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Today Would Have Been Muhammad Ali’s 76th Birthday
By: Ken Hissner In 1960 a brash young boxer from Louisville, KY, came on the scene. Cassius Clay won the National AAU light heavyweight title defeating Roy Ector at 0:55…
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Peterson, Spence, Diaz, Derevyanchenko, Davtaev, and more…
Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of January 9th to January 16th; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing…
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The Current British Heavyweight Scene
By: Oliver McManus On the face of it Britain should be a haven for heavyweight boxing – in a division where, outside the Top 10, the quality is somewhat questionable…
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Who Holds The Most Successful Title Defenses Record?
By: Ken Hissner Since the 1940’s we’ve heard how heavyweight champion Joe “The Brown Bomber” Louis, 66-3 (52), held the most title defenses at 25. What you may have not…
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ShoBox: The New Generation Results: Claressa Shields Outclasses Tori Nelson
By Eric Lunger Claressa Shields (4-0, 2 KOs), America’s only two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist, exploded onto the women’s professional scene less than two years ago, picking up the WBC…
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ShoBox Preview: Claressa Shields vs. Tori Nelson, Hernandez vs. Garza
By: William Holmes On Friday night one of the biggest attractions in women’s boxing, former Gold Medalist and current IBF/WBC Super Middleweight women’s World Champion Claressa Shields will be defending…
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Donaire, Frampton, Ali, Ortiz, Alexander, and more…
Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of January 2nd to January 9th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing…
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Why Did Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Avoid Paul “Pittsburgh Kid” Spadafora?
By: Ken Hissner Floyd Mayweather, Sr. entered the gym and asked “when are you going to let my son spar with that Pisano?” Jess Reid replied quickly “how about setting…
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Is The Gypsy King About to Reclaim his Crown?
By: John Hoolan The supposed return of Tyson Fury to boxing has taken well over two years, his return to a boxing ring may well take longer or it might…
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Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua: A Fight of Compatibility
By: Waqas Ali Without any doubt, this fight would be dubbed as one of the biggest domestic fights in British boxing history. The comparison in styles, skills and techniques are…
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Boxing insider Interview: Cruiserweight Prospect Chris Billam-Smith
By: Oliver McManus Off the back of our British Boxers to Watch feature, I spoke to 4 and 0 Cruiserweight prospect Chris Billam-Smith about his career thus far and what…
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Tyson Fury May Be Right About Anthony Joshua
by B.A. Cass On Friday, Tyson Fury took to social media to go after Anthony Joshua, claiming that the public should reconsider the potency of Joshua’s victory over Wladimir Klitschko.…
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Boyd Melson Volunteers to Serve in the Middle East; Withdraws from NY Congressional Race
Army Public Affairs Officer and retired pro boxer Boyd Melson announced his withdrawal from the New York District 11 Congressional election to serve the United States in the fight against…
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Joshua vs. Parker is Close to a Deal; Don’t Look Past Parker, warns Kevin Barry
By Eric Lunger There looks to be big news coming in the heavyweight division, as Anthony Joshua, the WBA, IBF, and IBO champion, is close to finalizing a bout with…
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Boxer, Trainer, Cut Man, Promoter & Actor, That’s Philly’s “Joey Eye!”
By: Ken Hissner Good things come in “small packages” and Philly’s Joey Intrieri! Started boxing around age 10 and ran in one of Stallone’s Rocky Movies with the actor. He…