Category: News
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Bring on the Farce! Another Disappointing Weekend of Boxing
Robinson Conceicao Loses Controversial Decision in PED Scandal Marred Fight This fight was a tremendous black eye for boxing which as a sport is in a precarious place. Oscar Valdez the reigning WBC 130lb champion tested positive in the lead up to the fight for the banned substance Phentermine. Rather than strip the champion whose…
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Another card Bites the Dust: PAcquiao vs Spence is Off
Duh duh duh duh duh..Another card bites the dust….duh duh duh duh…another card bites the dust…hey hey hey More shitty news has stunk up the air of this horrible second half of 2021. The boxing calendar was looking pretty strong in the second half of this year with Teofimo Lopez against George Kambosos, that fight…
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Boxing News and Rumors July 22, 2021
The World Boxing Organization Orders a Purse Bid at Welterweight The WBO has recently announced that the Terrence Crawford and Shawn Porter camps must negotiate a purse bid in thirty days for a mandated fight. Porter the former IBF and WBC Welterweight Champion is currently sitting at number two in the WBO rankings. These two…
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Boxing News Round Up Week 4 June 2021: Results, Predictions, & Opinions
Gabriel Rosado scores destructive KO over Bektemir Melikuziev in 3! Bek “The Bully” as he is referred to as entered this fight 7-0 with five knockouts and hungry for a big fight. The Uzbek super middleweight lost out on a big fight against Sergei Kovalev last year when Kovalev tested positive for a banned substance.…
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Boxing News Week 2 February 2021: RIP LEon Spinks
The boxing world was silenced by the death of Leon Spinks this past Friday as the champion succumbed to his five year fight with cancer. Leon is best known for defeating Muhammad Ali in 1978 in only his eighth professional bout. The twenty-four year-old’s meteoric rise fell as quickly as it rose with a defeat…
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Boxing News January 2021
I must apologize for the space in between posts. I am working on the formatting for this site for the new year and am trying to have a schedule in place for content. I am also working on bringing in new content for 2021 as long as COVID limitations don’t create issues. We approach the…
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Spence Jr DAZN interview with Chris Mannix Highlights
Ahead of his Saturday night clash on Premier Boxing Champions Errol Spence Jr sat down with Chris Mannix to discuss his fight camp, the opponent choice and the possibility of the Terrence Crawford fight. DAZN has not put the clip on YouTube and those who do not have DAZN can see a small part of…
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Ring City USA reviewed
A few weeks back I caught an interview on DAZN discussing Ring City USA and recommended it. NBC Sports is back in the business of boxing and looking to fill a void left behind by the end of HBO Boxing After Dark and ESPN Friday Night Fights. ESPN’s Ben Baby also took notice of this…
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Joyce vs Dubois: Two British bombers close out November… Schedule Part II
Better late than never I suppose, vacation was nice and my extended break has kept me lazy enough to not get around to finishing my post on the November schedule. Closing the month are two London area heavyweights who carry undefeated records and 90% knockout ratios ahead of their November 28th clash. As a heavyweight…
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Premier Boxing Champions: Danny Garcia Public Workout
PBC has put up Garcia’s portion of the public workout published ahead of their December 5th title clash. I put up the Spence Jr. footage in my most previous post. I try not to make too much of sparring stories, face offs, and weigh in/press conference behavior but I like what I see from both.…
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