All posts tagged "featured"
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Who Won the Weekend? Glory to Ukraine, Sláva Ukrayíni!
After the busiest boxing weekend of Summer 2022, NYFights is overdue for a “Who Won The Weekend?” recap. Yes, there is one obvious candidate, but we...
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Worldwide
Usyk vs. Joshua 2: The Difference Between Good & Great
Like every sport, there are levels to boxing—Clubfighter, contender, champion. Champions are further divided into subgroups: solid, good, and great. The difference between the latter two...
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Worldwide
Anthony Joshua’s Post Fight Actions: Mental Health or Destroyed Ego?
On a night where Conor McGregor traded words with Carl Froch, it was Anthony Joshua who did all the talking, but for the wrong reasons. The...
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Navarrete vs Baez Fight Results: Navarrete Ends It In Six
In a crowd-pleasing and surprising fight, Mexican champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete successfully defended his WBO featherweight title on his second visit to San Diego against a...
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Figueroa vs. Lipinets Fight Results: Late Sub Lipinets Stops Figueroa
All eyes were supposed to be on Adrien Broner at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida on Saturday night. Instead, the major league head case...
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Usyk vs. Joshua 2 Fight Results: Usyk Beats Joshua By SD In Saudi
The smart money saw Oleksandr Usyk getting the better of Anthony Joshua in their rematch battle, with the thinking being that AJ couldn’t adjust, that the...
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Callum Smith, Badou Jack Get Wins on Usyk-Joshua 2 Undercard
British vet Callum Smith stopped Mathieu Bauderlique, knocking him to the mat in round four and then finishing him with a harsh left hook on the...
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Worldwide
Barboza Jr. To Teofimo: He Needs To Grow A Pair Of Balls & Man Up
The junior welterweight division is starting to really sizzle as some intriguing matchups are getting scheduled, and some of the bigger names from the lightweight division...
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Repeat or Revenge? Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua Legacies Defined
Saturday’s rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua is as intriguing a return bout as we have seen in some time. Usyk pulled off what amounted to a...
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FALKENTALK: Boxing Must Stop Enabling Adrien Broner
With apologies to Broadway composers Rodgers and Hammerstein, let me borrow a query from “The Sound of Music.” How do you solve a problem like Adrien...
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Worldwide
Oleksandr Usyk: A Career Filled With Defying The Odds
Oleksandr Usyk has made a career breaking the hearts of the naysayers. Since capturing a gold medal for Ukraine at the 2012 London Olympics and turning...
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UK
Anthony Joshua: The Lone Survivor’s Revenge Hunt Pt.2
The Lone Survivor’s Revenge Part I can be read by clicking HERE. The quality of the domestic cards has also been poor this year on DAZN,...
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Worldwide
Salvador Sanchez: It’s Been 40 Years Since We Lost ‘Fists of Elegance’
Salvador Sanchez had a dervish of a fighter in front of him, an unknown-but-powerful substitute from Ghana named Azumah Nelson that got in his face, attacked...
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Anthony Joshua: The Lone Survivor’s Revenge Hunt Pt.1
As far as I can remember, I don’t think we as fans really appreciated or understood how good we had things back then. It wasn’t too...
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Nico Ali Walsh Hopes to Break Ali Curse in San Diego
Boxing great Muhammad Ali’s shocking loss to Ken Norton in 1973 is pictured on the wall among the notable historical events at Pechanga Arena San Diego....
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Michael Conlan v Marriaga Results: Irishman Gets UD in Belfast
Irishman Michael Conlan got back on the winning track Saturday night in Belfast, scoring a unanimous decision victory over Miguel Marriaga at SSE Arena, in front...
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Ortiz Jr. vs. McKinson Results: Skeptics Shut Down
For the first time since he rose from prospect to contender, Vergil Ortiz Jr. felt he needed to shut down his skeptics on Saturday with a...
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New York
Jake Paul Card Cancelled, Fighters Still Get Paid? Ask Jake
This is supposed to be the hours before fight night. There were to be butterflies in the stomachs of people doing battle at Madison Square in...
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Worldwide
Blair Cobbs: Blair ‘The Flair’ Dares To Be Great
Fighters coming off a loss tend to take a soft touch the next time around, but don’t tell that to Blair “The Flair” Cobbs. The welterweight...
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If Arturo Gatti Is Hall Of Fame Worthy, Danny Garcia Is DEFINITE Yes
It’s a conundrum and a half for the International Boxing Hall of Fame, isn’t it? Every year, a slew of possible candidates for induction come forward...