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Worldwide6 years ago

Fight Network Making ‘Protect Yourself at All Times” Series, Hosted By Adrian Clark

Many of us have extra time on our hands during this reminder from higher powers that no, we don’t have as much control over all the...
Worldwide6 years ago

The Pressures Facing Tony Ferguson Ahead of UFC 249

The news that UFC 249 will indeed go ahead will come as good news for fans of MMA and, indeed, fans of sport in general. It’s...
Worldwide6 years ago

ESPN Offers Boxing Classics, Featuring Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali

It’s turn back the clock time Saturday, as ESPN will be featuring A grade prizefights, featuring top tier pugilists plying their trade. With coronavirus making it’s...
Worldwide6 years ago

SALUTING CHUCK WEPNER: Stellar Subject For Writer, As Friend, As Good As They Get

As hard as it is to believe, former heavyweight contender Chuck Wepner, whose challenge of Muhammad Ali made him the muse for Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” character,...
Worldwide6 years ago

The Fan-less Fight Dilemma: Will We See A Return To Boxing In 2020?

The Fan-less Fight Dilemma: Could We See A Return To Boxing In 2020? For many, the number of Covid-19 cases has slowly begun to decrease and...
Worldwide6 years ago

Showtime Showing Spence Fights Friday & Mayweather-McGregor Fight May 15

NEW YORK – April 28, 2020 – SHOWTIME Sports will continue to present classic bouts from its vast archive of world championship fights every Friday night...
Worldwide6 years ago

NYF Prospect Watch: Joshua Franco

In recent years, Texas has been breeding some really good boxing talent like Errol Spence Jr, The Charlo Brothers, Vergil Ortiz Jr. and many others. Add...
Worldwide6 years ago

Who is UFC Lightweight Fighter Justin Gaethje?

Justin Gaethje is looking to make further waves in UFC, MMA’s premier promotion. He was in line for a fight with fellow American cage fighter Tony...
Worldwide6 years ago

Naoya Inoue: The Scent of Absence

This was supposed to be fight week in Vegas – the pomp-and-circumstance prelude to bantamweight champ Naoya Inoue’s Saturday night debut on the Strip. Somewhat removed...
Worldwide6 years ago

Around the Curve With Abe: Don’t Expect Mega-fights Until the World Settles More

It’s been several weeks since the country began to go on lockdown state by state and this has led to people all over, whether a...
Worldwide6 years ago

Who Won and Lost the Week, April Showers Edition: Frontline COVID Battlers Snag W

Live fights are not happening, not unless you count social media scrums. So, it can be argued that there aren’t enough picks to choose from when...
New York6 years ago

The Pandemic Kid: Lessons on Facing Illness, War & Benny Leonard

When you see a pal dealing with a stressful situation far beyond your control, and you want to help out just the same, so you ask:...
Worldwide6 years ago

ESPN Showing Classic Fights For 11 Hours on Saturday (Ali-Frazier I, Rumble in the Jungle, Hagler-Hearns, More)

(April 16, 2020) — This Saturday, April 18, will be a day of classic boxing on ESPN when the network airs 11 consecutive hours of...
Worldwide6 years ago

For Dave Jaco, Fighting Tyson, Foreman, Morrison Earned Him Honors At School of Hard Knocks

A little over a decade ago former journeyman heavyweight David Jaco, now 66, was holding court at the Oasis Bar in Sarasota, Florida, one town over...
Announcements6 years ago

Fighters In VADA Testing Can Get Free Supplement Check

Fighters who get flagged for using a banned substance almost never say, “Yep, you got me, I was looking for a short-cut, I don’t think the...
Worldwide6 years ago

Commissioner’s Corner: Down Memory Lane For That Sugar Ray Leonard 7-Up Commercial

Anniversaries and birthdays. They’re the bookmarks of life. They are used to commemorate and remember important events. Happy ones. Sad ones. Patriotic ones. Memorable ones. Exciting...
Where To Watch6 years ago

Dan Rafael Is No Longer With ESPN, Contract Is Not Renewed

UPDATE, WEDNESDAY: Boxing lifer Dan Rafael posted to social media an update on his life, and vocational situation. The USA Today and ESPN vet said that...
Worldwide6 years ago

Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza On Living During Lockdown, Dana White’s Recent Conduct

He lives downtown, the Battery Park area, and he’s been outside twice in four weeks. The Showtime sports boss, Stephen Espinoza is adapting to the coronavirus...
Announcements6 years ago

Showtime Replaying Fight of the Year Winners, During April Live-Fight Lull

SHOWTIME SPORTS® TO PRESENT SHOWTIME BOXING CLASSICS, INCLUDING THREE FIGHT OF THE YEAR WINNERS, BEGINNING APRIL 10 ON SHOWTIME® April 10: DIEGO CORRALES vs....
Announcements6 years ago

Classic Tyson and Ali Bouts, Plus Holyfield v Foreman, To Screen on ESPN2

Encore Presentation to feature Historic Heavyweights, including Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield ESPN+ library features of historic hundreds of boxing matches, streaming...

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