By Steve Kim: The latest edition of “The Soapbox” comes from Gregory Link, who wrote to me in the aftermath of Amir Khan’s latest harrowing experience versus Julio Diaz in his homecoming to Sheffield this past weekend. Khan escaped with a close victory and was dumped to the canvas in the fourth and hurt again significantly in the 11th round. While many rightly see flaws in Khan, our latest individual who steps onto “The Soapbox” sees something much different... "I just finished watching
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Tensions flared, insults flew and blows were nearly exchanged during the final main event press conference Wednesday for “MAY DAY: Mayweather vs. Guerrero” this Saturday, May 4, live on SHOWTIME PPV from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.
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Tons of news links.
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Airs Tonight!
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Today’s Headlines.
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Anson Wainwright: When it was announced last week that Hryunov Promotions won the purse bid of the heavyweight title unification showdown between Wladimir Klitschko and Alexander Povetkin at...
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All News Headlines.
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By John Raspanti & German Villasenor
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Gabriel Montoya: Before nearly 40,000 Argentineans at the Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina, middleweight champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez...
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John J. Raspanti: Former world champion Amir "King" Khan (28-3, 19 KOs) found his bearings after a fourth round knockdown to score a hard fought 12 round...
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Anson Wainwright: When Antonin Decarie got the call to fight last year against prospect Alexis Perez as part of an HBO tripleheader on the night of 29th September, he...
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Anson Wainwright: Fighting away from home is nothing new for Gary Buckland. Tonight, the 26-year-old Welshman heads to Argentina where he faces former world title...
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John J. Raspanti: Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (28-0, 28 KOs) remained undefeated by stopping former UK heavyweight champion Audley Harrison (31-7, 23 KOs) in the opening stanza...
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Chee News wire returns!
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Anson Wainwright: The last time we saw Firat Arslan, he was the proverbial sacrificial lamb to the slaughter when he was matched with long-reigning WBO cruiserweight champion...
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Steve Kim: On Tuesday morning, Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission informed various members of the media that Top Rank had made...
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John J. Raspanti: Before his American debut, bombastic heavyweight contender Tyson Fury told members of the media that if he lost to Steve "USS" Cunningham, he’d retire...
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Anson Wainwright: It’s refreshing when you see two young unbeaten fighters meet each other, looking to advance their respective careers. That’s what is bound to...
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Allan Scotto: Hey, fans! Welcome to “Ask Gerry Cooney,” where you get to ask former heavyweight contender “Gentleman” Gerry Cooney any boxing-related question...
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Steve Kim: While the calendar says we’re well into the month of April, it could easily be said that for Showtime, it’s a brand-new year as the network kicks off its boxing slate...
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Anson Wainwright: In early February, Paulus Ambunda became only the third Namibian boxer ever to win a world title, joining Harry Simon and Paulus Moses when he dethroned Thailand’s...
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Allan Scotto: Happy Thursday, 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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Earlier this afternoon in front of a jam-packed room of media at NYC’s historic Gallagher’s Steak House in midtown Manhattan, K2 Promotions and DiBella Entertainment hosted the initial press conference to announce the highly-anticipated Middleweight Championship between defending champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (26-0, 23KO’s) and Ireland’s top-rated, former world title challenger Matthew "Mack The Knife" Macklin (29-4, 20KO’s).
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John J. Raspanti: The upset trend continued on ESPN’S Friday Night Fights as unknown Oscar Gonzalez (21-2, 14 KOs) surprised former WBA super bantamweight champion...
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Jason Petock: Friday was a spectacular night of boxing on the Showtime network. In spite of the card itself being shrouded under the lecherous umbrella of Don King, the main event...
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Allan Scotto: Hey, fans! Welcome to “Ask Gerry Cooney,” where you get to ask former heavyweight contender “Gentleman” Gerry Cooney any boxing-related question you’d like..
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Tons of fresh news links.
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Tons of News Headlines
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Bill Tibbs: Born Walker Smith Jr., “Sugar” Ray Robinson was born May 3, 1921 in Ailey, Georgia. He is considered by many to be, pound-for-pound, the greatest boxer of all time...
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German Villasenor: Former WBO bantamweight champion Wilfredo “Papito” Vazquez Jr., 22-3-1 (19), lost his WBO International super bantamweight title to Japan’s Yasutaka Ishimoto, 22-6 (5), in the UniMas/Top Rank-promoted main event at the Cotai Arena at the Venetian Resort in Macao, China on Saturday. Vazquez Jr. traded probing jabs with Ishimoto in the first frame but the taller Ishimoto used quick combinations in the second. Vazquez got into a confident rhythm, counterpunching and
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Today’s new all here!
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Tons of news updates
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I am pleased to announce that according to laboratory results I am not under suspicion of having taken a banned substance in connection with my bout against Lamont Peterson.
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Before Tyson Fury and Steve Cunningham go at it in the heavyweight showdown of the year on NBC network television, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in the afternoon of April 20th, a loaded undercard will warm up the New York crowd and have them ready for the anticipated main event.
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On the final Friday of last month, Ermano Fegatilli (27-5-0 5 KO’s) needed to make a statement – and boy did he deliver with a lopsided 8round thrashing of French veteran Karim Chakim (25-9-0 11 KO’s) at the Topsporthal in Liege, Belgium.
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Toronto (April 9) Tyler Asselstine looked in tremendous shape as he weighed in four-pounds heavier than opponent Oliver Lontchi ahead of their contest tonight at the 28th AnnAsselstine weighs in - Faces Oliver Lontchi Tonight
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The April 12 edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will feature former Junior Featherweight titlist Rico “Suavecito” Ramos (21-2, 11 KOs) and
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For the second time in three months middleweight world champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin has been named the World Boxing Association’s Fighter of the Month, following his impressive third round knockout of former world titleholder Nobuhiro Ishida on Saturday, MARCH 30 in Monaco.
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Promoters Camille Estephan, of Eye of the Tiger, and Greg Cohen, of Greg Cohen Promotions, are proud to a
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ATLANTIC CITY. - World championship boxing returns to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday, May 18 with a SHOWTIME® CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader featuring IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Lamont Peterson facing hard-hitting WBC Interim Super Lightweight World Champion Lucas Matthysse in a 12-round welterweight bout and the rescheduled IBF Welterweight Title showdown between Two-Division World Champion Devon Alexander "The Great" and undefeated British star and number one rated I
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British Featherweight Marianne Marston is to dedicate her upcoming fight, against Latvias Aleksandra Jasjukevica at York Hall, Bethnal Green in London on Saturday 27th April 2013, to the memory of her recently departed mento
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By Steve Kim: On Monday morning, this press release was sent out by Golden Boy Promotions, which announced a new television deal described as a “Multi-Media Rights Extension” between the promotional entity and Fox Sports: FOX Sports and Golden Boy Promotions, founded by 10-time World Champion Oscar De La Hoya, have reached a multi-media rights extension to televise exciting live boxing in the United States and internationally. The new multi-year agreement keeps Golden Boy Promotions’...
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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...
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Percy Dockery: When a boxer commits a foul or disobeys the referee during a fight, after a few warnings are issued, points start getting deducted. If the fighter continues to foul...
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All of today’s Top Headlines.
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Zou Shiming wins a 4-round unanimous decision over Eleazar Valenzuela of Mexico in his professional Top Rank boxing debut ,Satur
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All the news you need.
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John J. Raspanti: A little over a month ago, Billy Dib waltzed into the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket , Connecticut to fight unheralded Russian Evegeny Gradovich on...
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Results & Photo.
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Results & Photo.
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