All posts tagged "Kathy duva"
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AnnouncementsJolene Mizzone Leaves Main Events To Lead Fighters First Management
Jolene Mizzone has been a fixture at Main Events, the redoubtable promotional entity led by Kathy Duva which has been a big-league player in pro boxing...
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Kovalev Told Duva He Didn’t Knowingly Ingest PED, Tainted Supplemented Mentioned As Possible Culprit
Tuesday, Jan. 19 update: In case you were curious, as I was, here you go: YES, Buddy McGirt is still trainer to Sergey Kovalev. The NY...
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WorldwideBernard Hopkins, Juan Manuel Marquez and Shane Mosley Enter Int’l Boxing Hall of Fame
The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum announced the members of the Class of 2020, and a Hall call came for all-time aces Bernard Hopkins,...
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WorldwideEvan Holyfield, Son of the Legend Evander Holyfield, Scores TKO1 Win in Debut
You had to like what you saw of Evan Holyfield, the 22 year old son of the living legend, all 16 seconds of it. At MGM...
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WorldwideCountdown To Canelo vs. Kovalev: Promoter Duva Touches On Judges, How Her Man Gets The Win
After 40 plus years of rodeos, Kathy Duva knows that if you are in that bull pen, for a decent length of time, you will get...
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WorldwideAll Systems Go For Sergey Kovalev Hometown Title Defense Aug. 24
Sorry, you folks who had hoped to see if Canelo Alvarez could transition to 175 and be an ace there as well. Because, according to promoter...
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WorldwideHow Evan Holyfield Ended Up in Texas (with a Termite)
Eleazar “Evan” Holyfield met the press on Wednesday in Houston to announce his plans to turn professional. The former Georgia-based amateur boxing star is following...
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WorldwideSaluting An All-Time Great Ring General, RIP “Sweet Pea” Pernell Whitaker
He saw it and he did it as a “sweet science, really and truly, he used the angles and made a newbie to the sport understand...
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WorldwideDmitry Bivol: 12 Rounds
No one really expected “Dmitry Bivol:12 Rounds” in any way, shape, form or fashion to become a trend in 2018. But styles not only make fights–...
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WorldwideKathy Duva Talks New Boxing Order, And The Room For Booking More 50-50 Fights
Attorney Kurt Emhoff has a podcast called Boxing Esquire, and the fight game insider, having worked in the sport for three decades, has a sharp depth...
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Sergey Kovalev V Dmitry Bivol: All The Stars
The stars are out this morning. All of them, in the sun without a moon in sight. Before you go there– this is not “Russian collusion”,...
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Frank Galarza Considered Getting A Straight Job, But Nah…Fighting Is His Life
The ride on the way up the rollercoaster, the butterflies of anticipation are not unpleasant, they aren’t ricocheting around the gut malevolently. Unbeaten, it’s a great...
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Kathy Duva: Bernard Hopkins Told Sergey Kovalev What Would Happen
We now know, because he’s told us so, that Sergey Kovalev had been drifting for a spell before he experienced back to back losses at the...
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Kovalev Swears He’s A Changed Man, The Old Fire Has Returned
The losses to Andre Ward didn’t break me, Sergey Kovalev, a relaxed, and I dare say, fairly fresh faced Sergey Kovalev told media at a...
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REPORT From SERGEY KOVALEV COMEBACK FIGHT Presser
Sergey Kovalev told the assembled media at a Thursday press conference to hype his Nov. 25 fight against Slava Shabaranskyy that he is “clear headed” following...
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Duva Comments On Curtis Stevens-Main Events Split
Brooklyn bred Curtis Stevens, promoted by the NJ-based outfit since early 2013, has parted ways with Kathy Duva and company. The 29-6 boxer put out word...
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Ward V Kovalev II (Vol. 5): Krushed
(Las Vegas) From the beginning to the end, this would-be beautiful chapter for boxing kept turning pages of ugly. It brought out the worst in greatness...
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Kovalev Pulls An Elvis, Leaves the Building After His Turn At Press Conference
Sergey Kovalev had his say at the final press conference for Ward-Kovalev 2, and then made like Elvis, and left the building. Jaws dropped, and the...
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Ward and Kovalev Spar At Third Presser, And Duva Gives Media Positive Shoutout
Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev did the last leg of a three town press tour to hype their June 17 sequel to a light heavyweight clash...
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Duva Suggests We’ll See Kovalev Fighting From A “Dark Russian Place” In Ward Rematch
Conventional widsom is that boxers are best suited not to fight angry, that being angry leads to defensive lapses and punishes the mad man for being...
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