card’s …

Paulie Malignaggi “It’s gotten a little bit crazy, we’ll admit that. I can take some of the blame, but I can’t take all of it. I can only apologize for my end, but at the end of the day, this is how the creation of Adrien Broner happened, in my …

Lou DiBella: So let me take it from here. Bill, I want to thank you and everybody from Foxwoods, particularly Scott Butera who’s been a great friend to boxing on the east coast. Particularly I think Foxwoods has established itself as the destination for big time boxing in the east …

By Chris Cella Tomorrow night live from the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minnesota, undefeated junior lightweight Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy will put his unblemished record on the line against Fahsai Sakkreerin on this week’s edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights. The 12-round bout will be an IBF Eliminator for the …

By Hamza Ahmed In the end, it was too much and too little for Robert Guerrero. The Mexican American fighter, coming off the back end of a successful 2012 campaign following bruising wins over Selcuk Aydin and Andre Berto, was hopelessly manhandled, outclassed and extinguished by arguably the sports’ premier …

By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of June 10th to June 17th covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Luna Victorious At Chumash Casino Undefeated lightweight prospect Alejandro Luna (14-0) and Sergio Rivera (14-12) fought …

By Boxing Insider News The respective fighters are now almost three months from weighing in for a big-money showdown, but as can be expected, boxing people are weighing in with their opinions already. Whether the parties are “interested” or formerly interested, it is hard to find support for Canelo Alvarez …