Browsing Tag Showtime
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Not Exactly High Drama
Coming on the heels of a thrilling month of fight action that was capped off by a Halloween knockout parade, November has big shoes to fill. As boxing ...
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Davis vs Santa Cruz: The Tall Order
I really like Leo Santa Cruz, not just as a boxer, a four-division champion at that, but as a man. Nicknamed “El Terremoto,” Santa Cruz is a very ...
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Fight Report: Charlo vs Derevyanchenko
“You can’t always get what you want,” goes the old saw, “but if you try sometimes, you get what you need.” And despite all the frustrations and disappointments ...
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The Weekend That Was Podcast (No. 3)
Some major fight action went down last night at the Mohegan Sun “Bubble” in Uncasville, Connecticut, courtesy of Premier Boxing Champions, and The Fight City’s Alden Chodash and ...
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Wilder vs Fury II: The Fight City Picks
Their first battle in December of 2018 was an entertaining and surprisingly dramatic tilt with an unforgettable final round, but the draw verdict at the end left many ...
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Hardy vs Vincent: ‘A Sellable Thing’
Dressed in black spandex and sporting her long blond hair in pig tails, Heather Hardy stepped into the ring at the BB King Club and Grill in mid-town ...
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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 ...
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Spence vs Porter: Lost Opportunity
It is a hard truth of boxing in the 21st century that fight fans are so starved for meaningful competition that matches which once upon a time would ...
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Pacquiao vs Thurman: The Fight City Picks
It hasn’t exactly been a terrible year, but it’s been far from a great one, when it comes to meaningful, top-level match-ups and big attractions in boxing. And ...
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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 ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 17
We got another great episode of The Fight City Podcast for all you fight fans, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, as we recap the Errol Spence vs ...
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Fight Report: Spence vs Garcia
“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” Clearly the likes of “Barbados” Joe Walcott (who originally coined the phrase) and Bob Fitzsimmons didn’t think much of size ...
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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 ...
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Pacquiao Beats Broner: The Last Big Win?
There was no reason for Manny Pacquiao vs Adrien Broner to be a meaningful fight and in the end it was a bit on the sound and fury, ...
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Pacquiao vs Broner: Prelude To MayPac II?
It’s the big showdown in Vegas tonight, Pac vs Broner, but don’t be fooled fight fans. What it’s really all about is Floyd “Money” Mayweather. That’s right, people; ...
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The Myth of the Charlo Brothers
This past Saturday the Charlo brothers boasted massive reputations, certainly among the highest and most respected in the sport today. Both unbeaten champions, born one minute apart from one ...
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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 ...
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Philadelphia Fight Night
Manny Rivera, co-owner of Hard Hitting Promotions, was walking the main room of the 2300 Arena in a checked suit that would have fit the scene back when ...
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Fight Report: Porter vs Garcia
The Event: Even though the Barclay’s Center has become one of boxing’s hottest venues, you seldom see two fighters square off against each other that have each given ...
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Too Many Belts, Not Enough Champions
Believe it or not, there are a total of 102 recognized ‘world’ championships in existence in professional boxing today. Discounting the 34 champions which may be of an ...
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Fight Report: Stevenson vs Jack
The Event Stevenson vs Jack represented one of the best and most interesting match-ups to be made in the light heavyweight division for some time, not to mention ...
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Stevenson vs Jack: The Fight City Picks
It’s an intriguing match-up featuring two of the very best in a stacked light heavyweight division. Adonis Stevenson and Badou Jack are, without question, elite-level pugilists and this ...
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À La Prochaine, Montreal
Montreal is “The Fight City,” not Toronto. Or so we thought. And still think, as any objective evaluation of Canada’s two largest urban centres reveals a mismatch in ...
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The Weekend That Was
Some major title fights went down on Friday and Saturday, so we present to you a concise round-up of the most significant results. Check it out: Regis Prograis ...
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Wilder, Bivol & Kovalev Win Big
Once again Showtime and HBO go to war with major fight cards on the same night and the bottom line is fight fans got some great action, so ...
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David Benavidez: Something To Prove
A rematch between David “Red Flag” Benavidez and Ronald “The Thrill” Gavril would be main event material during an average boxing weekend. But this Saturday night, it’s a ...
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Is Adonis Stevenson The Real President Of The WBC?
A few days ago Showtime Sports announced with much fanfare a slate of upcoming matches to cover the first half of the new year, including 10 world title ...
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Mayweather Wins The Money Fight
And so, finally, it is over. Last night in Las Vegas, it all went down. Floyd Mayweather, boxing’s pound-for-pound king, met UFC star Conor McGregor at the T-Mobile ...
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Canelo vs Golovkin: Beyond a Punch
Hardcore fight fans have been calling for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to stop with all the “mamadas” and get into the ring with Gennady Golovkin ever since he defeated ...
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In Search Of Lost Time: Adrien Broner Gets Serious
“I’m trying to be the best boxer there ever was. Ever. Ever.” – Adrien Broner, being interviewed by Roy Jones in 2012 “It’s time to take boxing more ...
