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Fighting to grow up: For Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., it’s the biggest one of...
Put a pair of boxing gloves on Peter Pan and you’ve got Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. A man-child, emphasis on the child.
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Weights From Sands Bethlehem Event Center
Alberto Morales 148 vs. Ronald Cruz 148.1
Jason Sosa 129.2 vs. Tyrone Luckey 130.2
Joey Dawejko 238.5 vs. Kevin Franklin 248
Juan Serrano 138.6 ...
Return of the legend’s son
SAN ANTONIO – There’s a fine barber shop in the basement of the historic Gunter Hotel in the center of this city’s downtown, it’s...
Ross is gone, but the suspicions won’t go away
LAS VEGAS -- C.J. Ross finally got one right. She quit.
News on Wednesday that Ross would not be back, at least...
Three worthy performances at “The One”
Apropos of something entirely unrelated to “The One,” I spoke with Don Turner last week, a delightful man of gradual delivery and enviable authority,...
“BIG APPLE BOXING” OFFICIAL WEIGHTS
New York, NY (9/15/13) - All of the fighters for tomorrow night's SMS Promotions and DiBella Entertainment card at Resorts World Casino in Queens...
The crowd weighs-in with numbers that hint at more records for Mayweather-Canelo
LAS VEGAS – It was more of a scene than a weigh-in. More about the crowd than the scale.
The often...
Results from Manchester, NH
MANCHESTER, N.H. (September 12, 2013) - Fighting in his record fifth Fight To Educate (FTE) charity event, popular welterweight Danny "Bhoy" O'Connor (23-1, 7...
Father Knows Best: Angel Garcia says he does
LAS VEGAS – It wouldn’t be a big fight card without a crazy dad lurking in somebody’s corner.
Angel Garcia, junior-welterweight champion Danny...
Who’s The Boss? It sounded a lot like Floyd Mayweather
LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Canelo Alvarez arrived late and stayed late Wednesday at a news conference in a venue that figured...
About “The One” and its other co-main
Saturday boxing fans will congregate for “The One,” a pay-per-view fight card with two co-main events, Argentine junior welterweight Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse versus...
Don’t tell Canelo he has nothing to lose
There’s a theory that Canelo Alvarez has nothing to lose on Sept. 14 in his long-awaited showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The...
About “The One” and its co-main
On Sept. 14 boxing fans will congregate for “The One,” a pay-per-view fight card with a main event, Floyd “Money” Mayweather versus Saul “Canelo”...
What, me worried? Mayweather isn’t and maybe Canelo should be
Canelo Alvarez keeps getting asked about how he will react to Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s trash talk. It’s a question that assumes the...
ANTOINE DOUGLAS AND DORSETT BARNWELL STAY UNDEFEATED WITH BIG WINS IN VERONA, NY
NUTLEY, NJ (August 28, 2013)—Last Friday night at the Turning Stone Casino Resort in Verona, New York, Middleweight Antoine Douglas and Heavyweight Dorsett Barnwell...
Jhonny and Abner, Leslie and Glenn
Saturday in Carson, Calif., Jhonny Gonzalez floored Abner Mares with a left-hook lead in the third minute of their featherweight title match then stopped...
Opportunity Knocks: Mares can enhance his pound-for-pound credentials against Gonzalez
Abner Mares defies traditional categories, perhaps because he’s nimble enough to switch from one to the other quickly and sometimes seamlessly. Within a...
A relenting pursuit of Juan Diaz’s relentlessness
LAREDO, Texas – Saturday at this city’s Energy Arena brought nothing unexpected, and perhaps 1,000 or so spectators, with the red corner going 6-0...
Weights from U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago
Andrzej Fonfara 173 vs. Gabriel Campillo 175
IBF Light Heavyweight Title Eliminator
Mike Mollo 226 vs. Artur Szpilka 233
Adrian Granados 140 vs. Mark Salser 138
Paul...
Thanks, but no thanks: Angel Garcia complains about a media gift that figures to...
It didn’t take long for Angel Garcia to erupt. He’s complaining to media that his son, Philadelphia junior-welterweight Danny Garcia, isn’t getting a...
To Laredo for the Baby Bull: Another homage to 2009’s fight of the year
SAN ANTONIO – Saturday at Laredo Energy Arena, about 150 miles southwest of here, Houston’s Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz will make a 10-round match...
Pedraza decisions Tolmajyan
Jose Pedraza scored a ten round unanimous decision over Gabriel Tolmajyan in a Super Featherweight bout.
It was a close bout with many close round...
Is there a next great in American heavyweights? Deontay Wilder gets his chance to...
The search for a great American heavyweight is turning into a job for archaeologists.
Maybe, Deontay Wilder can begin to drag the...
Prizefighting, Saunders, damages, vulnerability, graciousness
Most American prizefighters are damaged necessarily, damaged from taking others’ fists and hopes, damaged by youthful experiences that guided them through amateur boxing’s comparative...
SUPER FLYWEIGHTS ZULINA MUNOZ VS. MARIBEL RAMIREZ TO HEADLINE ON TELEVISA DEPORTES AND...
LOS ANGELES, August 2 - The Agustin Millan Gymnasium in Toluca, Mexico will be the scene of one of the most exciting tripleheaders of...
Legacy: Mayweather, Pacquiao figure to generate debate about what it is and what it...
There may never be a Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight and there’s no reason to review, ad nauseam, all of the things that...
Figueroa and Arakawa, humility and volume punching
SAN ANTONIO – I like to think I write quickly, finding words within the readymade template, lede to nut to quote to body, that...
Shiming defeats Ortega
Olympic hero Zou Shiming remained perfect by scoring a six round unanimous decision over Jesus Ortega in a Flyweight bout at the Venetian Resort...
Fight Night at the Park 2 heats up at the weigh in!!!
Jersey City, New Jersey’s Patrick “Paddy Boy” Farrell (8-2-1, 4Ko’s) was excited at the opportunity when the main event at Schuetzen Park in North...
Burgos Survives Amidu Scare
LINCOLN, CALIFORNIA – In a great action fight, Yakubu Amidu rose to the occasion against the world class Juan Carlos Burgos, forcing a split...
