Browsing Tag DAZN

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  Fight Report: Gonzalez vs Yafai

  The Event: The main event, or so we were told, for last night’s solid DAZN card from Texas was a showdown of welterweight contenders, Mikey Garcia and Jessie ...

  On February 29, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Fight Report: Diaz vs Farmer

   “And NEW!” The two words each and every professional fighter dreams of hearing at some point in their career. For Joseph “Jo Jo” Diaz Jr., it took until ...

  On January 31, 2020 / By Alden Chodash
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  2019 Round Of The Year

  Round of the Year Nominees: Jean Pascal vs Badou Jack: Round Twelve Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire: Round Eleven David Lemieux vs Max Bursak: Round Ten Maurice Hooker ...

  On January 5, 2020 / By Alden Chodash
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 34

  Brand new podcast dropping for all you fight freaks, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, just in time for the big heavyweight rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr. and ...

  On December 6, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Fight Report: Ulysse vs Barroso

  The Event Heading into last night’s fight card in Costa Mesa, California, Montreal’s Yves Ulysse Jr. (18-2) was the A-side against Ismael Barroso (22-3-2), the grizzled Venezuelan veteran ...

  On December 6, 2019 / By Jamie Rebner
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  “The Bronze Bomber” Will Need To Be Better Come February

  Wilder vs Ortiz II is done and dusted and now I for one cannot wait for February. Because, barring something unforeseen, that’s when we’ll witness probably the best ...

  On November 29, 2019 / By Ralph M. Semien
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  Canelo The Killer

  It’s been almost two weeks since Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev met in a ring in Las Vegas in what fight fans had hoped would be ...

  On November 19, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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  Canelo vs Kovalev: The Fight City Picks

  A few short months ago, absolutely no one in boxing was thinking about a clash between Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and light heavyweight titlist Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev of ...

  On October 31, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Kovalev vs Canelo: Searching For Answers

  On Saturday night reigning middleweight king Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will challenge light heavyweight titlist Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev in a bid to become world champion in a third weight ...

  On October 31, 2019 / By Rafael García
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  Canelo vs Kovalev: The Tactical Overview

  All boxing matches are, to some degree or other, worthy of study in terms of strategy and tactics. Of course the more capable and sophisticated the pugilists, the ...

  On October 28, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 32

  Time for a new edition of our podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash! This week he and site editor Michael Carbert recap the great battle that was ...

  On October 28, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Prograis vs Taylor: The Fight City Picks

  Another week, another best-vs-best match that unifies belts and adds some always needed clarity to the boxing landscape. Enjoy it while you can, fight fans! As we all ...

  On October 23, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  Taylor vs Prograis: Primed For Greatness

  Taylor vs Prograis: a showdown to decide the last man standing at 140 pounds. Saturday’s junior welterweight unification between southpaws Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis might be the ...

  On October 22, 2019 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  The Canelo Situation

  For a while now I’ve been wondering what’s going on with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. First, for many months he’s been insisting a third match with his arch-rival, Gennadiy ...

  On October 20, 2019 / By Ralph M. Semien
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  Fight Report: Golovkin vs Derevyanchenko

  After Canelo Alvarez dethroned Gennady Golovkin last year in a career defining win, a trilogy was not on the Mexican’s mind. It might have been on everyone else’s ...

  On October 6, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Golovkin’s Big Gamble

  There are boxers who, when the gloves have been hung up and the ring left behind, are considered indisputably great. Nobody’s going to argue with the appearance of ...

  On October 3, 2019 / By Rob Lownie
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  Kovalev vs Yarde: Russian Renaissance

  Sergey Kovalev has always had tremendous boxing ability but, until recently, it has been largely masked behind his persona as the “Krusher” and a fearsome reputation built on ...

  On August 25, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Barriers To Entry: Why Superfights Are So Difficult To Make

  To say that boxing is not as popular as it once was is to utter an obvious truth to those that know and understand the history. I’m referring ...

  On July 10, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Golovkin Returns: Photo Gallery

  As many like to say in boxing, “It is what it is.” And so it was for the return of Gennady Golovkin, the man many feel is in ...

  On June 9, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 23

  Welcome to a new episode of The Fight City Podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash. This week he is joined by site contributor Zachary Alapi as they ...

  On June 4, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Fight Report: Joshua vs Ruiz

  Shortly before the main event started, British recording artist Sinead Harnett sang “God Save The Queen” to honour the UK’s national anthem. But little did we know, it ...

  On June 2, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Fight Report: Canelo vs Jacobs

  It wasn’t exactly action-packed or wildly entertaining, but, in his annual Cinco de Mayo weekend appearance, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez got the job done, defeating Daniel “The Miracle Man” ...

  On May 5, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Canelo vs Jacobs: Praying For A Miracle

  There are journalists and there are fans. I periodically write about boxing, but I don’t claim to be a serious reporter and I hope I never do. You ...

  On May 3, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Canelo vs Jacobs: The Fight City Picks

  We’re almost half-way through 2019 and boxing fans can pretty much count on one hand the number of truly compelling, high-profile and legitimate best-vs-best contests we’ve been able ...

  On May 2, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  The Rainmaker

  At 28 years old and in his physical prime, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is a boxer of many qualities. Some attributes he has worked on for years, molding them ...

  On April 30, 2019 / By Rafael García
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  Fight Report: Sor Rungvisai vs Estrada II

  The Event Situated near Los Angeles, the legendary Forum has hosted numerous memorable battles featuring Mexican boxers over the past few decades. Across 1970 and 1971, the venerable ...

  On April 27, 2019 / By Rafael García
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  Fight Report: Ulysse vs Claggett II

  If Yves Ulysse Jr and Steve “The Dragon” Claggett were to fight ten times, or a hundred times, one suspects the script would never change. Typically, that would ...

  On April 26, 2019 / By Zachary Alapi
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 16

  Welcome back to a new edition of The Fight City Podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash. This week he and site contributor Jamie Rebner discuss the past ...

  On March 12, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  The Weekend That Was

  In case the sport of boxing wasn’t brutal enough inside the ring, Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker and “Showtime” Shawn Porter showed just how taxing it could be outside ...

  On March 10, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 9

  Welcome to another edition of The Fight City podcast. As usual, Alden Chodash is at the helm, with site founder and editor Michael Carbert in the first officer’s chair. This ...

  On December 19, 2018 / By Alden Chodash