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Serious Boxers Need Serious Managers

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 Neil Crane 2 Comments Al Haymon, Andy Ruiz Jr., Anthony Joshua, Errol Spence Jr, Floyd Mayweather, George Tobias, gervonta davis, Jackie Gleason, Mikey Garcia, Premier Boxing Champions, Requiem For A Heavyweight, Showtime Boxing, Spence vs Garcia, The Set-Up

This column was originally published in February of 2020, following Errol Spence Jr.’s almost-fatal car crash, and after Gervonta Davis

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Fight City Legends: The Barbados Demon

March 13, 2021September 2, 2021 Neil Crane 3 Comments Bob Fitzsimmons, Errol Spence Jr, Floyd Mayweather, Garcia vs Spence, Jack Johnson, Jersey Joe Walcott, joe walcott, Juan Manuel Marquez, Mikey Garcia, Shawn Porter, the barbados demon

Boxers failing to make weight before a fight is an ever-present concern, one that angers many fans and rightfully so.

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No More Lights

January 31, 2021August 28, 2021 Rafael García 2 Comments adrian granados, Adrien Broner, Ashley Theophane, Barclay's Center, Broner vs Garcia, Deontay, John Molina, Mikey Garcia, New York City, Premier Boxing Champions

With boxing still profoundly affected by the ongoing pandemic, we will continue to periodically revisit some of our past feature

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“My Brain Is Okay!”

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Ralph M. Semien 0 Comments Danny Garcia, Errol Spence Jr, Kell Brook, Mikey Garcia, Premier Boxing Champions, Shawn Porter, Showtime Boxing, Spence vs Garcia, Spence vs Porter, Teofimo Lopez

A few weeks ago I saw Errol Spence in a video from his training camp for Saturday’s showdown with Danny

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Adrien Broner In Perspective: Respect Is Due

June 13, 2020June 16, 2020 Sean Crose 1 Comment Adrien Broner, Broner vs Garcia, Broner vs Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Gennadiy Golovkin, Manny Pacquiao, Marcos Maidana, Mikey Garcia, Paulie Malignaggi, Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford

He may have proven himself to be a one-man morality tale: the guy who had it all, but then made

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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

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Spence vs Porter: The Fight City Picks

September 25, 2019October 1, 2019 Neil Crane 0 Comments Al Haymon, Bob Arum, Crawford vs Spence, Danny Garcia, Errol Spence, Errol Spence Jr, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Lamont Peterson, Manny Pacquiao, Mikey Garcia, Porter vs Spence, Shawn Porter, Spence vs Porter, Terence Crawford

You can make the case that this match-up should have happened a while ago. You can also point out that

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Fight Report: Spence vs Garcia

March 17, 2019March 19, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Errol Spence Jr, Garcia vs Spence, Keith Thurman, Mikey Garcia, Robert Garcia, Shawn Porter, Showtime, Spence vs Garcia, Spence vs Pacquiao, Vasyl Lomachenko

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” Clearly the likes of “Barbados” Joe Walcott (who originally coined the phrase)

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Method To The Madness?

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 Rafael García 0 Comments AT&T Stadium, Dallas, Errol Spence Jr, Garcia vs Spence, Kell Brook, Lamont Peterson, Mikey Garcia, Spence vs Garcia, Steve Kim, victor conte, welterweights

I’m moving up two weight divisions, and not just to fight any welterweight, but Errol Spence. At first glance, it

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Spence vs Garcia: The Fight City Picks

March 12, 2019March 15, 2019 Neil Crane 0 Comments Al Haymon, Bob Arum, Errol Spence Jr, Garcia vs Spence, Gennady Golovkin, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Mikey Garcia, PBC, Premier Boxing Champions, Shawn Porter, Showtime Boxing, Spence vs Garcia, Terence Crawford

Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia are two of the best talents in boxing today. Both are champions; both are undefeated.

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The Fight City Podcast No. 16

March 12, 2019March 13, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments DAZN, Dmitry Bivol, Errol Spence Jr, Eye Of The Tiger, Garcia vs Spence, Joe Smith Jr., joe walcott, maurice hooker, Michael Conlan, Mikey Garcia, Montreal Casino, PBC, Shawn Porter, Showtime, Yodenis Ugas

Welcome back to a new edition of The Fight City Podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash. This week he

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The Fight City Podcast No. 11

January 22, 2019January 24, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments badou jack, Bob Arum, Demetrius Andrade, Derik Santos, Eleider Alvarez, George Foreman, Manny Pacquiao, Marcus Browne, Mikey Garcia, Oscar Rivas, Shakur Stevenson, sullivan barrera, Top Rank, Yvon Michel

Welcome to another edition of The Fight City podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash, who this week is joined by site founder

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Pacquiao Beats Broner: The Last Big Win?

January 20, 2019January 23, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Adrien Broner, Al Haymon, Eddie Hearn, Errol Spence, Floyd Mayweather, Jessie Vargas, Jim Gray, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, MGM Grand, Mikey Garcia, Pacquiao vs Broner, Shawn Porter, Showtime

There was no reason for Manny Pacquiao vs Adrien Broner to be a meaningful fight and in the end it

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Pacquiao vs Broner: Prelude To MayPac II?

January 18, 2019January 21, 2019 Ralph M. Semien 0 Comments Adrien Broner, Al Haymon, Floyd Mayweather, Juan Manuel Marquez, Lucas Matthysse, Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather vs Pacquiao, Mikey Garcia, Pacquiao vs Broner, Pacquiao vs Marquez, Showtime

It’s the big showdown in Vegas tonight, Pac vs Broner, but don’t be fooled fight fans. What it’s really all

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Back To Vegas

January 16, 2019January 17, 2019 Rafael García 0 Comments Adrien Broner, Al Haymon, AT&T Stadium, Errol Spence Jr, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Marquez, Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao, MGM Grand, Miguel Cotto, Mikey Garcia, Ricky Hatton, Sin City, welterweights

This Saturday night, ring legend Manny Pacquiao will hear the opening bell as a pro for the 70th time in

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Too Many Belts, Not Enough Champions

August 26, 2018May 19, 2021 Alden Chodash 1 Comment Adrien Broner, Al Haymon, Billy Petrolle, Bob Arum, Charley Burley, Don King, HBO, Henry Armstrong, Julio Cesar Chavez, Keith Thurman, Lew Tendler, Lou Duva, Mike Tyson, Mikey Garcia, Oleksandr Usyk, Pernell Whitaker, Showtime, Sugar Ray Leonard, Terence Crawford, Thomas Hearns, World Boxing Super Series

Believe it or not, there are a total of 102 recognized ‘world’ championships in existence in professional boxing today. Discounting

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The Weekend That Was

April 22, 2018April 23, 2018 Robert Portis 0 Comments Adrien Broner, Amir Khan, Billy Dib, Canelo Alvarez, Chocolatito, Demetrius Andrade, Gennady Golovikin, gervonta davis, ggg, Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez, Hugo Centeno, Jermall Charlotte, Jessie Vargas, Jesus Cuellar, Kelly Brook, Lo Greco, Mikey Garcia, Srisaket Rungvisai, Tevin Farmer

Khan vs Lo Greco Amir Khan finally returned to the ring yesterday–following a high-profile KO loss to Canelo Alvarez, a

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The Weekend That Was

March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 Robert Portis 0 Comments Julius Indongo, Mikey Garcia, OSCAR VALDEZ, Regis Prograis, Scott Quigg, Sergey Lipinets, Showtime, Top Rank

Some major title fights went down on Friday and Saturday, so we present to you a concise round-up of the

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Hyped Yet For 2018?

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 Neil Crane 0 Comments Chris Eubank Jr., Errol Spence Jr, George Groves, Lamont Peterson, Mikey Garcia, Oleksandr Usyk, OSCAR VALDEZ, Zolani Tete

Time to look forward, fight fans, as we turn the corner with great expectations for a new year of boxing

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2017 Knockout Of The Year

January 6, 2018January 11, 2018 Robert Portis 0 Comments Chocolatito, David Lemieux, Eleider Alvarez, Juan Francisco Estrada, knockout, Mikey Garcia, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Terence Crawford, Zolani Tete

Nominations: Zolani Tete KO1 Siboniso Gonya Eleider Alvarez KO5 Lucian Bute Terence Crawford KO3 Julius Indongo Srisaket Sor Rungvisai KO4

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2017: The Nominees

January 3, 2018January 8, 2019 Robert Portis 1 Comment Andre Ward, Anthony Joshua, Austin Trout, badou jack, Berchelt, Billy Joe Saunders, caleb truax, Canelo Alvarez, Carl Frampton, Curtis Stevens, Danny Garcia, David Benavidez, David Haye, David Lemieux, Dejan Zlaticanin, Dmitry Kudryashov, Dominic Breazeale, Errol Spence, Gennady Golovkin, Ivan Redkach, Izuagbe Ugonoh, James DeGale, jarrett hurd, Jeff Horn, John Molina, Julius Indongo, Katie Taylor, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Leo Santa Cruz, Manny Pacquiao, Marco Huch, Miguel Cotto, Miguel Roman, Mikey Garcia, Milan Melindo, Oleksandr Usyk, Orlando Salido, Roman Gonzalez, Ryoichi Taguchi, Sadam Ali, Sergey Kovalev, Siboniso Gonya, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Terence Crawford, Tony Bellew, Vargas, Vasyl Lomachenko, Vladimir Klitschko, Yunier Dorticos, Zolani Tete

One thing we know for certain: 2017 was, in many ways, a very good year for professional boxing. Compared to

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Desperation In Inglewood

September 24, 2017May 10, 2018 Danny Howard 0 Comments Boxing, HBO, Jorge Linares, Luke Campbell, Mikey Garcia

There is little doubt that WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares is among the best fighters in the world, but an

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Adrien Broner: About Business And Little Else

August 1, 2017August 13, 2017 Daniel Attias 2 Comments Adrien Broner, conor mcgregor, Floyd Mayweather, Hunter S. Thompson, Jim Gray, Mikey Garcia

I don’t know Adrien Broner personally but I’ve seen and heard enough to know that I don’t particularly like him.

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Fight Report: Garcia vs Broner

July 30, 2017March 14, 2020 Rafael García 0 Comments Adrien Broner, Barclay's Center, Brooklyn, junior welterweights, Marcos Maidana, Mikey Garcia, Shawn Porter, welterweights

The Event At the Barclays Center of Brooklyn, New York, highly regarded Mikey Garcia met perennial troublemaker Adrien Broner in

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Opposites Collide: Broner vs Garcia

July 28, 2017 Rafael García 2 Comments Adrien Broner, Barclay's Center, Brooklyn, junior welterweight, Mikey Garcia, PBC, Premier Boxing Champions

Sometimes fights arrive in boxing that no one asked or expected to see. These fights serve as reminders that prizefighters

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In Search Of Lost Time: Adrien Broner Gets Serious

July 27, 2017March 21, 2018 Eliott McCormick 0 Comments Adrien Broner, Al Haymon, Barclay's Center, HBO, Mikey Garcia, Paulie Malignaggi, Seth Mitchell, Showtime, Vicente Escobedo

“I’m trying to be the best boxer there ever was. Ever. Ever.” – Adrien Broner, being interviewed by Roy Jones

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Broner vs Garcia: The Fight City Picks

July 25, 2017July 29, 2017 Robert Portis 1 Comment adrian granados, Adrien Broner, Broner vs Garcia, Garcia vs Broner, Lee Wylie, Mikey Garcia, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Showtime

Adrien Broner vs Mikey Garcia is a compelling clash between fighters who, at least on the surface, appear to be

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The Big Mouth Factor

July 11, 2017 Sean Crose 1 Comment Adrien Broner, Andre Ward, Broner vs Garcia, Canelo Alvarez, Canelo vs Golovkin, conor mcgregor, Floyd Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Gennady Golovkin, Gerry Cooney, Mayweather vs McGregor, Michael Spinks, Mikey Garcia, Muhammad Ali, Sergey Kovalev, Shawn Porter, twitter, Ward vs Kovalev

I’m not going to bullshit you. I’m going to tell it like it is. I don’t hold back. I don’t

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Broner vs Garcia: Reckoning Or Resurgence?

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 Danny Howard 0 Comments Adrien Broner, Al Haymon, Ashley Theophane, Broner vs Garcia, Dejan Zlaticanin, Jorge Linares, Juan Manuel Lopez, Marcos Maidana, Mikey Garcia, Orlando Salido, Paulie Malignaggi, PBC, Premier Boxing Champions, Shawn Porter, Yuriorkis Gamboa

Upon hearing the news that Adrien Broner and Mikey Garcia are set to clash on July 29, the realization dawned on

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Lomachenko Is The Matrix

April 9, 2017February 11, 2018 Daniel Attias 1 Comment Bob Arum, HBO, jason sosa, Mikey Garcia, Orlando Salido, Terence Crawford, Terry Flanagan, Vasyl Lomachenko

The MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland played host to arguably the most talented fighter in the game Saturday

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Aug. 28, 1976: Zarate vs Ferreri

August 28, 2021August 31, 2021 Zach Dunn 1

Paul Ferreri never really stood a chance. No one expected the scrappy kid to put up much of a fight

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April 27, 1968: Ellis vs Quarry

April 27, 2021April 30, 2021 Michael Carbert 0

In June of 1967, a jury found world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali guilty of draft evasion for his refusal to

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Oct. 4, 1940: Zivic vs Armstrong

October 4, 2021October 7, 2021 Michael Carbert 2

Fritzie Zivic is forever one of the most colorful characters in the history of boxing and with 158 wins on

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Aug. 2, 1980: Pryor vs Cervantes

August 2, 2021August 4, 2021 Michael Carbert 1

The Montreal Olympics in 1976 was a galvanizing moment for boxing in America, an event that saw the sport gain