By Cris Cella On this week’s edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, former junior middleweight champion Delvin Rodriguez (27-6-3, 15 KO will meet Freddy “El Riel” Hernandez (30-4, 20 KO) in a 10-round contest as both fighters are looking to crack the top 10 of the division and land bigger …
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Antonio Margarito is making plans to get back into action. And not a lot of people are happy about it. The issue isn’t necessarily that he is too old – indeed, he is “only” 35, which makes him a spring chicken compared to some fighters who are still champions – …
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By Chris Cella Saturday night WBA Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO) will again step between the ropes against IBF champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO) to compete for a world title belt, but unlike when the two first met in 2010—a fight Kessler won via unanimous decision—a …
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By Jackie Kallen I guess every boxing fan has certain matches in their head that they’d like to see for one reason or another. I have compiled a list this morning of the fights that I’d like to see if I could put any two fighters in the same ring …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of May 13th to May 20th covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Will Tomlinson Retains IBO Super Featherweight Title “Wild” Will Tomlinson (21-0-1) retained his IBO Super Featherweight …
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By Matthew O’Brien “Are you gonna give me a ring about this training then or what?” called out the coach, across the noisy gym through the swinging bags. “You give me a ring – and I’ll make you famous” shot back the fighter, over his shoulder as he strolled nonchalantly …
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By- Antonio Cooper Results Kameron Snyder def. Damian Burton (title fight) (Submission, Rd. 1) Jamie Espinoza def. Keyton Tummell. (TKO, Rd. 1) Lamar Foster def. Victor Jones (title fight) (Unanimous decision) Giani Swires def. Steve Gossett (title fight) (Submission, Rd. 1) Dean Nasser def. Travis Rhodes (title fight) (Submission, Rd. …
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Coming off the excitement of Saturday’s third-round stoppage of Lamont Peterson in a non-title fight, Lucas Matthysse got some high praise immediately, though admittedly it was from someone who has a stake in his career. As Matthysse was getting ready to be interviewed by Showtime’s Jim Gray, Richard Schaefer, the …
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Carl Froch is hopping mad at a couple of his countrymen. Does he have a right to be? Froch is engaging in final preparations for his fight next Saturday against Mikkel Kessler, when the IBF and WBA super middleweight titles will be at stake. But it’s Kessler’s preparation that he …
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This summer, live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins will step into the ring once again in pursuit of breaking yet another record as he continued to solidify his legacy as one of the top pugs to ever lace up the …
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