by B.A. Cass “Some gypsies are different than other gypsies,” Gary Corcoran says, reflecting on his boyhood growing up on an Irish Traveller site in Wembley. “We stayed in one place even though we’re called Travellers. It was a trailer park. All family, cousins—all Travellers, all gypsies.” Photo Credit: TR…

By: Sean Crose Saturday’s HBO Boxing After Dark card will showcase bouts from two distinct locations. The main event, which will be broadcast from the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York, will feature Panama’s 22-1 Jezreel Corrales facing San Juan, Puerto Rico’s 18-0 Alberto Machado in a…

By: Ken Hissner In a main event at the Park Theater in Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, NV, Golden Boy Promotions over ESPN2 brought in a good main event with both boxers needing a win and Philly’s Gabe “King” Rosado came away with it over Glen “Jersey…

By: Ste Rowen The final Cruiserweight World Boxing Super Series Quarterfinal between current IBF Champion, Murat Gassiev and former IBF & WBC World titlist, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk takes place this Saturday at the Prudential Center, New Jersey. Despite the draft gala, whereby seeded fighters can choose their opponent, this bout was…

by: Eric Lunger The Cruiserweight division of the World Boxing Super Series comes to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday night as two-time world titlist and IBF top-ranked challenger Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KOs) of Poland takes on hard-hitting IBF Champion Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KOs)…

By: William Holmes On Thursday night Golden Boy Promotions will present a card live at the Park Theater at the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas, Nevada on ESPN 2. At least two bouts are currently scheduled to take place. The co-main event will feature KeAndre Gibson taking on Alejandro Barrera…

by B.A. Cass In September, Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) announced that he wanted to face the winner of the long overdue showdown between Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) and Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs). But that won’t be happening now that Golovkin vs. Alvarez ended in a controversial draw….

By: Ken Hissner At the Xfinity facility in South Philadelphia Sunday was the Philly’s 7th Annual Briscoe Awards that packed the place with over 400 people crammed into that room. It was Philly Boxing History’s editor John DiSanto bringing in 2016’s finest performances. He will need a bigger facility the…

Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of October 10th to October 17th; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Miguel Cotto’s Last Fight to Take Place December 2nd Against Sadam Ali December 2 will…

USA Boxing is opening registration for the newly formed Alumni Association on November 1, 2017. USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame Reception The USA Boxing Alumni Association will be open to anyone with a love for the sport and desire to stay connected with amateur boxing. The association’s inaugural…

By: Ste Rowen In the third Super Middleweight Quarter Final of the World Boxing Super Series, George Groves stepped up his claim to be the number one, Super Middleweight in Britain and the world as ‘The Saint’ landed a perfect body shot to stop Jamie Cox in the fourth round….

By: Sean Crose The Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York, hosted three major super welterweight bouts on Saturday, in a card which was aired live by the Showtime pay cable network. First up was a twelve rounder between 30-3 former titlist Austin Trout and 20-0 IBF Super Welterweight Champion Jarrett…

By: William Holmes The Stub Hub Center in Carson, California hosted tonight’s Premier Boxing Champions telecast live on the Fox Network. Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares, two of the best featherweights in the sport, previously met in a closely contested bout that saw Santa Cruz emerge the victor. Photo…

By: Ken Hissner Philly Boxing History Editor John Di Santo is holding the 10th Annual Briscoe Awards Sunday 1-4pm at the Xfinity Live at 1100 Pattison Avenue in South Philly. Former 2-time Cruiserweight champion Steve “USS” Cunningham will be hosting the event. There is a $5 admission price and can…

By: William Holmes The Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California was the host site for tonight’s Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN Card. The junior welterweight division was featured heavily and included a main event between Fidel Maldonado Jr. and Ismael Barroso and a co-main event of Pablo Cesar Cano…