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Stephen A. Smith Will Save Boxing for Free (Terms and Conditions Apply)

Stephen A. Smith wants the world to know he is volunteering. No compensation. No hidden agenda. Just a man, his…

6 min read 6 days ago
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What It Actually Costs to Stream Live Boxing on YouTube

By Larry Goldberg, Boxing Insider Promotions Saturday night we streamed our 20th professional boxing card live and free on YouTube…

4 min read 1 week ago
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You Can’t Script This: Inside Our March 7 Card at Tropicana

By Larry Goldberg, Boxing Insider Promotions I grew up in Atlantic City. Saturday was our seventh show at the Tropicana…

6 min read 1 week ago
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Thank You, Jake Paul: How Boxing’s Biggest Outsider Became One of Its Greatest Assets

There was a moment, sometime before the pandemic shut the world down, when the mere mention of Jake Paul’s name…

8 min read 2 weeks ago
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A Club Promoter Asks: Is It Over For The Little Guy In Boxing?

By Larry Goldberg In Season 6 of The Sopranos, Patsy Parisi tries to shake down a new Starbucks-type coffee chain…

8 min read 2 weeks ago
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Women’s Boxing Has More Than One Way to Fill an Arena Now

Katie and Amanda proved class sells. Claressa proved dominance sells. The sport wins either way. Franchón Crews-Dezurn posted something on…

4 min read 2 weeks ago
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Oleksandr Usyk’s Next Opponent Raises Eyebrows

By: Sean Crose Here’s the truth: heavyweight kingpin Oleksandr Usyk has presented himself as the consummate professional. During his brilliant…

2 min read 2 weeks ago
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Novelty Bouts Reflect Boxing’s Current Lack Of Stars

By: Sean Crose Let’s admit it, boxing hasn’t been doing that bad lately. Unlike say, 10 years ago, the best…

2 min read 3 weeks ago
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Game Over: How Zuffa Boxing Just Won the UK War

Adam Catterall said it plainly on the morning of February 26: “Boxing is at war.” He’s right. But honestly, that…

5 min read 3 weeks ago
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What If Pacquiao Beats Mayweather? The Fall of 50-0

Fifty wins. Zero losses. The cleanest record any modern champion has ever carried out of the sport. And on September…

4 min read 3 weeks ago
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Bottjer on Boxing: Dana White, Eddie Hearn, Weekend Fallout

By Eric Bottjer Here’s what we learned over a weekend of three major shows *A focused two-handed Ryan Garcia is…

4 min read 3 weeks ago
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Real vs Fake – Bad Bunny and Jake Paul

By Eric Bottjer “Nobody understands a word this guy is saying” – Donald Trump social media post on Bad Bunny’s…

7 min read 1 month ago
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Less “Money”, More Problems

by Eric Bottjer The rumors, fanned for years by a combination of jealousy and circumstantial evidence, are true. Floyd Mayweather…

5 min read 1 month ago
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No Plan B Needed: Shakur Stevenson Dominates Lopez, Eyes Tank Davis Super-Fight

By Eric Bottjer Shakur Stevenson knocked on the door of boxing greatness – pretty loudly – and ushered himself in.…

4 min read 1 month ago
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What Now, Jake Paul (and MVP)?

By Eric Bottjer “They must have said something like, ‘I’ll ease off, I’ll miss with shots, I won’t load up.’…

6 min read 3 months ago
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Jake Paul – Anthony Joshua: Boxing’s Version of “The Sting”

By Eric Bottjer To find a prizefight that remotely compares to the Anthony Joshua-Jake Paul match upcoming on Dec. 19…

4 min read 3 months ago
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The First Super-Fight – 165 Years Ago Today

By Eric Bottjer One hundred sixty five years ago today, two men in disguise met at dawn at London Bride…

11 min read 11 months ago
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Tank Davis is Top Dog at U.S. box office 

By Eric Bottjer Black fighters don’t sell tickets” It’s a cliché I’ve heard in boxing for 30 years, one that…

4 min read 1 year ago
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Boxing Insider Promotions Steps Up, Again, After A Wild Fight Week in Times Square

By Charles Jay  You know, this boxing thing is a tough business. It’s not for everyone; you can come into…

7 min read 1 year ago
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The Walk Out Bout – Benavidez – DeCubas

By Eric Bottjer The post-fight exchange was normal, the victorious boxer shaking hands with the promoter of his rival. But…

2 min read 1 year ago
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Benavidez vs Morrell In Vegas Will be Packed, Despite Lack of Ambiance

By Eric Bottjer For a fight that has little buzz, tonight’s Benavidez-Morrell card will have a good crowd at the…

3 min read 1 year ago
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On The Road – Headed to Benavidez – Morrell

By Eric Bottjer Six quarters lay on Sonny Liston’s grave Thursday late afternoon, planes loudly streaking overhead every 90 seconds…

3 min read 1 year ago
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Post Taylor-Serrano, what’s next for women’s boxing?

By Stephanie Kent Why WBC’s Jill Diamond is “cautiously optimistic” about the future of female fighting Sports Illustrated has April 30th’s…

4 min read 4 years ago
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Spence vs. Ugas: Does the PPV Help Errol’s ‘Brand’ Proposition?

By Charles Jay I’m thinking that if there is going to be an American superstar in boxing, Errol Spence Jr. has about…

5 min read 4 years ago
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Amateur Boxing last chance to survive in Olympic Competition

As if things were bad enough before the Catastrophic invasion of Russia into Ukraine happened, now Amateur boxing is facing…

3 min read 4 years ago