All posts tagged "bob arum"
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WorldwideLoma and Commey Make Weight, While Arum Gets Gift From MSG
On Friday, Vasiliy Lomachenko and Richard Commey showed fight fans their prep has been on point, both made the lightweight limit, so the Loma and Commey...
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The Bobfather Turns 90: Bob Arum Hits the Big Nine Oh
How does Bob Arum do it? The weed, perhaps? Maybe savagely lacing into young gun fightwriters with expletives not deleted is it. Really, seems like the...
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Bob Arum Calls For 3 Minute Rounds In Female’s Fights
LAS VEGAS (Nov. 3, 2021)— WBO junior lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer wants to make more history. Mayer will take on longtime IBF world champion Maiva...
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Shakur Stevenson Too Young and Fast, Gets TKO-10 Win Over Jamel Herring
Sometimes will and courage can over-ride a wide skills edge… but not on Saturday night in Atlanta, on a Top Rank card. Shakur Stevenson had too...
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DAY AFTER DISSECTION: Fight of the Year Win For Tyson Fury
It’s nice when you wake up the morning after, wipe sleep crust from your eyes, and recall that last night played out in pleasing fashion. Often...
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Shots Fired Between Friends: Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter Promote Upcoming Fight
WBO World Welterweight champion and pound-for-pound talent Terence “Bud” Crawford finally has a fight date on the calendar in 2021 with a worthy opponent. Two-time champion...
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WorldwideBob Arum DNGAF, Not Even Half
The spiciest part of the Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder 3 promotional press conference in Vegas on Wednesday afternoon came courtesy of a certified only in...
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Throwdown in A-Town: Jamel Herring & Shakur Stevenson Ignite Bad Blood at Atlanta Press Conference
ATLANTA (September 9, 2021) — WBO junior lightweight world champion Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring and undefeated former featherweight world champion Shakur Stevenson have trained together and...
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Bob Arum Says Oscar Valdez Positive Came From Drinking Herbal Tea, Takes Aim At Mike Coppinger
Oscar Valdez is no cheater, his promoter Bob Arum told NY Fights on Tuesday night, when asked if the Sept. 10 match pitting the 130 pound...
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WorldwideBob Arum On Being Addicted To Donald Trump
I forget exactly how we got here, but I did ‘go there’ a little bit and discussed Donald Trump with Bob Arum during a chat a...
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FALKENTALK: Gayle Keeps It Really Real On Tyson Fury Vaccination Fail
There is no bigger stage in boxing than a heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, Nevada. Apologies to Madison Square Garden and Wembley Stadium. One week...
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Naoya Inoue Matched The Pre-Fight Hype: The Monster Is The New Body Snatcher
Naoya Inoue got THE TREATMENT from Top Rank in the lead-up to his Saturday night fight against Michael Dasmarinas which unfolded at the Virgin Hotel Las...
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Nakathila Promises To Smash Up Shakur Stevenson
LAS VEGAS (June 10, 2021) —Shakur Stevenson doesn’t know much about Saturday’s opponent, Namibian puncher Jeremiah Nakathila, but don’t expect him to step off the gas. Stevenson (15-0,...
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Take Off Your Goddamn Mask, Promoter Bob Arum Thunders At Jose Ramirez-Josh Taylor Presser
Josh Taylor is a fine fighter, but not a superstar in the realm of promotion, and Jose Ramirez is a superlative human being, but he’s a...
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Last Week He Was Not Confident, But Today, Bob Arum Optimistic Fury-Joshua Gets Done For Aug. 14
Bob Arum had NOT been optimistic that a Tyson Fury v Anthony Joshua fight would get off the runway this summer. But the tune changed, and...
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Teofimo and Manager McWater Still Grappling With How Top Rank Relationship Changed
After the fire and fury we saw last week, when we learned that Triller won the bidding to stage the Teofimo Lopez versus George Kambosos fight,...
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There Didn’t Have To Be Anything Better For Leon Spinks
It shouldn’t be so, but when I think back on Leon Spinks, who died from cancer on Feb. 5, 2021 at age 67, I fixate on...
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Joe Smith Fight Versus Maxim Vlasov Saturday Is OFF, Because Vlasov Has COVID
Jerry Capobianoco, the trainer to Joe Smith, got the news at around 4:30 PM ET. “The fight is off. Maxim Vlasov tested COVID positive.” Light heavyweight...
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WorldwidePromoter Bob Arum sees COVID comeback possibilities, like Teofimo v Kambosos at Madison Square Garden
The COVID numbers are still horrible in too many places around America, but you are also seeing pockets of light, some flattening of curves in some...
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Artur Beterbiev Back In the Ring March 20, To Fight Adam Deines In Russia
Not sure how long it will last, but I’d bet that the March 20 Artur Beterbiev v. Adam Deines light heavyweight fight will be a rumble,...
Grand Arrivals: Usyk vs Fury 2 Week Gets Underway in Riyadh
Bruno Serace Scores Upset Of The Year, Knocks Out Jaime Munguia
Alexis Rocha and Raul Curiel Deliver An All-Action Draw
Akhmadaliev Gets Impressive Win, Calls Out Inoue
