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Laborious dudgeon everywhere

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Another bad month in a dreadful year. Dudgeon is high, patience low. Civil disagreements between smart folks deteriorate into fights. Even...

Klitschko fights for future shot at an enduring spot

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If all the great heavyweights aren’t NFL linebackers these days, they’re fighting in Germany. That means there aren’t many in the dinosaur...

Jan Zaveck: First Jackiewicz, and Then the World?

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During a recent HBO broadcast, an onscreen graphic depicted the top welterweights in the world according to the network. One name likely unfamiliar to...

Margarito, Capetillo and the Not So Long Arm of the Law

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With all due apologies to T.S. Eliot and Carlos Acevedo, boxing is the cruelest art. But it is also, strictly speaking, a series of...

Q & A with “Funtime” Frankie Gavin

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One of the fights dubbed the "The Magnificent Seven" will see one of Britain's top prospects "Funtime" Frankie Gavin 7-0(6) bid for his first...

Here’s to you, ESPN: From television to internet and beyond

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As ESPN readies to turn thirty-one later this week, the boxing industry should feel free to join in any celebrations the world wide leader...

Q & A with Michael Domingo

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It's one of the great wonders of Boxing how a guy can go from Journeyman to contender and in some cases even winning a...

Into a laboratory of fear

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“Everyone always asks us who is going to be the next great heavyweight. Well, on Sept. 11, we feel it will be Sam...

Q & A with Giovanni Segura

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A couple of weeks back I was made a promise by Giovani Segura's manager Ricky Mota he agreed to my request to an interview...

Toney-Couture should be among The Expendables

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A couple of pretty good actors are scheduled for a fight that will match them Saturday night in Boston in a mixed mess ...

Q & A with Enzo Maccarinelli

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European Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Maccarinelli 32-4(25) will look to make the first defence of his title against unbeaten Ukrainian Alexander Frenkel on the bumper...

Heavyweight Showdown Tops Taj Mahal Card–WATCH LIVE ON GFL

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CLICK FOR EVENT INFO It’s going to be hard to top last Saturday’s heavyweight fight between Tomasz Adamek and Michael Grant, but Trump's Taj Mahal...

Marsz, Marsz, Adamek: Polish fans out in full force Saturday

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The Polish National Anthem -- Mazurek D?browskiego -- recalls a time when Polish General Jan Henryk D?browski and thousands of his Polish soldiers marched...

Introducing Qa’id Muhammad!

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At 5’2 118 lbs, Atlantic City, NJ’s Qa’id Muhammad is literally easy to miss. Few fighters, especially Americans, on the East Coast compete in...

Q & A with Dmitry Pirog

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When Dmitry Pirog fought in Las Vegas, Nevada it marked his American debut on the Marquez-Diaz 2 card. It wasn't supposed to be a...

Trancazos, Arizona and beer

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There was “Trancazos” on Friday night. He waved to an Arizona crowd that didn’t much respond to his post-fight salute. He applauded...

“The Big Challenge” Preview

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Matt Yanofsky contributed to this report This Saturday from Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, Tomasz Adamek looks to continue his quest up the heavyweight ranks...

California denial is first step in Margarito’s Texas two-step

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It was a show trial. Antonio Margarito had to show up in a procedural step that fulfilled, if not satisfied, bureaucratic protocol. The...

The Boxing World Speaks on Adamek-Grant!

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This Saturday night at Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center, former light heavy and cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek will meet once promising heavyweight Michael Grant over...

Billy Conn, Chad Dawson and that Other Part of Valor

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It may be unfair to mention Billy Conn and Chad Dawson in the same sentence. But I just read Frank Deford’s masterful rendering of...

Q & A with Alexander Frankel

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A month from the biggest fight of his life Alexander Frankel 22-0(17) took time out from training to share some thoughts with 15rounds.com. Frankel...

ATLANTIC CITY’S FINEST BOXERS TO SEE ACTION ON AUGUST 28TH AT THE TAJ MAHAL...

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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (August 17, 2010)—Some of the best local talent will be on display on Saturday night, August 28th at the Trump Taj...

Last ten-plus months have been a “Nightmare” for Arreola

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When the sun arose on the morning of September 26, 2009, Cristobal “Nightmare” Arreola was an undefeated prospect, sporting an unblemished record of 27-0,...

Lord of The Flys

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Decades ago when there were only 8 weight classes, not the 17 that exist today with only 1 champion per division and titles weren't...

Some easygoing messiness from the streets of South Texas

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LAREDO, Tex. – A great Texas writer named John Graves once wrote a great Texas book named “Goodbye to a River” in which he...

King is back, but hurdles, like the hair, are still there

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He’s back, the good, the bad and the hair-do. If there’s any doubt that Don King has been missed, just listen to...

Most world title fights

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While World title's are doled out far to easily these days and they don't mean as much as they did in bygone years. A...

Sadam “World Kid” Ali, Next Champion of the World?

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The first time I heard the name Sadam Ali it was in fear. And a sort of wide-eyed resignation. I was walking into...

Shemuel Pagan looks to make impact inside and outside the ring

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“He can fight on the inside, he can fight on the outside, and he has fast hands...I think he can win a world title...and...

Q & A with Kell Brook

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It maybe 6 weeks until Kell Brook 21-0(14) meets Michael Jennings but he's already chomping at the bit. Brook 24, will be making the...