by Charles Jay Juan Manuel Marquez doesn’t really see what purpose another fight against Manny Pacquiao would serve. He feels that he’s achieved what he’s wanted to achieve, and that he’d just as soon do something else. Photo: Chris Farina/ Top Rank He doesn’t think Pacquiao gave him anything in …
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This Friday’s segment of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights is coming live from the Bell Centre in Montreal, with the main event featuring Canada’s own undefeated welterweight Kevin Bizier going to battle with former champion and ring veteran Nate Campbell. Bizier (19-0, 13 KO) was originally scheduled to throw hands with …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of January 28th to February 4th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Omar Henry Passes Away Undefeated prospect Omar Henry (12-0-1) passed away at the age of 25. …
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On May 25, IBF super middleweight champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch (30-2, 22 KO) and WBA super world middleweight champion Mikkel “The Viking Warrior” Kessler (46-2, 35 KO) will go to battle in a rematch in a super middleweight unification bout. In 2010 they met in Kessler’s backyard of Denmark, …
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By Jackie Kallen OK, here is one for the record books. My buddy Hassan Chitsaz is officially the oldest active heavyweight on the planet. He is 55 years old and is still fighting. He boasts a 24-1 record, which is verifiable on Boxrec.com I first met Hassan in Los Angeles …
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By Jaime C. Feal It looked like Jose Aldo would run away with the superfight early, but Frankie Edgar showed his heart and determination to battle back. Edgar took Aldo the distance, losing out in a close decision. The champion controlled the first half of the fight with hard jabs, …
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By Johnny Walker Juergen Braehmer outlasted Eduard Gutknecht today at Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany, to take Gutknecht’s EBU world light-heavyweight chanpionship. The bout was a closely contested affair, with Braehmer using his superior length to keep Gutknecht at bay much of the time, and ably holding his own …
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It was announced early this morning that undefeated middleweight prospect Omar Henry passed away. The 25-year-old learned he had gall bladder cancer when he routinely went to the hospital to get examined for pains in his side. For nearly three months he was hospitalized at the University of Chicago, fighting …
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by Johnny Walker Former middleweight titlist Felix Sturm saw his career thrown into a tailspin today as he lost a controversial decision in a fight billed as a “must-win” to Australian Sam Soliman at the ISS Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany. The fight was entertaining and presented a contrast in styles, …
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By Johnny Walker It’s too bad the powers that be at ESPN’s Friday Night Fights decided to shunt tonight’s heavyweight tilt between Polish bad boy Artur “The Pin” Szpilka and American veteran Mike Mollo over to their web site, because the scrap between the two heavweights proved to be much …
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