By Mike Samuels Heavyweight prospect Jordan Shimmell was unsure and beginning to feel frustrated with being unable to land his next opponent for an April 27th date in Minnesota when he accepted an invitation last week to fly to Going, Austria to spar with heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko to help …
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In the night’s main event, La Romana, Dominican Republic’s dynamic Javier “El Abejon” Fortuna (21-0, 15 KOs) will defend his interim WBA World featherweight title against Sinaloa, Mexico’s Miguel “Mikol” Zamudio (25-1-1, 13 KOs) in an intriguing 12-round clash. This will be the first title defense for the always exciting …
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By: William Holmes At long last fight fans have a championship bout between the top two legitimate fighters in their division. If you look at the top two fighters in any division a myriad of reasons, or excuses, exist as to why those two fighters refuse to engage with each …
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By Chris Cella This Friday night live from the Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, Washington, former titlists Rico “Suave” Ramos will take on Oscar “Fantasma” Gonzalez in a 10-round featherweight bout. As a prelude to the excitement the main event is anticipated to deliver, super middleweight prospect Farah Ennis …
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By Abigail Dauz For the past several months there was so much hype of Chinese 2 time gold Olympian Zou Shiming. Well, after all the waiting we finally got to witness what he was all about and the outcome of Toprank Promotions’ first staged event in Macau, China aka the …
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FRED STERNBURG: This is Top Rank’s fourth great boxing event in the span of five weeks. This Saturday it’s 2012 Fighter of the Year and WBO junior featherweight champn Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire taking on undefeated WBA Super Bantamweight Champion and former two-time Cuban Olympic Gold Medalist Guillermo “El Chacol” …
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Atlantic City, NJ—Former super bantamweight world-title challenger Teon Kennedy, of Philadelphia, now fighting as a junior lightweight, makes his first start in one year when he takes on Carlos Vinan, of Newark, NJ, in a scheduled 10-round bout on Saturday evening, June 1, in the Grand Ballroom at Bally’s Atlantic …
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SHOWTIME® TO TELEVISE LIVE FROM BOARDWALK HALL Tickets On Sale Wednesday, April 10 At Noon ET! ATLANTIC CITY, April 8 – World championship boxing returns to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday, May 18 with a SHOWTIME® CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader featuring IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Lamont Peterson facing …
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By Mike Samuels Legendary actor Robert De Niro, most notably known throughout the boxing circle for his portrayal of Jake La Motta in Martin Scorsese’s 1980 blockbuster Raging Bull, is reportedly set to enter the boxing ring once again alongside fellow actor Edgar Ramirez. Deadline reports De Niro and Ramirez …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of April 1st to April 8th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Kameda Victorious in Japan Koki Kameda (30-1) retained his bantamweight title with a decision victory over …
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