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Oleksandr Usyk to Face Luiz Ortiz or Alexander Povetkin?

By: Waqas Ali Oleksandr Usyk could be on the verge of stepping into the heavyweight division and facing either Cuban beast Luiz Ortiz or Russian Alexander Povetkin. Usyk boasts a…

Staff 01/07/2019

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Badu Jack And Marcus Browne “Looking To Steal The Show” Jan 19th

By: Sean Cross “Trust me,” light heavyweight Marcus Browne said this week, “I know it ain't easy. And I'm working like I've never worked before in my life, so trust…

Staff 01/06/2019

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Algieri Aims For World Title Shot

By: Sean Crose “I see World title fights for me this year, “former WBO junior welterweight champion Chris Algieri says. “The key is being active. I want to fight every…

Staff 01/05/2019

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2018 Fighter of the Year: Oleksandr Usyk

By: Jake Donovan For the past 30 years, there has been no debate that Evander Holyfield is the greatest cruiserweight of all time. That was until Oleksandr Usyk wrapped up…

Staff 01/04/2019

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What’s Next for Former Middle Champ Gennady “GGG” Golovkin?

By: Ken Hissner Going into 2017 Gennady “GGG” Golovkin was considered one of the best P4P boxers in the world if not the best. He had scored 21 straight stoppages…

Staff 01/04/2019

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Keith Thurman Plans To “Make A Statement” Against Lopez

By: Sean Crose "I feel great physically,” says Keith Thurman. “We're working really hard and just getting back into everything we did before the injury. It feels tremendous and I'm…

Staff 01/04/2019

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Jesus Rojas Lays Out Big Plans For 2019

By: Sean Crose “Our last two opponents were southpaws,” says 26-2 featherweight Jesus Rojas, who will be facing 15-2 orthodox contender Can Xu on January 26th at the Toyota Center…

Staff 01/03/2019

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2018 Knockout of the Year – Naoya Inoue KO1 Juan Carlos Payano

By Jake Donovan Naoya Inoue’s 2018 ring campaign was the model of efficiency. In two fights, the unbeaten 25-year old from Japan needed just three total minutes of ring time…

Staff 01/03/2019

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2018 Fight of the Year – Kosei Tanaka MD12 Sho Kimura

By: Jake Donovan From early in his career, Japan’s Kosei Tanaka was mentioned in the same breath as countrymen Kazuto Ioka and Naoya Inoue as the type of prodigious talent…

Staff 01/03/2019

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Pacquiao: “My Goal Is To Knock Out Broner”

By: Sean Crose “My goal is to knock out Broner” Manny Pacquiao says in the leadup to his January 19th Pay Per View throwdown with the notorious Adrien Broner. “I…

Staff 01/03/2019

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Boxing Insider Notebook: Mares, Davis, Haney, Pacquiao, Broner, Roy Jones Jr., and more…

Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of December 26th to January 2nd; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing…

Staff 01/02/2019

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Strolling Along Flatbush Avenue

By: Frank Bartolini All the marquee arenas in the western hemisphere that host boxing are located in cities of reputed glamour and glitz. London’s Wembley Stadium , Manhattan’s Madison Square…

Staff 01/02/2019

Boxing History

“Sugar” Ray Leonard Followed in the Footsteps of “Sugar” Ray Robinson

By: Ken Hissner The greatest pound for pound fighter in boxing, “Sugar” Ray Robinson, was 85-0 (69) as an amateur with possible 2 losses under his given name of Walker…

Staff 01/02/2019

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2018 Upset of the Year: Ramirez Over Zlaticanin

By Jake Donovan Roberto Ramirez wasn’t supposed to be anything more than the next step in Dejan Zlaticanin’s continued comeback following a devastating knockout loss to Mikey Garcia. Instead, their…

Staff 01/02/2019

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2018 Prospect of the Year: Teofimo Lopez

By Jake Donovan From the moment he was sent packing thanks to some horrific scoring in the 2016 Rio Oympics, Teofimo Lopez swore that the controversy would motivate him to…

Staff 01/01/2019