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The Machinery of enthusiasm
“Yes, right,” said Argentine Lucas Matthysse in Spanish, Saturday, when asked if he next wished to fight junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia. “For that...
Mayweather’s spot on top of money list hinges on a projection
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s No.1 spot on another list of highest-paid athletes is attached to a key word: Projected.
Sports Illustrated projects Mayweather to...
MADDALONE KNOCKOUT CAPS STAR BOXING’S SOLD OUT ROCKIN FIGHTS 8
Huntington, NY (May 12, 2013) Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing returned to professional boxing's Long Island home, The Paramount in Huntington, New York on Saturday...
Un-forgiving Lamont Peterson
To return to aficionados’ better graces, Saturday Lamont Peterson must perform a stern act of contrition at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, one from...
Canelo scores biggest win in Mayweather’s decision over Guerrero
Canelo Alvarez emerges as the biggest winner from Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s predictable and perhaps necessary victory over Robert Guerrero. Argue you all you...
Huck vs. Afolabi III: First presser gets heated!
There is definitely no love lost. Britain´s Ola Afolabi (19-2-4, 9 KOs) did
say he would hug and shake hands with his opponent Marco Huck...
A Mayday in September
Saturday heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko knocked out a 240-pound Italian named Francesco Pianeta, and few in the United States without an internet connection...
No More Rehearsals: Mayweather-Guerrero fight to say it all
LAS VEGAS – It was a weigh-in noteworthy for what didn’t happen. Ruben Guerrero behaved himself. Sort of.
Expectations...
Awkward Neutrality: Manager Espinoza has both fighters, but no options to cheer or boo
LAS VEGAS – Frank Espinoza isn’t from Switzerland, but the manager might wish he was in the Alpine nation known for neutrality Saturday night...
Martinez and Datsyuk: The erosion of reflex in great figures of preparedness and grit
DALLAS – The career of middleweight champion Sergio Martinez will not end any better than our sport ends its every practitioner’s career, and that...
Sergio Martinez: Middleweight champ an undisputed celebrity in Argentina
In city where almost every other street seems to be named Peron or Evita, promoter Lou DiBella saw a middleweight’s name on...
Cinnamon selling Cinnamon
SAN ANTONIO – Mexican Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is a better fighter than he appears on television, which is an ironical development given how desperately...
Weights for “Fight Night at the Horseshoe”
HITZ BOXING FIGHT NIGHT AT THE HORSESHOE
April 20, 2013 -- HORSESHOE CASINO, HAMMOND, IN
RED CORNER
BLUE CORNER
Olusegun Ajose
London, UK by way of...
Fort: This Fight Will Be My Introduction
They call St. Paul, Minnesota, junior middleweight Cerresso Fort (16-0-1, 11 KOs) "Sir" because of his cordial nature. He's a very nice young man.
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Mayweather-Guerrero: A fight for grown-ups
LAS VEGAS –Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Robert Guerrero played a lot of roles on back-to-back days facing small mobs armed with cameras, cell phones,...
Canelo (-Trout), and (Natalie) Merchant, and grace
FORT WORTH, Texas – The hardest part about this thing we do is not, as novelist Philip Roth once put it, that everything must...
Braekhus, St. John ready – Nordic Fight Night weights from Frederikshavn
Here are the weights ahead of tomorrow´s Nordic Fight Night in Frederikshavn, Denmark.
WBA, WBC & WBO Female Welterweight Title
Cecilia Braekhus: 65,6 kg
Mia St....
Jackie Robinson’s story is incomplete without a Jack Johnson pardon
Release this weekend of the film 42, Jackie Robinson’s story, is just another reason to wonder why Jack Johnson hasn’t been pardoned.
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From Carbajal to Zou Shiming: Light on the scale, heavy on history
Bob Arum is relying on a little guy, Zou Shiming, this weekend in Macau where money beckons and China’s untapped market awaits. It’s bold....
Tickets on Sale Today for April 19 Friday Night Fights in Atlantic City
Tickets start at $40 and go on sale today (Tuesday, April 2) at 5 pm ET for the Friday, April 19, 2013, "Fortuna...
Alvarado-Rios III: Onwards to Mile High City
Shortly after prevailing by an unlikely decision in his rematch with California’s Brandon Rios, Colorado’s “Mile High” Mike Alvarado told Rios, a man in...
Bradley says he’s fine after undergoing concussion tests in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS – Timothy Bradley on Friday said physicians told him he was fine after undergoing tests for a possible concussion at the Cleveland...
All In A Brawl: Rios and Alvarado make weight and have fun
LAS VEGAS – Boxing is Brandon Rios’ playground. Show him a ring. Take him to a weigh-in. Doesn’t matter. He’s like a kid at...
Rios-Alvarado: More resumption than rematch
Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado II Saturday night at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay might be more of a continuation than it is a rematch. At least,...
Undefeated Lightweight Angelo ‘La Cobra’ Santana To Meet Carlos ‘El Profeta’ Cardenas...
LAS VEGAS—Undefeated lightweight Angelo “La Cobra” Santana (14-0, 11 KOs), from Miami, Fla., will face Carlos Cardenas (20-6-1, 13 KOs), from Barinas, Venezuela, for...
Rios-Alvarado II: A deposit in Cash-out City
Saturday, California’s Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios will make a rematch with Colorado’s “Mile High” Mike Alvarado of the second-best fight of 2012, a relentless...
Mares and Donaire are the biggest losers in HBO’s no to Golden Boy
It’s hard to imagine how many more times the deck chairs on the Titanic can be re-arranged, but boxing did it ad nauseam...
Remembering (for) Timothy Bradley
American welterweight Timothy Bradley was knocked-out at 2:33 of round 1 by Russian Ruslan Provodnikov, Saturday at Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. ...
