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By: William Holmes Now that Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime have an exclusive arrangement between each other, and NBC Sports Network has joined the boxing fray, you will get to see quality fighters on HBO that might have never previously had the opportunity to showcase their skills in front of …

By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of April 15th to April 22nd covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Mikkel Kessler Workout Quotes Mikkel Kessler has been working out in preparation to face Carl Froch …

By Kirk Jackson This past weekend Saul “Canelo” Alvarez defeated Austin Trout in a junior middleweight unification bout with the WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine titles at stake. Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime Regarded as a huge test for Alvarez, this is arguably Alvarez’s first fight against legitimate opposition. Up until now, …

ZAB JUDAH, Former Two-Division World Champion “First and foremost the most important thing is Saturday night. It’s not just about winning. This is New York. This is Brooklyn. New York fans are very tough. They don’t want you to just win by one point. They want to see you really …

By Jackie Kallen After the excitement of last weekend in San Antonio, most fight fans are gearing up for the big Mayweather fight in Vegas on May 4th. But in between, there is a fight in New York this coming weekend that should not be over-shadowed. At the new Barclay …

FLOYD MAYWEATHER, Eight-Time and Five-Division World Champion “I’ve got to give thanks to everybody; there are so many different sponsors, Corona, Valvoline, MGM Grand and so many other people that have supported me throughout the years, all my fans, the media, my followers on Twitter. To SHOWTIME, CBS and all …

By Ivan G. Goldman Although Saul “Canelo” Alvarez thought he lifted the WBA light middleweight title Saturday night from Austin Trout, that’s only partly true. And it’s not his fault. The WBA alphabet gang is so greedy it actually has two fighters holding precisely the same 154-pound “super” championship belt, …

by Boxing Insider News The fight between Austin Trout and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was slated to add one more championship to the other’s resume. They were both champions in the 154-pound weight class, and very rarely have there been bouts between two recognized champs who were both unbeaten. Less than …

By Jackie Kallen Things went exactly as planned for the 40,000 fans at the Alamodome last night.  The handful of Austin Trout fans might disagree, but there were too few of them to matter.  Make no mistakes. This was a predominantly Mexican-American crowd and “Canelo” Alvarez is their new God.  He …

By Jaime C. Feal A busy month for the UFC continued with an excellent free card on Fox Saturday night, giving fans a title fight for the main event. Starting off the main card on Fox, Matt “The Immortal” Brown stopped Jordan “Young Gun” Mein with a hard knee and …