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By Steve Kim: According to promoter Russell Peltz, there’s only one pandemic that is worse than the ’Swine Flu’ in 2009. " The Mike Jones flu," he cracks." Guys sign to fight him and they get sick." Jones, is Peltz’s welterweight hopeful and in his opinion perhaps the best prospect he’s ever had. What was expected to be a big year, has instead been a year when he remained largely, under wraps. Unseen and underexposed. Tonight, he takes on Raul Pinzon at the Bally’s A
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Montoya's FREE Friday Mailbag
We made it to Free Mailbag Friday, fight fans. We have takes on Valuev-Haye, RA the Rugged Man vs. Floyd Mayweather, and the Dawson/Johnson rematch. P...
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A Loveable Rogue
By Martin Mulcahey: He is not one of the twenty best heavyweights in the world, and most would have a difficult time justifying even top forty ...
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 Luis A. Cortes III: Let’s be honest. Up until the fight was signed for this Saturday night against Alfredo Angulo, not to many outside of his circle even knew that this ex construction worker from Pennsylvania was an up and coming contender. This is a fact that isn’t lost on Yorgey, who may be fighting in his twenty fourth professional fight, but it is most certainly the highest profile fight of his career. Although it may be his second television appearance (he stopped Ronald Hearns on S
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 By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor): The tweet from ’espinozaboxing’ said it all: ’The Vazquez-Marquez IV for talks are OFF as of now!’ The issue? What else? Money. It was hoped that the duo who put on a classic thrill-ogy from March of 2007 to March of 2008, would duke it out once again next spring in Southern California. Things could change, but negotiations are on the canvas and taking a mandatory eight-count. "Absolutely," confirmed Frank Espinoza, who manages V
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 By Gabriel Montoya: When we last saw light heavyweight champ “Bad” Chad Dawson (28-0 with 17 KOs) and Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson (49-12-2 with 33 KOs) in a ring together it was April 12, 2008. In a hard fought battle, sparks flew, a young fighter was tested and some in the sport from fans to writers felt the wrong man won a unanimous decision. That man was Dawson, a rising star in the sport who is looking to erase the memory of that closely contested battle this Saturday when he rematches J
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