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Top 12 Fights We Want To See In 2020

January 20, 2020January 22, 2020 Rob Lownie 0 Comments Anthony Joshua, Artur Beterbiev, Billy Joe Saunders, caleb plant, Callum Smith, Canelo Alvarez, Danny Garcia, David Benavidez, Demetrius Andrade, Dmitry Bivol, El Chacal, gervonta davis, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Inoue vs Donaire, jermall charlo, Joe Joyce, Jose Ramirez, Josh Taylor, Josh Warrington, Juan Francisco Estrada, Julio Cesar Martinez, Kal Yafai, Kosei Tanaka, Leo Santa Cruz, Lomachenko, Manny Pacquiao, maurice hooker, Miguel Berchelt, Mikey Garcia, Naoya Inoue, Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Oleksandr Usyk, Prograis vs Taylor, Regis Prograis, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Shakur Stevenson, Showtime Shawn Porter, Teofimo Lopez, Terence Crawford

No one can dispute the fact that 2019 was a strong year for boxing with some excellent fights we’ll remember

Confessions Of A Rigondeaux Fan

December 10, 2017December 11, 2017 Sean Crose 10 Comments Cuba, El Chacal, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Hi-Tech vs El Chacal, Lomachenko vs Rigondeaux, Rigondeaux vs Lomachenko, Vasyl Lomachenko

Yup, I’m one of them, a Guillermo Rigondeaux fan. A Guillermo Rigondeaux defender. A Guillermo Rigondeaux supporter. Not that long

Why Rigondeaux Will Win

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 Gary Elbert 12 Comments Bob Arum, Boxing, Cuba, El Chacal, Frank Warren, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Loma vs Rigo, Lomachenko vs Rigondeaux, Madison Square Garden, New York City, Rigo vs Loma, Roc Nation, Vasyl Lomachenko, Willie Casey

Back in 2011 this writer travelled to Dublin, Ireland to support Willie “Big Bang” Casey’s unexpected and premature world title

Loma vs Rigo: The Tactical Overview

December 1, 2017December 8, 2017 Lee Wylie 1 Comment El Chacal, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Hi-Tech, Hi-Tech vs El Chacal, Lee Wylie, Loma vs Rigo, Lomachenko vs Rigondeaux, Rigo vs Loma, Rigondeaux vs Lomachenko, Vasyl Lomachenko

It’s a match many hardcore fight fans never thought would happen, one they scarcely dared to hope for. “Hi-Tech” vs

When The Best Fight The Best

October 13, 2017October 16, 2017 Robert Portis 2 Comments Bob Arum, El Chacal, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Hi-Tech, Hi-Tech vs El Chacal, Lomachenko vs Rigondeaux, Madison Square Garden, Nonito Donaire, Vasyl Lomachenko

It seems that for many boxing fans it’s fashionable to hate on Guillermo Rigndeaux, but I don’t understand why that

April 22, 2001: Lewis vs Rahman I

April 22, 2021April 25, 2021 Eliott McCormick 0

The creation of history can be as forgettable as it is memorable. On April 22, 2001, in Carnival City, South

July 22, 1931: Walker vs Sharkey

July 22, 2021July 25, 2021 Patrick Connor 1

There really was nothing left to prove. Why Mickey Walker felt an assault on the heavyweight division was necessary, nobody

Nov. 21, 1987: Chavez vs Rosario

November 21, 2020November 22, 2020 Neil Crane 0

No one questions the fact that Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. is an all-time great and, for me at least, the

Feb. 11, 1949: Pep vs Saddler II

February 11, 2021February 14, 2021 Daniel Attias 6

There is a certain mystique to legendary fights of yesteryear, a nostalgia that speaks of a time when ‘The Sweet