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A Crossroads Fight For Crawford and Khan

By: Oliver McManus In less than 48 hours time Madison Square Garden will play host to the latest “super-fight” to grace the extravagant parlour synonymous with glamour boxing. Super fight…

Staff 04/19/2019

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Is Bud Battling Bob?

By: Kirk Jackson In the past, questions regarding the Nebraska-bred, three-division world champion, posed on many occasion, years ago and since went unanswered. These very same questions, remain ever-present now,…

Staff 04/19/2019

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Performance Enhancing Drug Use in Boxing

By: Jesse Donathan News broke late Tuesday evening, April 16, 2019 that heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller has tested positive for the banned substance GW1516, putting his June 1 Madison Square…

Staff 04/17/2019

Boxing History Columns

80th Anniversary of Joe Louis’ Knockout Over Jack Roper

By: Aaron Sutcliffe “Some of the fans are already calling him the greatest champion of all-time” – two minutes and 20 seconds later, Joe Louis has successfully retained his World…

Staff 04/17/2019

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Has Chris Eubank Junior Graduated to the Seniors?

By G.E. Simons At the end of February, Chris Eubank Jnr. beat gold medal Olympian and former two-time IBF super-middleweight champion of the world, James DeGale, into retirement and earned…

Staff 04/16/2019

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Joshua, Wilder and Fury – Make Greatness Happen

By: Aziel Karthak Mayweather–Margarito. Jones Jr.–Benn. Bowe–Lewis. Leonard–Pryor. These are fights that could and should have happened but never materialized. Mayweather–Pacquiao. De La Hoya–Pacquaio. Lewis–Tyson. Tyson–Holyfield. Ali–Holmes. These are fights…

Staff 04/10/2019

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Shields-Hammer “A Big Step Up For Women’s Boxing”

By: Sean Crose “I'm just ready to beat Christina Hammer up and make her shut up.” So said Claressa Shields, two time Olympic Gold medalist and current IBF, WBA, and…

Staff 04/09/2019

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Oleksandr Usyk vs Carlos Takam: Can Usyk Make it as a Heavyweight?

By: Waqas Ali Former unified world cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will be making his first debut as a heavyweight against Carlos Takam on May 25th at the MGM National Harbor…

Staff 04/08/2019

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Boxing Insider’s Boxing Beffudlements – Oldest Boxers of All Time

By: Oliver McManus Hear at Boxing Insider we have committed ourselves to finding the unique angles of boxing history. In this series of Boxing Beffudlements we have already covered the…

Staff 04/07/2019

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A Look at Three of the Most Underrated Boxers of All Time

By: Donna Jo To rise to the top of the boxing world, an athlete must be intelligent, physically fit, dedicated, aware, and, as many former champs have attested to, a…

Staff 04/04/2019