Tag: Combat Sports
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Rumor: Deontay Wilder to face Robert Helenius in Comeback
Stories are circulating throughout the boxing media about Deontay Wilder’s comeback opponent and it is believed to be Finnish heavyweight Robert Helenius. The target date is October 15th at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York on PBC PPV. For the thirty-six year old Wilder this will be his first fight since losing the trilogy…
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Fight of the Day: Floyd Mayweather vs Zab Judah
This Welterweight Title fight took place in April of 2006 at the Thomas and Mack Center on HBO PPV. This fight was an interesting trip back in time, Floyd was still with Top Rank Promotions and this was the final title fight officiated by Richard Steele. This fight was set up prior to Judah’s shocking…
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August Boxing: They Fell in 2021 and Look to Rebound in 2022
Anthony Joshua was defeated in an exciting heavyweight contest that saw the breakthrough and coronation of Oleksandr Usyk. The skilled Ukrainian with an endless gas tank was able to outmaneuver and out punch the larger Joshua in a twelve round decision that stunned Joshua’s home crowd. The smaller man had Joshua pinned on the ropes…
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Danny Garcia Fights on in the Face of Obscurity
Danny Garcia enters the ropes for the fortieth time in his professional career that began back in 2007. This marks his first appearance since 2020 when he dropped a unanimous decision to Errol Spence in a welterweight title bout. At thirty four years of age the decorated pro from Philly is fighting in his third…
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Fight of the Day: Corrie Sanders Stuns Wladimir Klitschko
An interesting flashback to 2003 for what was a massive heavyweight upset that is still discussed amongst hardcore boxing heads today. Most remember Wladimir Klitschko as the dominant heavyweight from 2006 to 2015 but in 2003 he was the WBO titleholder seeking a fight with then champion Lennox Lewis. At 40-1 Wladimir held the WBO…
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Fight of the Day: Erickson Lubin vs Jeison Rosario
Erickson Lubin and Jeison Rosario met in an interesting crossroads fight on Showtime in June of 2021. This title eliminator at 154 lbs. was the co-main of the PPV event in Atlanta, Georgia topped by Tank Davis vs Mario Barrios. This fight came up on the Premier Boxing Champions YouTube channel and I did not…
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Fight of the Day: Andy Ruiz vs Chris Arreola
Premier Boxing Champions’ YouTube page recently posted the PPV main event from May 2021 between Arreola and Ruiz from Carson, California. This was an interesting crossroads fight between Ruiz who briefly held unified titles at heavyweight when he scored a massive upset over Anthony Joshua at the Garden and long time contender Arreola. Joshua returned…
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Boxing in Media: Devin Haney joined Steven A Smith on Steven A’s World
Steven A Smith is one of the most popular sportscasters in the US and has the biggest sports platform in the US, ESPN, giving him air time. His show Steven A’s World on ESPN+ features commentary on top sports moments, celebrity guests, athlete interviews, and fan Q/A type of stuff. While it is not on…
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Three Year Anniversary of Deontay Wilder’s KO of Dominic Breazeale
From the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, NY May of 2019 I share this as a personal memory as a boxing fan who attended this fight three years ago. This KO win is probably Deontay Wilder’s high water mark as he was coming off the awesome first fight with Tyson Fury where he nearly knocked him…
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Boxing Headlines: Alvarez, Joshua & Women’s Boxing
There are some interesting stories in the boxing world with fights coming together for 2022. While boxing had a very weak start to the year the second quarter has been picking up and news is circulating of even more interesting fights and updates surrounding existing fights: Canelo Alvarez to face Golovkin in Third fight After…
