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Frampton vs Santa Cruz: Two Is Enough

August 3, 2021August 6, 2021 Joshua Isard Barclay's Center, Carl Frampton, Donald McRae, Frampton vs Santa Cruz, Ireland, Las Vegas, Leo Santa Cruz, Lou DiBella, Mexico, MGM Grand, New York, Showtime, The Jackal

The end of a champion’s career is naturally a time for reflection, and it so happens that the boxing journeys

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Time For “The Cobra” To Strike

June 14, 2021June 15, 2021 Jamie Rebner 0 Comments Boxing, Donnybrook Boxing Gym, Eddie Hearn, erika hernandez, heather hardy, Ian MacKillop, Jessica Camara, Katie Taylor, Lou DiBella

What does it take to build a world champion? “It’s like a puzzle,” says Ian MacKillop, head trainer of Montreal’s

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Hardy vs Vincent: ‘A Sellable Thing’

January 27, 2020January 28, 2020 B. A. Cass 1 Comment Al Haymon, Barclay's Center, Bob Arum, Claressa Shields, Don King, Errol Spence Jr, HBO, heather hardy, Kristina Williams, Leonard Bundu, Lou DiBella, Shelly Vincent, Showtime, Szilvia Szabados

Dressed in black spandex and sporting her long blond hair in pig tails, Heather Hardy stepped into the ring at

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Philadelphia Marks Five Decades of Peltz Boxing

October 9, 2019October 13, 2019 Joshua Isard 0 Comments Bernard Hopkins, J. Russell Peltz, Lou DiBella, Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Osnel Charles, Philadelphia, Ray Didinger, Russell Peltz, Sonny Conto, Teddy Atlas, Victor Padilla

There was an atmosphere of celebration last Friday night, but one with an accent of sadness, as a nine fight

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The Fight City Podcast No. 29

September 16, 2019September 18, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Amanda Serrano, Bob Arum, Deontay Wilder, Devin Haney, Eddie Hearn, Emanuel Navarrete, Fury vs Wilder, heather hardy, Lou DiBella, Otto Wallin, Tyson Fury, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Wilder vs Fury

Time for a new episode of The Fight City podcast, anchored as always by Alden Chodash, and joined this week

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The Weekend That Was: Haney, Fury, Serrano & More

September 15, 2019September 18, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Amanda Serrano, Deontay Wilder, Devin Haney, Eddie Hearn, Emanuel Navarrete, Golden Boy Promotions, heather hardy, Hulu Theater, Juan Miguel Elorde, Katie Taylor, Lou DiBella, Madison Square Garden, Michael Hunter, Richard Commey, Romero Duno, ryan garcia, Teofimo Lopez, Top Rank, Top Rank Boxing, Tyson Fury, Vasiliy Lomachenko

Another weekend of boxing is in the books and we got your recap of the major action starting with an

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The Macon Bibb United Boxing Club

September 4, 2019September 5, 2019 James Simpson 2 Comments Andre Ward, Evander Holyfield, Larry Holmes, Lou DiBella, Oscar De La Hoya, Pernell Whitaker, Sergey Kovalev

From the outside, the industrial building where the Macon Bibb United Boxing Club can be found looks nothing like a

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Golovkin Returns: Photo Gallery

June 9, 2019June 9, 2019 Neil Crane 0 Comments DAZN, Eddie Hearn, Gennady Golovkin, Lou DiBella, Madison Square Garden, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez

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

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Fight Report: Jacobs vs Derevyanchenko

October 28, 2018January 23, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Alberto Machado, Canelo Alvarez, daniel jacobs, Danny Jacobs, DAZN, Eddie Hearn, Gennady Golovkin, hbo boxing, heather hardy, Lou DiBella, Madison Square Garden, Rocky Fielding, Saul Alvarez, Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Shelly Vincent

The Event: In Danny Jacobs’ third fight since his close decision loss to Gennady Golovkin last year, the former WBA

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Heather Hardy: The Fight Lady

August 5, 2017November 14, 2019 Sheila Oviedo 2 Comments Alice Yauger, bellator, Boxing, Christy Martin, Gleason's Gym, Heather "The Heat" Hardy, heather hardy, Jamie Lewis, JLEW, Lou DiBella, Madison Square Garden, Mikaela Mayer, MMA, New York City

Heather Hardy would be the first to tell you that she is not a boxer; she is a fighter. Boxing

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“I Won And Got My Freedom!” Exclusive Interview With Mikey Garcia

July 28, 2016August 3, 2016 Chris Connor 0 Comments Al Haymon, Bob Arum, Lou DiBella, Mike Tyson, Mikey Garcia, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Top Rank

On Saturday night, Mikey Garcia will finally get back to doing what he does best when he answers the bell

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PBC On NBC

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 Chris Connor 0 Comments Barclay's Center, Brooklyn, Chris Algieri, Errol Spence, Lou DiBella, pbc on nbc

It was a rather busy weekend in fisticuffs with several major fights. First up, on Friday night we had an

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Lou DiBella: “I Would Love To Promote Wilder vs Fury”

January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 Robert Portis 0 Comments Adonis Stevenson, Amanda Serrano, Andrzej Fonfara, Artur Szpilka, Deontay Wilder, Keith Thurman, Lou DiBella, Sergey Kovalev, Shawn Porter, Tyson Fury

Our correspondent at Saturday night’s Deontay Wilder vs Artur Szpilka event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Chris Connor, got some

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Enemies at the Gate

July 3, 2015June 28, 2016 Eliott McCormick 0 Comments Al Haymon, Bob Arum, Danny Garcia, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Keith Thurman, Lou DiBella, Luis Collazo, Oscar De La Hoya, Paulie Malignaggi

This week, Top Rank, the promotional outfit run by Lee Harvey Oswald-era holdover Bob Arum, launched a $100M lawsuit against

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Feb. 20, 1993: Chavez vs Haugen

February 20, 2021February 22, 2021 David Como 0

When Joe Cortez stopped the fight, even Haugen must have felt like things were in their right place. He took

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June 11, 2005: Tyson vs McBride

June 11, 2020June 14, 2020 Andrew Rihn 1

Mike Tyson has held the fascination of sports fans since he first began annihilating opponents in the spring of 1985

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May 18, 2002: Gatti vs Ward I

May 18, 2021May 21, 2021 Jamie Rebner 5

The final bell rings, the crowd roars, and the two warriors immediately embrace and then raise each other’s hands. This

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May 11, 1900: Jeffries vs Corbett

May 11, 2021May 13, 2021 Rafael García 3

The first Jeffries vs Corbett clash took place in Coney Island, New York over a century ago but the storylines