All posts tagged "MMA"
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UFC Gets NY Insurance Policy, MMA Is Favored Son, While Boxing Stays In Timeout….WHY?
Boxing dealmakers in New York have to be more than a bit miffed with the news coming out that UFC has found an insurance policy to...
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Sergey Kovalev V Andre Ward [Vol.I]: Split Decision
I don't know what kind of music Sergey Kovalev is coming out to [for his ring walk to combat with Andre Ward], but Rihanna's dark-sexy “You...
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UNANIMOUS DECISION: Tag Heuer/Muhammad Ali Event At Gleason’s A KO Affair
The joint smelled a tiny bit better than it does on an average day, even in a photo scrum of folks trying to snap a pic...
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Who’s Next For Terence Crawford?
Terence Crawford is itching for a fight and promoter Lou DiBella says he has a guy who can scratch the itch, and, in fact, is the...
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BLACK HAWK DOWN/RIP AARON PRYOR
“‘Scuse me while kiss the sky.” –Jimi Hendrix *** *** *** Imagine the picturesque sight of a predatorial bird as it advances on its victim. They say...
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10 Best Fighters Ever
“They take the greats from the past and compare us/ I wonder if they'd ever survive in this era?/ In a time where it's recreation to...
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UFC Owns Fight Scene on Saturday
Manchester, England. – On Saturday, October 8, UFC® middleweight world champion, Michael “The Count” Bisping will defend his title for the first time in his hometown...
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New TALKBOX EP Drops; Rolling Stone Editor Matt Taibbi Talks Boxing and Trump
TALKBOX scored a massive get, getting Rolling Stone editor and NYTimes best-selling author Matt Taibbi in studio on Oct 4. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talkbox/id1119690078?mt=2#episodeGuid=ca95f3a1827c573f51ac4713a1d0ecec Here is how I introed...
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Star Boxing Forced To Postpone NY Show
STAR BOXING FORCED TO CANCEL OCTOBER 14TH DATE AT THE PARAMOUNT DUE TO NEW NY STATE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT STAR BOXING, TOP RANK, DIBELLA ENT & GOLDEN...
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Boxing Absent in NY; Promoters and Boxers Respond
They say the policy is present to attend to the health and well being of the athletes. But, if those athletes are not able to secure...
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Stephen A Smith To Call Pacquiao vs Vargas Fight
Not a dumb move, this one. Top Rank has ventured far outside the box to snag the talents of controversial yapper Stephen A Smith to help...
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COMMISSIONER’S CORNER: “BIG BABY” MILLER ON FAST TRACK TO TITLE SHOT
JARRELL “BIG BABY” MILLER ON FAST TRACK TO TITLE SHOT In 2014, Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller was a guest on the SiriusXM boxing show I host...
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GUNNER GATLING Takes Aim At Cowherd Comments
FOX Sports on-air personality Colin Cowherd, host of “The Herd”, fired big shots at boxing following the UFC 205 rematch between its superstar Conor McGregor and...
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SEVEN QUESTIONS WITH BOXING MEGAFAN ABRAHAM GONZALEZ
Social media, our modern communication tool, is often criticised by those who believe that it gives a voice to the anonymous, attention seeking and downright cruel...
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NYSAC Offers Official Welcome to MMA in NY
Here is a release which went out Wednesday afternoon, touching on the new open arms policy toward MMA in NY. UFC has events planned in the...
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Sorry, Haters, Don Effin King Is Still Live ‘n Kickin’
I confess, I am a fan of the man, as a character, as an American success story, as someone who exemplifies, without excessive explanation needed, why...
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WBC Boss Sulaiman Blasts AIBA, Which Ran Olympic Boxing
Boxing was a founding sport of the ancient Olympics in Greece, and has been an Olympic sport since the first edition of the modern Olympic Games...
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Say Goodbye To Boxing Club Shows, Maybe All Shows, in NY
Say goodbye to boxing club shows, to grass roots events which are the building blocks to showcase young talents who have chosen prize fighting as their...
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Big Stage Scuffle: Heather Hardy on NBCSN Aug 21
The fighting pride of Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, Heather Hardy, is booked into the most high profile scrap of her professional career, as she'll tangle with Rhode...
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NY Has A New Boxing Boss, Ndidi Massay
Ndidi Massay has been tapped to be the chairperson of the New York State Athletic Commission, for now on an interim basis, after Tom Hoover left...