By Steve Kim (Image by icheehuahua, MaxBoxing): Boxing is a fluid business; just as quickly as fights take place, new fights are planned months ahead. Such is the case for the two promotional titans of the United States, Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, who are steamrolling ahead as they set their respective schedules for the late summer and early fall months (and of course, in the never-ending “Cold War” between the two companies, none of these plans involve each other). Golden Boy looks
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Anson Wainwright: Over the years, Mexico has churned out more than its fair share of professional world champions, well over 100 since Battling Shaw became the first...
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By Steve Kim: The first time Johnathon Banks faced Seth Mitchell back in November, there was quite a bit going on in his life. With the sudden passing of legendary trainer Emanuel Steward in October, he was thrust into the position of taking the reins as lead trainer for Wladimir Klitschko, who just happened to face Mariusz Wach in Germany. This just one week before his own bout with Mitchell in Atlantic City. And in the midst of all this, Banks attended Steward’s funeral in Detroit on the way
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By Gabriel Montoya: Nestled safely in the soil of the new boxing world that Al Haymon/Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime have created together are many seeds of future fistic greatness. None is flowering more rapidly than Adrien “The Problem” Broner, 26-0 (22), out of Cincinnati, Ohio. At a mere 23 years of age, Broner is poised to pick up his third world title belt in as many weight classes Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY (live on Showtime, 9 p.m., ET/6 p.m., PT). Broner,
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Allan Scotto: Happy Tuesday, fans! Welcome to this week’s edition of “The Barbershop,” a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question(s) of the week...
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By Steve Kim: The verbal sparring between WBA welterweight titlist Paulie Malignaggi and Adrien Broner, who face each other this Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, has seemingly been never-ending and actually began before their names were on the dotted line. From their Twitter timelines, press gatherings and a recent teleconference, the trash talk and the insults have flown. Yeah, the gloves were off from the very beginning. But even the talkative Malignaggi has grown a bit
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Marc Livitz at ringside in Dallas, TX. The crowd inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas was treated to a fine display of boxing brilliance this evening. Although his WBO featherweight title was no longer...
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By John J. Raspanti (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank): Mikey Garcia, who lost his WBO featherweight title on the scales, remained undefeated by knocking out former champion Juan Manuel Lopez in four rounds at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX. The bout was televised on HBO’s “Boxing After Dark.” Garcia, 25, utilized his superior skills in the opening round. He boxed from a distance, seizing up his opponent. Lopez, a southpaw, connected with a pair of lead right hands that didn’t bother
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Marc Livitz in Dallas, TX. Multitudes of boxing fans braved the scorching Texas heat for a chance to grab a preferable spot inside the American Airlines Arena in downtown Dallas, Texas this...
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Jason Pribila – Ringside in Bethlehem: Main Events and Peltz Boxing brought their Fight Night series back to the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, USA. The evening started off with hometown...
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Due to number two rated IBF Light Heavyweight Contender Karo Murat being declared ineligible to receive a visa by the United States Department of State, an
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By Steve Kim (Photo © Rich Graessle/Main Events): Tonight from the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, heavyweight hopeful Bryant “By-By” Jennings faces Andrey Fedosov on the NBC Sports Network (8 p.m., ET/5 p.m, PT) main event. If he had his druthers, this would be the last developmental fight before facing either Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko. Yeah, a guy who began boxing after his 24th birthday, turned professional in 2010 and has all of 16 fights under his belt wants to be on the.
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NBC Sports Network Fight Night Friday, June 14 - Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem Bryant Jennings vs. Andrey Fedosov Sergey Kovalev vs. Cornelius White Ronald Cruz vs. Ray Narh WEIGHTS AND PHOTOS FOR JUNE 14 NBC SPORTS NETWORK
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"I’m very excited to get back in the ring against Seth on June 22. Boxing is my life and you can see by my smile how I feel.
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Headlining the stacked ESPN Friday Night Fights show, the first solo promotion by SMS Promotions, is an exciting 10-round clash, presented in association with Groupe
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The Jennnings-Fedosov, Kovalev-White and Cruz-Narh...
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LOS ANGELES. - Two of Mexico’s top super lightweights will collide at the Tabasco Park Nave 1 in Villahermosa, Mexico on Saturday, June 15 when undefeated WBC Super Lightweight Silver Champion Roberto "Massa" Ortiz of Torreon faces Culiacan’s Jorge "Koki" Romero in a 12-round WBC Silver Championship bout that will be televised live on FOX Deportes in the United States and on Televisa in Mexico on a delayed basis.
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Undefeated WBO Featherweight Champion Mikey Garcia (pictured top) of Oxnard, Ca. and former two-time world champion Juan Manuel Lopez (Pictured center) of Caguas, Puerto Rico meet their fans Wednesday at the La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth Mall.
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By SteveKim (Photo © K9 Photos): For nearly a full century, most conditioning programs associated with the sport of boxing consisted of fighters waking up in the early morning to go running. Road work has been around in boxing as long as the heavy bag and sparring sessions have. Reigning WBO featherweight beltholder Mikey Garcia, who defends his title this weekend in Dallas, Texas versus Juan Manuel Lopez (HBO 10:45 p.m., ET/PT), starts his days early like most boxers. But it isn’t to hit
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Adrien "The Problem’’ Broner is brash, bold and undefeated. He’s a confident, smack-talking showman, always aiming to entertain. So far, the talented 23-year-old Cincinnati native has backed up his tough talk with breathtaking knockouts virtually every time he enters the ring. He is 26 and 0 with 22 knockouts.
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"I want to thank all of my fans for their support in the wake of my eye injury this past weekend. I have undergone various medical examinations which
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Famed rapper and new boxing promoter, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, held a press conference today in Hartford to announce that his company, SMS Promotions, will present the "50 Cent’s Birthday Bash" professional boxing event, July 5 live on ESPN Friday Night Fig
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Chris Farina photos of Mikey Garcia’s private workout.
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Anson Wainwright: The super bantamweight division is currently brimming with talent and one dark horse at 122 could be Maximiliano Marquez. A week and change from...
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By Steve Kim (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank): This Saturday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas (10:45 p.m., ET/PT), Juan Manuel Lopez challenges WBO featherweight titlist Mikey Garcia. There was a time not too long ago when “JuanMa” was expected to carry on the island’s lineage as the next Puerto Rican superstar, following the likes of Felix Trinidad and Miguel Cotto. But as we come into the weekend, he is the decided B-side in this equation. It’s Garcia who is the
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Kelly Swanson: Thanks, everybody, for joining in. I’m so excited about this particular show in general, Saturday, June 22nd at the Barclays Center featuring as its main event, Paulie Malignaggi agains
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New York City (June 11, 2013) - Boxing’s biggest star, undefeated Eight-Time and Five-Division World Champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather and undefeated Mexican superstar and Unified Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez are taking their larger-than-life star status on the road and coming to a city near you. Their 11-city, two-country press tour will undoubtedly rival any before it and set the stage for big things to come when the two face off on Saturday, September 14 at the MGM
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After demolishing the durable Ladislav Kovarik inside round-one, the 18-year-old heavyweight has his eyes focussed on Iron Mike Tyson’s infamous record.
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By Gabriel Montoya: The origin of raw knockout power is the best mystery in boxing. We can use science to measure punching power as HBO has apparently been using a device under the fighter’s wraps to measure this very thing for some time now from what I am told. Pure knockout power can be harnessed with solid fighting technique to be sure. The straighter the shot, the better the torque, snap and speed with which it the punch lands. But raw knockout power - and why some have it and...
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Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Lou DiBella Acquire Rights to TAPIA The Documentary Set To Premiere In Competition at The Los Angeles Film Festival
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Hall of Fame Top Rank boxing promoter Bob Arum announced the signing of ’12 Japanese Olympic Medalist Middleweight Ryota Murata
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Johnathon Banks will hold a public media workout in Detroit, Michigan, in preparation for his June 22 rematch against Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell at Barclays Center
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Proven amateur fighter Anthony “The Hitman” Hardy has waited for this all his life – In less than a month his dream will finally become a reality. On July 7th at the Stadium of Light (Home of Sunderland Football Club) Anthony Hardy will finally break out onto the pro rankings.
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Tickets for "THE BIG FIGHT 2," at U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, presented by "The Promoters" and "The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority,"
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Allan Scotto: Welcome to this week’s edition of “The Barbershop,” a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question(s) of the week or any boxing-related issue...
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Monday News Edition.
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By Percy Dockery at ringside: Saturday night at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, Hitz Boxing’s “Fast” Fres Oquendo, 36-7 (23) of Chicago, IL...
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Bill Tibbs: Genaro Hernandez, the popular Los Angeles fighter known as “Chicanito,” turned pro in the fall of 1984. He ran off 15 straight wins before capturing the California...
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By Steve Kim (Photo © Saul G. Sanchez - w/ Photo Gallery inside article © German Villasenor): In front a record-setting crowd of 8,629 at the StubHub Center (formerly known as the Home Depot Center), a memorable night of action was capped off by Marcos Maidana steamrolling the game-but-outgunned Josesito Lopez in six rounds. It was a back-and-forth affair that saw both men have their moments but it was the Argentine’s power that carried the day. Before that, Erislandy Lara turned back the
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Mike Sloan at ringside. Juan Carlos Sanchez was determined to jam a wrench into the plans of undefeated opponent Roberto Domingo Sosa in the main event of a Top Rank-promoted card inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Saturday night. At the end of the night after the dust settled inside the ring, Sanchez did what he needed to hand the Argentinea
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Gabriel Montoya: Before a raucous, sold-out crowd at Carson, CA’s StubHub Center, Argentinean welterweight Marcos Maidana, 34-3 (31)...
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By John J. Raspanti @ ringside (Photo © German Villasenor): Marcos Maidana withstood some furious combinations from Josesito Lopez to eventually stop the hometown favorite at a sold-out Home Depot Center in Carson, Ca. The bout was telecast live on Showtime Championship Boxing. Lopez (30-6, 18 KOs) said before the bout he needed to box smartly to win. In the opening round he did just that. He bounced on his toes and fired his jab. A long right hand caught the chin of Maidana. Lopez walked into
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