All posts tagged "MMA"
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JapanPunch-Out, Little Mac and Oleksandr Usyk
For my generation, there wasn’t a real conversation about the best when I was growing up. Not when it came to boxing. Mike Tyson was...
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CanadaGennady Golovkin To Fight Steve Rolls (19-0) On June 8 at Madison Square Garden
NEW YORK (April 16, 2019) — It’s a whole new ballgame for boxing’s pound-for-pound superstar attraction GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN! Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan,...
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WorldwideShields Handles Hammer With Ease And Snags All the 160 Belts
I don’t love using the term “easy work” to describe a win for a fighter, but, yet, the description fits how Claressa Shields handled her business...
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WorldwideWho Can Say What Happens in the Future? Jab Hook Has a Link to the Matrix
Vasiliy Lomachenko 12(9)-1 vs. Anthony Crolla 34(13)-6(1)-3, boxing 12 rounds for Lomachenko’s WBA and WBO lightweight titles. Anthony “Million Dollar” Crolla is principly a British...
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WorldwideActing Up Isn’t Necessarily Hurtful To A Career, Right Conor McGregor?
The age we are in is strange and tricky. Whereas in the past athletes generally knew to try and not mis-behave, because they feared their public...
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WorldwideHeather Hardy From Gleason’s Gym Fights On June 14 Bellator Card
LOS ANGELES – Bellator is returning to the “Big Apple” on Friday, June 14, 2019 for its second event at Madison Square Garden with a stacked card...
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JapanWho Won the Weekend? Final Four Largely Bumps Boxing, But Fights Still Took Place
Basketball won the weekend, one could argue. Final Four action led boxing progammers to by and large give NCAA the stage. But, there was action to...
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WorldwideOn Birthrights, Boxing and Crystina Poncher
We all at one point or another have fallen victim to the regret of taking things for granted. Some are more aware than others of...
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WorldwidePREDICTION PAGE: BallBallhaus Forum, Infinity Hotel, Munich, Germany, April 6, 2019
Germany’s 70th anniversary of professional boxing with NYFights’ Jab Hook reporting ringside from this international boxing event presented by Petkovic Boxing Promotion. Part 3: Main card...
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UKOleksandr Usyk Debuts At Heavy May 25 Versus Carlos Takam
Pound-for-pound star Oleksandr Usyk will make his Heavyweight debut against Carlos Takam at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland on Saturday May 25, live...
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JapanBallhaus Forum, Infinity Hotel, Munich, Germany, April 6, 2019:
It is the 70th anniversary of professional boxing in Germany and NYFights’ Jab Hook is reporting on this international boxing event presented by Petkovic Boxing Promotion....
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WorldwideBallhaus Forum, Infinity Hotel, Munich, Germany, April 6, 2019
The 70th anniversary of professional boxing in Germany and NYFights’ Jab Hook is reporting on this international boxing event presented by Petkovic Boxing Promotion. Part 1:...
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JapanParcel of Promising Predictions From Jab Hook, on March 30, 2019
Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK, (DAZN): Liam Smith 26(14)-2(1)-1 vs. Sam Eggington 24(15)-5(1), super welterweights boxing in a 12 round prizefight. Smith, left, and Eggington in...
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WorldwidePost Broner Tirade, It Is Clear–Boxing Needs To Be Better At Setting Standards of Conduct
If you’re like me, you find the lack of boxing programming on a weekly basis more than just discouraging. Despite the fan base arguably being the...
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UKEpilogue for Kubrat Pulev-Bogdan Dinu Card March 23
Epilogue for The Hanger, Costa Mesa, California March 23 by Jab Hook Main Event: Kubrat Pulev versus Bogdan Dinu turned out to be a more compelling...
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WorldwideThe Star Wars [Vol.I]: The End of “Money”
It is a new dawn in boxing for the glamorous division of welterweight. Instead of making it rain in the darkness of the strip club...
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HBO Ali Doc Debuts May 14
HBO debuts a new Muhammad Ali documentary, called What’s My Name, on May 14, 2019.
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Errol Spence Jr V Mikey Garcia [Epilogue]: “The Truth” Hurts
Just think of this as a few pages from my diary… Because it is. Saturday, March 16, 4:27 pm It almost didn’t happen. Scheduled to depart...
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Who Won the Weekend? “Truth” Takes It
Errol Spence knew going in, didn’t he, that he would have his way with Mikey Garcia. I believe so…and that explains why he had that lil...
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WorldwideIsrail Madrimov Might Be “The Next Superstar in the Sport”
Update: I posted a story touting Israil Madrimov on March 13 and want to fire up an update. On Friday, March 15, I chatted with Madrimov’s...
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Sean Strickland Has ‘Unfinished’ Business With Dricus Du Plessis: ‘I’m Gonna Piece Him Apart’
Five Years Later: A Reflection on Jake Paul’s Impact in The Sport of Boxing
Claressa Shields Makes Heavyweight History Sunday In Flint, Michigan
Benavidez Beats Morrell Jr. With Will and Skill
Isaac Cruz, Jesus Ramos Jr. Get Wins
Goodman Out, Ye Joon Kim In Against Naoya Inoue on Jan. 24
Opetaia Wins With Savage Knockout of Nyika
Opetaia vs Nyika: All-Action From Australia on Wednesday, DAZN
Tyson Fury Retires – But Will It Stick?
