Browsing Tag Sakio Bika

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  The Top Twelve 23

  Top 12 All-Time “Dirtiest” Champs

  A comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ringcraft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers who ringed the walls of Troy, or a ...

  On January 11, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  2018 Knockout Of The Year

  Nominations: Teofimo Lopez KO1 Mason Menard Murat Gassiev KO12 Yuniel Dorticos Dereck Chisora KO8 Carlos Takam Dillian Whyte KO11 Dereck Chisora Vasyl Lomachenko KO10 Jorge Linares Eleider Alvarez ...

  On January 6, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  Fight Report: Stevenson vs Gvozdyk

  The Event: The drama of the occasion was summed up in a single word, the title given to the match: “Obligatoire.” For non-Quebecois fight fans, that translates to ...

  On December 2, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Stevenson vs Gvozdyk: Mandatory Mayhem

  With WBC light heavyweight belt-holder Adonis “Superman” Stevenson set to face mandatory top contender Oleksander Gvozdyk this Saturday at the Vidéotron Centre in Quebec City, the champion is ...

  On November 29, 2018 / By Jamie Rebner
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  Victory In A Vacuum: Stevenson Crushes Williams

  The travelling roadshow known as Premier Boxing Champions came to Quebec City’s Videotron Centre last night, the main attraction a showdown for the lineal light heavyweight crown between ...

  On July 30, 2016 / By Eliott McCormick
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  The Fight City 1

  Bute And Di Luisa Face Off

  It takes a little time for this writer to identify the peculiar element in the atmosphere at the final press conference for the Premier Boxing Champions card taking ...

  On August 12, 2015 / By Michael Carbert
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  Lucian Bute: The Return

  Lucian Bute is far more comfortable communicating in his native Romanian, or in French, the official language of his adopted home city of Montreal, but during his talk ...

  On July 14, 2015 / By Michael Carbert
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  The Book On James DeGale

  One day James DeGale will publish his autobiography. His face will adorn the front cover and the title could range to anything from ‘A Golden Life’ to ‘The ...

  On May 19, 2015 / By Shaun Brown
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  Quebec City Conquests

  The return of boxing on live, free TV continues with more Premier Boxing Champions cards, this time in Quebec City on CBS television. For serious boxing fans this ...

  On April 4, 2015 / By Robert Portis
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  For Legacy And Money (Mostly Money)

  Montreal’s Adonis Stevenson, the Kronk-schooled southpaw whose pulverizing power is, at times, offset by his patience, faces Sakio Bika tomorrow in Quebec City. It is the second major ...

  On April 3, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Manny Montreal 0

  Manny’s Thoughts! (No. 18)

  Manny’s Thoughts! A look back at Friday night’s fantastic night of fights at the Olympia Theater in Montreal, put on by Grant Brothers Boxing! Erik Bazinyan! Tyson Cave! ...

  On March 30, 2015 / By Manny Montreal
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  How To Make A Pariah Preeminent

  This past Saturday during the Pascal vs Kovalev event at the Bell Centre in Montreal, a strange thing happened. On the huge screen above the ring, an elegantly tailored ...

  On March 20, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Distant Thunder at 175

  Promotional veteran Kathy Duva recently said “I think light-heavyweights are the future.” The current CEO at Main Events, founded in 1978 by her late husband Dan Duva, certainly ...

  On March 12, 2015 / By Shaun Brown
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  Manny’s Thoughts! (No. 14)

  Manny Montreal on Desmond Green! Patrick Cote! Xavier Alaoui! Aiemann Zahabi! Rival MMA! Freddy Gets Another Crack at Floyd! Lemieux on Canelo undercard? Yvon Michel taking on water? ...

  On March 2, 2015 / By Manny Montreal
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  The Fight City 0

  Title Fights For Lemieux and Adonis

  It’s been an exciting ride in recent weeks for fans of the Montreal boxing scene, and things are only getting better. It’s just February but already 2015 is ...

  On February 18, 2015 / By Shawn W. Smith