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STAR BOXING WEIGH-IN RESULTS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT IN HUNTINGTON–WATCH FIGHT LIVE ON GFL
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Chris Algeiri 143lb - Chris Smith 141lb
Cletus Seldin 144 1/2 lb - Tyler Pogline 144 lb
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A Feel Out Round with Middleweight J’leon Love
During a quiet Thursday afternoon workout inside of Las Vegas’ H.I.T. Factory an upbeat young fighter wears an infectious smile as he carries...
A Feel Out Round with Middleweight J’leon Love
During a quiet Thursday afternoon workout inside of Las Vegas’ H.I.T. Factory an upbeat young fighter wears an infectious smile as he carries out...
Ortiz’ big heart needs some maturity to go with it
Just a year ago, Victor Ortiz was accused of having no heart. Turns out, everybody was wrong. Just the opposite has been revealed...
Hopkins – Dawson II to happen April 28 in Atlantic City
According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, World Light Heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins will take on Chad Dawson in a rematch of their aborted October...
Pontiac Redux, Part 2
Pontiac’s Business district wasn’t. Early on a Saturday afternoon nothing was open. I parked the Kia well off the curb of a...
Pontiac Redux, Part 1
This week brings an ignominious anniversary for our beloved sport. Sunday will mark a year since “The Super Fight” – Timothy Bradley versus...
Looking for hope and seeing some in HBO’s film: On Freddie Roach
Optimism is hard to find these days. Dumpster-diving is easier. From embarrassing talks about a fight still in never-never land to cancellations...
Writing about Chavez Jr. while thinking about Donaire
SAN ANTONIO – Another deadline comes and goes in the silly saga of whether the two best fighters in our sport in 2009 will...
Mayweather’s tweet just another silly punch line in silly talk
The ever-unpredictable Floyd Mayweather Jr. has given Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum another reason not to use his Twitter account.
There...
In celebration of thinkers, skepticism and 10-10 rounds
There is no such thing as an objective scorecard in boxing. Using that assumption, let’s take a look at – wait, what’s that?...
Give Mayweather a chance to win the biggest fight of his life
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is scheduled Friday to begin a 90-day jail sentence that represents a term of uncomfortable uncertainty for a part of the...
Frustrated Chavez Jr. announces February title defense at Alamodome
SAN ANTONIO – Mexican middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., known as much for his father’s exploits as his own, is fully aware of...
Portrait of a credential to 2011’s biggest fight, Part 2
Editor’s note: For Part 1, please click here.
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The day Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez fought their rubber match in November 2011, Las Vegas...
One look back and a few picks for a New Year
A year ends with memories of those who are gone, optimism for those who are emerging and hope for those who are back....
Portrait of a credential to 2011’s biggest fight, Part 1
The day Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez fought their rubber match in November 2011, Las Vegas was in recovery. The city tried...
Mayweather’s sentence sums up a forgettable 2011
Floyd Mayweather’s Jr.’s 90-day sentence on reduced charges was the battered game’s last significant headline in 2011 and sadly an appropriate...
Marroquin decisions Valcarcel
Featherweight prospect Roberto Marroquin scored a ten round unanimous decision over Carlos Valcarcel at the Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
Scores were 100-90 on...
Ward and Froch, and the anfractuous path to greatness
On a perfect evening in the ring, a night when American Andre Ward and Englishman Carl Froch both were able to make their very...
Sanchez Remains Unbeatable at Home
WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA -- Rising prospect and local draw Alan Sanchez thrilled his vocal following yet again with a hard-fought eight-round unanimous decision over Alberto...
Ward poised for a fight that might make him a leading candidate for the...
Reasons for the many controversies of 2011 are plentiful. Pick one. Pick a handful. In part, however, it appears to be symptomatic of a...
Sanchez Back on Solo Boxeo
WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA -- In the season finale of Telefutura Solo Boxeo tomorrow night, welterweight prospect Alan Sanchez will appear on the network for the...
Introducing Paul Cano
Troubled youth finds his way into a boxing gym and turns his life around. Yes, that is a story that has been told...
Ward-Froch to determine Fighter of the Last Two Years
There is a conditional clause still in place on the Boxing Writers Association of America’s 2011 ballot for Fighter of the Year. It...
Khan is in a town where everybody fights and nobody gets a decision
Amir Khan is in a city where it is very hard to get any kind of a decision. Some would say it’s impossible. Washington...
The Curious Case of Brian Viloria
Brian Viloria grabbed the eyes of boxing fans in September 10, 2005 as he shocked the world by knocking out Eric Ortiz in the...
Cotto and Margarito, and a treatment of semi-satisfaction
The narrative of Cotto-Margarito II will say Miguel Cotto, inspired by tens of thousands of his countrymen within Madison Square Garden, gained a richly...
Mares Proves to be Elite
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA -- In the biggest fight of his career, Abner Mares fought the best fight of his career and perhaps validated some of...
Dirrell in Line with Stoppage of St. Juste
SANTA YNEZ, CALIFORNIA -- With an injury-induced fourth-round stoppage over Renan St. Juste in the Showtime-televised main event at the Chumash Resort Casino on...
Dirrell-St. Juste Headlines Shobox
Having lost two years of his career while battling cancer, Anthony Dirrell hopes to make up for some lost time beginning tonight against world...
