Browsing Tag WBC

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  Let’s Stop Pretending

  Sports is about passion. It’s what fills the stands and sells the tickets. I’m from West Virginia, and the University Mountaineers football and basketball games can reduce people ...

  On March 22, 2018 / By Jeffrey Fuss
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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 ...

  On January 26, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Fight Report: Frampton vs Santa Cruz

  Northern Ireland took over the Barclays Center on Saturday night to lift their countryman Carl ”The Jackal” Frampton to an upset win over Leo ”El Terremoto” Santa Cruz. ...

  On July 31, 2016 / By Rene Ricardo Bernal
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  #CaneloKhan: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

  The boxing kingpin of the post-#MayPac era, and the fighter to whom HBO and Golden Boy Promotions have entrusted their minting operations, has finally announced his first engagement ...

  On February 3, 2016 / By Rafael García
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  Canelo vs Golovkin: No Marinating Please!

  Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports had some interesting things to say in the aftermath of an agreement between the World Boxing Council, its middleweight champ Canelo Alvarez, and ...

  On December 17, 2015 / By Sean Crose
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  The Mercenary and The Believer

  Try as hard as you can and you’ll still fail to find a professional boxer who embodies the definition of “mercenary” better than Miguel Cotto does. While by ...

  On November 19, 2015 / By Rafael García
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  Big Changes for Boxing?

  Genuine sport is noble. So said some poor sap back when you could send someone in chains to Australia for stealing a loaf of bread. Back then, I ...

  On January 13, 2015 / By Benjamin Thomsett
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  Fight Report: Martinez vs Chavez Jr

  This year boxing had a particularly busy Mexican Independence weekend, but hardcore fight fans focused on the battle for middleweight supremacy between Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ...

  On September 16, 2012 / By Rafael García