Rich Mancuso
You read the book “Pacman” and the author Gary Andrew Poole states in the epilogue about the talked about Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight: “If Pacquiao and Mayweather never meet, it would be a major body blow to boxing, a …
Bantamweight Champ Joseph Agbeko won’t need popularity If He Wins Tournament Finale - Published Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko the IBF Bantamweight Champion met a small contingent of boxing media Tuesday afternoon in the Bronx at John’s Boxing Gym. The Don King promoted fighter will defend his championship Saturday April 23 live on Showtime against …
Burchfield and CES Sports Reviving the sport up North - Published Friday, April 1st, 2011
Jimmy Burchfield has his territory of promoting boxing shows in the New England area as the promoter and head of Classic Entertainment & Sports. In the next month four shows are planned including two up in Mashantucket Connecticut at Foxwoods …
Donaire Fiasco with Top Rank More Reason for a National Commission - Published Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Bob Arum celebrated 45 years as a promoter on Tuesday and there was more reason for the Top Rank chief to be smiling. He defeated Golden Boy Promotions in a legal issue over the promotional rights to unified bantamweight champion …
Hopkins and Pascal has nothing to do about steroids - Published Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Dick Young the late and great New York sports scribe used to always write: “What’s going on here?” And if he were around today a review of the Bernard Hopkins-Jean Pascal press tour in Montreal and New York would certainly …
A Sentimental and Emotional Night for Nick Charles - Published Sunday, March 27th, 2011
Nick Charles was in his element Saturday evening at ringside calling a fight on HBO with many friends by his side. Calling fights and some of the best have been nothing new to Charles. Except the fight he called in …
Yuriorkis Gamboa Still featherweight King with Dominant Knockout over Solis - Published Saturday, March 26th, 2011
It is now known that Yuriorkis Gamboa is destined to be a premiere champion after successfully defending his IBF and WBA World Featherweight championships with a fourth round knockout over Jorge Solis Saturday evening at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City …
If Gamboa Gets by Solis Arum has to make the Fight with Lopez - Published Friday, March 25th, 2011
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has two premier featherweights in WBA-IBF champion Yuriorkis Gamboa and WBO champion Juan Manuel Lopez. Saturday night Gamboa faces Jorge Solis the interim junior lightweight champion on HBO at the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Boardwalk …
Latest Klitschko Win makes the Heavyweight Division More of a Joke - Published Saturday, March 19th, 2011
Boxing historian and author Bert Sugar has commented many times about the heavyweight division. “You can put them all in a police lineup and still not know who they are.” So true and the shape of this division won’t get …
Martinez dominates Dzinziruk with a KO - Published Saturday, March 12th, 2011
There is no doubt now that Sergio Martinez should be secured a spot as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. He successfully defended his WBC “emeritus” middleweight title with a eighth round TKO over the previous undefeated …
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