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Boxing’s Oldest Extraterrestrial: Bernard Hopkins vs. Karo Murat & Quillin/Rosado

By Tyson Bruce This Saturday 48 year old, IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins will make a mandatory title defense against German based fringe contender Karo Murat, some seventeen years…

Staff 10/24/2013

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Showtime Boxing Preview: Hopkins vs. Murat, Quillin vs. Rosado

By: William Holmes It’s amazing that Bernard Hopkins is still fighting professionally, let alone being the current IBF Light Heavyweight Champion. Yet he continues to beat the odds and his…

Gutter 10/24/2013

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Boxing Insider Notebook: Hopkins Undercard, Andre Ward, Sergio Martinez, and more….

By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of October 15th to October 22nd, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that…

Gutter 10/23/2013

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How Good Is Deontay Wilder?

by Johnny Walker This Saturday night, on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs Karo Murat light heavyweight title fight in Atlantic City, rising American heavyweight giant Deontay "The Bronze…

Gutter 10/23/2013

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Floyd vs GGG: Dream Match…Or Just A Pipe Dream?

By Sean Crose Let's not kid ourselves, it's probably just a pipe dream. What a sweet pipe dream it is, though, especially now that the Floyd Mayweather universe appears to…

Staff 10/23/2013

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Amateur Boxing Reform: Return to Glory or Band-Aid on a Bullet Wound?

By Tyson Bruce While the boxing world is still spinning from the brutal and exciting fight last weekend between Mike Alvarado and Ruslan Provodnikov, another boxing event involving fighters from…

Staff 10/23/2013

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Meltdown in the Mile-High City: Provodnikov beats Alvarado

By Tyson Bruce For the first time since 2000, when Stevie Johnston failed to regain his lightweight crown against Jose Luis Castillo, championship boxing returned to the mile-high city of…

Staff 10/21/2013

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Note that Ruslan Provodnikov-Mike Alvarado Thriller Came Without $75 Fee

By Ivan G. Goldman Ruslan Provodnikov and Mike Alvarado proved once again that you don’t always have to pay extra to see a better fight. Their all-action explosion Saturday night,…

Gutter 10/20/2013

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HBO Delivered a KO With the Gatti/Ward Documentary

By Jackie Kallen Few boxing fans of any age can think of a better trilogy of fights than the Gatti/Ward series. These three matches were as exciting as it gets…

Staff 10/20/2013

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Alvarado/Provodnikov: HBO dishes up some mile-high fights on Saturday night

Official Weights: Mike Alvarado 139.8 lbs vs Rusian Provodnikov 138.8 lbs By Jackie Kallen After avenging his 2012 loss to Brandon Rios earlier this year, Mike Alvarado got himself back…

Staff 10/18/2013

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Is Timothy Bradley the 3rd best fighter in the world?

Is Timothy Bradley the 3rd best fighter in the world? Fresh off split decision victory over Mexican legend and four division champion Juan Manuel Marquez 55-7-1 (40 KOs), Bradley firmly…

Staff 10/17/2013

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There Will Be Blood: Alvarado vs. Provodikov Preview

By Tyson Bruce Since HBO’s banishment of Floyd Mayweather and the rest of Golden Boy’s deep and diverse stable of fighters, the network has attempted to refocus its programming with…

Staff 10/17/2013

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UK Heavyweight David Price Hooks Up With Notorious Manager and Trainer Adam Booth

by Johnny Walker It's difficult to overstate just what a disastrous year it's been for British heavyweight hopeful David Price from Liverpool. It really wasn't too long ago when "Pricey"…

Gutter 10/15/2013

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Timothy Bradley-Juan Manuel Marquez Ends with Tiresome, Typical Bellyaching

By Ivan G. Goldman As boxers move toward the top of the food chain, they find knockouts are harder to get, so it wasn’t terribly surprising when Timothy Bradley-versus-Juan Manuel…

Gutter 10/14/2013

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Speed Kills: Bradley Triumphs over an Ageing Marquez

By Tyson Bruce This weekend’s PPV card gave Juan Manuel Marquez and Timothy Bradley, two fighters who have often been lost in the long shadows cast by Floyd Mayweather and…

Staff 10/13/2013