Boxing
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Canelo V Chavez Jr.: Cinco de Asesinato
Canelo Alvarez is going to murder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on Cinco de Mayo. Not like literally, but he’s going to come pretty damn close. Anyone suggesting...
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Claressa Shields On SHOBOX March 10
NEW YORK (Feb. 7, 2017) – Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields will make her professional television debut on ShoBox: The New Generation, a series that...
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HEATHER VS HELEN/Hardy Fights March 4 at Barclays
BROOKLYN (February 7, 2017) – Unbeaten brawler and Brooklyn-area favorite Heather “The Heat” Hardy (18-0, 4 KOs) will return to the ring to battle former title...
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CLUB SHOW BOXING IS BACK; Defiant DeGuardia Keeps Up The Fight
Climbing the boxing ladder as a newbie to prospect to contender is hard climbing as it is, but it’s become that much more of a near...
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Re: Super Bowl 51: Darth Brady Mauls Millennial Falcons
PATRIOTS: 32 FALCONS: 29 That’s my prediction of the game and the score. Identical to 13 years ago. Most fight fans will tune in to the...
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Cotto-Kirkland Cancelled: A History Of Scratched Bouts
The Lee Selby-Jonathan Barros featherweight championship fight cancellation on January 25, 2017 comes right after a failed drug test by Andrzej Wawrzyk, leading to him...
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Collazo Is Kayo King on FS1; Right Hook Ends Night For Vasquez
He didn’t NEED it, but at 35, Luis Collazo kinda sorta did need a win, a rock solid showing to keep on keeping on, staying relevant...
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Kirkland Hurt, So Cotto v Kirkland Fight CANCELLED
Injuries happen, no surprise this being the fight game. But injuries so close to fight night, they are fairly rare. And to have a fight scrapped,...
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Traveler’s Blues: Rossy Relates German Inhospitability
Derric Rossy flew to Germany less than a week before he was booked to fight Edward Tepper in a heavyweight scrap. The then 35 year old...
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Superfight: Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford V Mikey Garcia
Yea. Andre Ward V Sergey Kovalev was a superfight– but it wasn’t a frontrunner for Fight of The Year. This would be both. Mikey Garcia (36-0,...
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Mayweather Signs Richardson Hitchins
MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS’ ROSTER CONTINUES TO GROW WITH THE SIGNING OF 2016 HAITIAN OLYMPIAN RICHARDSON HITCHINS! LAS VEGAS, NV (Jan 30, 2017) – Mayweather Promotions continues to...
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USA
Belts Change Hands During High Quality Vegas Show
The momentum that boxing has kicked off the year with gathered pace at the MGM Grand on Saturday night. The two headlining fights gave fans...
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Gerald Washington To Fight Deontay Wilder
BIRMINGHAM, AL (January 30, 2017) – Undefeated heavyweight world champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) will now defend his title against unbeaten contender...
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Berchelt Proves Self To Be Real Deal, Downs Vargas on HBO
In the final fight of HBO’s Super Featherweight tilt Saturday night, challenger Miguel Berchelt (30-1, 27 KO’s) defeated champion Francisco Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KO’s) with...
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It’s 1-1; Santa Cruz the Ace Ring General Beats Frampton in Sequel
Carl Frampton, just having tucked the BWAA Fighter of the year award into his pocket, took on Leo Santa Cruz, with the WBA featherweight crown he...
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Japan
Miura With Heart and Will Galore Stops Roman
In the first HBO co-main event preceding Vargas and Berchelt, Super Featherweight Takashi Miura (#1 WBC) earned a knockout victory over Miguel “Mickey” Roman (#2...
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Mikey Garcia Scores Vicious KO, Wins Crown At 135 From Zlaticanin
In the Showtime TV opener, Mikey Garcia took on Dejan Zlaticanin in a 135 pound faceoff, with Garcia seeking to take the WBC crown held by...
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Pondering Saturday Scraps On Showtime and HBO
When I run boxing, and word is I start my term next Neveruary, I will work like the devil to have HBO and Showtime stagger their...
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Carl Frampton is 2016 BWAA FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
The Boxing Writers Association of America is pleased to announce that its Sugar Ray Robinson 2016 Fighter of the Year is Carl “The Jackal” Frampton, who...
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Haymon Gets W in Court In Tussle With Golden Boy
Boxing has a pretty rich history of fighting not being contained to inside the ring. It being a “Wild West” sport, not subject to containment by...