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The Axe Man Cuts Down Another Tree
For the second week in a row, an HBO main event had its shine stolen by weight issues and ‘what if’s.’ Last week it was Miguel Cotto having ...
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Fight Report: Cotto vs Geale
One of the biggest criticisms of the Cotto-Geale showdown was the installation of a catchweight limit and weight became a major talking point throughout the HBO World Championship ...
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Gonzalez and Golovkin Triumph On HBO
HBO showcased two of the best boxers in the world tonight, Roman Gonzalez and Gennady Golovkin, and both met or exceeded expectations. Which is impressive indeed considering what ...
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Fight Report: Gonzalez vs Russell Jr.
The Event Last night at the Palms Casino Resort of Las Vegas, WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez attempted the fourth defense of his belt against rising star Gary ...
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Fight Report: Thurman vs Guerrero
The Event Last night at the MGM Grand of Las Vegas, welterweights Keith Thurman and Robert Guerrero headlined Al Haymon’s first foray intro free TV. Heralded as professional ...
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Golovkin Too Much For Murray
Gennady Golovkin is, without question, the best middleweight in the world. Miguel Cotto may be the lineal champion, but he will be a huge underdog if that match ...
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Fight Report: Rios vs Alvarado III
The Event Saturday night in Broomfield, Colorado, Mike Alvarado enjoyed home-field advantage as he met Brandon Rios for a third time. It’s hard to assign much significance to ...
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Wilder Dominates Listless Stiverne
As some expected, the much anticipated Stiverne vs Wilder heavyweight title match did not live up to the hopes of fight fans. Instead of action, high drama and ...
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Hamburg Hit Job: Klitschko Blasts Pulev
Wladimir Klitschko gave us what we wanted. Last night at the O2 Arena in Hamburg, the Ukrainian heavyweight champion employed all of his considerable gifts in a fifth ...
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Kovalev Dominates Hopkins
Craft and experience won’t trump youth and power when the junior man employs his gifts smartly. In 2014’s most anticipated fight, Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev easily outfought Bernard “The ...
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California Killshot: Golovkin Wastes Rubio
We learned nothing of his limits but received further proof of his rule. Last night at the Stubhub Center in Carson, California, Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (31-0) easily dispatched ...
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Fight Report: Gonzalez vs Arce
The Event Last night in Los Mochis, Mexico, WBC featherweight champion Johnny Gonzalez made the second defense of his title against veteran action-hero Jorge “Travieso” Arce, who was ...
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Fight Report: Salido vs Kokietgym
In a fight that is quickly generating buzz as a Fight of the Year candidate, former featherweight champ Orlando “Siri” Salido staged a vicious war with tough perennial contender Terdsak ...
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Fight Report: Mayweather vs Maidana II
The Event Mayweather vs Maidana II, dubbed ‘Mayhem’ for the fireworks it would supposedly provide, took place last night at the MGM Grand. It was a rematch of ...
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Triumph in the Twelfth: Broner Wins in Cincy
Adrien Broner had a good night on Saturday, as he earned a unanimous decision win over Emmanuel Taylor in an entertaining junior welterweight scrap. It was ‘The Problem’s” ...
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Fight Report: Mayweather vs Maidana I
The Event: Last night at the MGM Grand, Floyd Mayweather narrowly outpointed Marcos Maidana in 2014’s biggest event to date, “The Moment.” It was a frenetic and entertaining ...
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Fight Report: Garcia vs Herrera
The Event The logic seemed sound. Danny Garcia scores an upset and maybe the performance of the year over a truly formidable opponent and so the thinking was, ...
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Fight Report: Peterson vs Jean
The Event Last night’s Showtime card at the DC Armory was headlined by a light-welterweight scrap between Washington’s Lamont ‘Havoc’ Peterson and Montreal’s Dierry ‘Dougy Style’ Jean. At ...
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Fight Report: Bute vs Pascal
The Event Le Premier Chapitre Historique (The Historic First Chapter). One of the biggest fights ever held on Canadian soil. The informal eliminator for Adonis Stevenson’s world title. ...
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Kovalev And Stevenson Score Knockouts
Boxing fans got a heavy dose of what they love from Quebec City last night with plenty of knockouts and some great action. While those who tuned in ...
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Fight Report: Marquez vs Segura
South of the border and at the lower end of the scales, Mexican warriors Giovani “Guerrero Azteca” Segura and Hernan “Tyson” Marquez staged a vicious rumble Saturday night. ...
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Fight Report: Bradley vs Marquez
The Event In a bout staged to determine who the best Top Rank welterweight is at the moment, Timothy Bradley defended his portion of the championship against Juan ...
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Fight Report: Klitschko vs Povetkin
The Event At the Indoor Olympic Arena in Moscow, heavyweight czar Wladimir Klitschko earned a coma-inducing unanimous decision over Alexander Povetkin. At 26-0 with 18 KOs, the brave ...
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Fight Report: Garcia vs Matthysse
The Event The co-main event of the Mayweather vs. Canelo mega-fight featured the fearsome Lucas Matthysse challenging Danny “Swift” Garcia in a bout for junior welterweight supremacy. Despite ...
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Fight Report: Angulo vs Lara
The Event The always tough Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo met up with the talented Cuban Erislandy Lara in a supporting contest to the Maidana vs. Lopez headliner in ...
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Fight Report: Garcia vs Judah
The Event On Saturday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, light welterweight champion Danny Garcia met “Super” Zab Judah in a grudge match. The bout was supposed to be ...
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Fight Report: Canelo vs Trout
The Event The first big fight of 2013 featured two undefeated, young champions in a super welterweight unification contest in front of almost 40,000 people at the Alamodome ...
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Fight Report: Pacquiao vs Bradley II
The Event Almost two years in the making, this rematch needed little build-up as it represented unfinished business for both boxers. The result of their first meeting in ...
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Fight Report: Bradley vs Provodnikov
The Event No one cared about this fight; seriously, no one. And it showed on HBO as screen shots of the venue between rounds revealed row upon row ...
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Fight Report: Peterson vs. Holt
The Event Last Friday night, IBF junior lightweight titlist Lamont Peterson returned to the ring after a 14 month hiatus. He faced former WBO champion Kendall Holt in ...
