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    Stiverne vs Wilder: The Picks

    Maybe it’s a clash of heavyweight pretenders in the age of the Klitschko King. Then again, maybe it’s the heavyweight fight of the year. Either way, tonight’s showdown ...

    On January 17, 2015 / By
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    Roc Nation Stages First Card at MSG

    To much fanfare, Jay Z’s Roc Nation held its first ever boxing card last night. Staged at New York’s Madison Square Garden, it was headlined by Dusty Hernandez-Harrison‘s ...

    On January 10, 2015 / By
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    Mark Your Calendar

    January: traditionally a month when you discover your weight went up, your bank balance has gone down and the weather, most places, can only be described as grim. ...

    On January 7, 2015 / By
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    2014 Fighter of the Year

    After a year largely devoid of compelling, high profile match-ups and public anticipation, it shouldn’t come as a great surprise to realize few boxers really made a huge ...

    On January 6, 2015 / By
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    2014 Fight of the Year

    Nominated: Orlando Salido KO11 Terdsak Kokietgym Lucas Matthysse KO11 John Molina Tommy Coyle TKO12 Daniel Brizuela Travis Dickinson TKO6 Matty Clarkson Francisco Rodriguez W12 Katsunari Takayama Winner: Travis Dickinson ...

    On January 6, 2015 / By
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    2014 Performance of the Year

    Nominated: Manny Pacquiao W12 Timothy Bradley Roman Gonzalez TKO9 Akira Yaegashi Sergey Kovalev W12 Bernard Hopkins Naoya Inoue KO2 Omar Narvaez Kell Brook W12 Shawn Porter Winner: Sergey ...

    On January 5, 2015 / By
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    2014 Knockout Of The Year

    Nominated: Carl Froch TKO8 George Groves Marvin Sonsona KO3 Akifumi Shimoda Andy Lee KO5 John Jackson Naoya Inoue KO2 Omar Narvaez Nicholas Walters TKO6 Nonito Donaire Winner: Andy Lee ...

    On January 5, 2015 / By
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    2014 Robbery of the Year

    Nominated: Mickey Bey W12 Miguel Vazquez Oscar Escandon W12 Tyson Cave Danny Garcia W12 Mauricio Herrera Vyacheslav Glazkov W10 Derric Rossy Jose Benavidez W12 Mauricio Herrera Winner: Danny ...

    On January 4, 2015 / By
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    2014 Round of the Year

    Nominated: Francisco Rodriguez, Jr. vs Katsunari Takayama — Round 12 Travis Dickinson vs Matty Clarkson — Round 5 Tommy Coyle vs Daniel Brizuela — Round 11 Juanma Lopez vs ...

    On January 4, 2015 / By
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    2014 Upset of the Year

    Nominated: Vivian Harris W10 Jorge Paez Jr. Chris Algieri W12 Ruslan Provodnikov James De La Rosa W10 Alfredo Angulo Rogelio Medina KO3 J’Leon Love Derreck Edwards KO1 Badou ...

    On January 3, 2015 / By
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    The Nominations

    2014 has come and gone and most boxing fans are likely happy to view it through the rear-view mirror. After all the splendid action we saw in 2013, ...

    On January 2, 2015 / By
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    Pepsi Center Card Fizzles

    Last night at the Pepsi Center in Quebec City, Showtime put on its last fight card of significance for 2014. It wasn’t even that significant, for although several ...

    On December 20, 2014 / By
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    Strong Supporting Cast

    While Adonis Stevenson, the lineal light-heavyweight champion, is a must-watch prizefighter for any and all serious boxing fans, tonight’s match-up against Dmitry Sukhotsky isn’t exactly premium quality. No ...

    On December 19, 2014 / By
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    The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of Saturday Night

    Rafa and Eliott discuss the good, the bad and the ugly from last night’s HBO and Showtime cards. Abandon all optimism, ye who dare to read on. The ...

    On December 14, 2014 / By
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    A Tale of Two Main Events

    Two popular Quebec boxers headlined main events in separate cities last night. While one man and his fans were left disappointed, the other scored the biggest win of ...

    On December 7, 2014 / By
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    Getting Past The Gatekeeper

    Oscar De La Hoya wants David Lemieux to win tomorrow night. HBO wants David Lemieux to win tomorrow night. And, naturally, David Lemieux and his Eye of the ...

    On December 5, 2014 / By
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    Ten Things Saturday Taught Us

    Saturday was a busy one for boxing and here are ten things we learned from it: 10. Mickey Rourke has lost all sense of reality. Which is maybe ...

    On November 30, 2014 / By
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    Macau Mauling: Pacquiao Whips Algieri

    There are two key points to make regarding the event staged in Macau, China last night. The first involves extolling the fighting virtues of Manny Pacquiao. Against a ...

    On November 23, 2014 / By
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    Callum Smith: Ahead of Schedule

    Two years ago Callum Smith made his professional boxing debut on the undercard of Carl Froch’s IBF super-middleweight title defence against Yusaf Mack in Nottingham. In the 24 ...

    On November 22, 2014 / By
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    Bradley Saunders: Strictly Business

    I always think a new lease of life should be accompanied by the sounds of Nina Simone singing: It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. It’s a ...

    On November 20, 2014 / By
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    TFC Picks: Hopkins vs Kovalev

    We’re mere hours away from perhaps the most intriguing matchup of 2014. 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins continues his historic run tomorrow night when he faces Russia’s Sergey Kovalev in ...

    On November 7, 2014 / By
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    We need to talk about Keith

    Hi Al, You probably don’t remember me, but we crossed paths two summers ago in San Antonio during the first Knockout Kings card. I noticed you and was ...

    On November 3, 2014 / By
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    Hopkins vs Kovalev: Fight for the Future

    Everyone agrees: 2014 has not been a great year for boxing. There have been few truly compelling fights and even fewer marquee match-ups. We’ve been so starved for ...

    On November 2, 2014 / By
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    Colin Hart: From Caracas to Kinshasa

    For over 50 years renowned British sports writer, Colin Hart, has covered the good, the great and not so great of sporting events across the world. And back ...

    On November 1, 2014 / By
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    Sharif Bogere: “I am ready for anyone!”

    Sharif Bogere is a Ugandan-born boxer fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Sharif started punching for pay in 2008 after a successful amateur career in which he became ...

    On October 26, 2014 / By
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    High Stakes in Monaco

    Eleider “Storm” Alvarez will take another step towards stardom when he faces WBC-ranked contender Ryno Liebenberg this Saturday. The match will mark a milestone for the Colombia-born Alvarez, ...

    On October 24, 2014 / By
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    Tommy Langford: An Educated Man

    Maybe it has more to do with my thirst for the movies but whenever a fighter has furthered himself in education I can hear the legendary tones of ...

    On October 23, 2014 / By
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    From Bad To Worse

    Despite the fact that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will exit this year with his undefeated record intact, and that 2015 promises him two more huge paydays, 2014 threatens to ...

    On October 18, 2014 / By
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    Jermain Taylor Rises From the Ashes

    Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor is a middleweight champion again, which proves the boxing world eats its young and then recycles them. Last night in Biloxi, Mississippi, he outlasted ...

    On October 9, 2014 / By
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    Verdejo Scores Monster Knockout

    If 21-year-old lightweight prospect Felix Verdejo was not yet on your radar, he just gave you a great reason to start paying attention. His headlining bout of last Saturday’s ...

    On October 7, 2014 / By
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