Manny Pacquiao, who has taken part in numerous community efforts in his dual role as star boxer and elected government official, is reaching out to make an impact on his country’s status as an international boxing center, with a focus on the amateur ranks. The plan from Pacquiao and those …
Read More »By: William Holmes Dallas, Texas will be the host of an HBO Boxing After Dark card featuring the WBO Featherweight title defense of Top Rank Fighter Miguel Angel “Mikey Garcia against Juan Manuel Lopez as well as a lightweight bout between rising prospect Terence Crawford and Alejandro Sanabria. Garcia vs. …
Read More »By Chris Cella This Saturday night from the Los Angeles Film Festival, TAPIA—a documentary based on the life of five-time world champion boxer Johhny Tapia (59-5-2, 30 KO) will premiere, chronicling the road to glory and the struggles and adversities the pugilist faced inside and out of the ring. Produced …
Read More »by Chris Carlson Golden Boy Promotions C.E.O. Richard Schafer and often talked about but rarely seen uber advisor Al Haymon, worked long hours trying to hash out a deal for the Super Fight between Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez that will be broadcasted on Showtime PPV September 14. The 11 …
Read More »By: William Holmes At times the media makes it sound like that the only promotions with fighters worth talking about are Golden Boy and Top Rank. Granted, they hold the rights to most of the best boxers who regularly compete in the United States, but they aren’t the only game …
Read More »Tickets to the exciting and historic battle between undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) Welterweight Champion TIMOTHY BRADLEY Jr. and four-division world champion and Méxican icon JUAN MANUEL MÁRQUEZ go on sale Friday, June 21, at 3:00 p.m. ET / Noon PT. The Bradley vs. Márquez welterweight championship event will take …
Read More »Kelly Swanson Thanks, everybody, for joining in. I’m so excited about this particular show in general, Saturday, June 22nd at the Barclays Center featuring as its main event, Paulie Malignaggi against Adrien Broner, but I’m really excited about this fight we’re going to talk about on this call today. Joining …
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By Jackie Kallen The HBO fight card this Saturday night in Dallas, TX is a surprisingly good one. Eight of the nine “A” fighters on the card are undefeated. Although only a couple of their opponents are also undefeated, the fights look to be pretty competitive. My eyes will be …
Read More »By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of June 3rd to June 10th covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. James DeGale Victorious in England 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (16-1) was victorious in Greenhithe, …
Read More »Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion TIMOTHY BRADLEY Jr., four-division world champion and Méxican icon JUAN MANUEL MÁRQUEZ, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum and Zanfer Promotions’ Fernando Beltran will formally announce their world championship event with a two-country media tour. The tour will kick-off with a news …
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