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Judah & Malignaggi headline 4-fight card at Barclay’s Center this Saturday, December 7

by Tim Harrison Showtime and HBO are set to do battle for viewers again this Saturday, December 7, when they televise four quality fights. The Main event will be the 12-round welterweight bout between Brooklynites Zab “Super” Judah (42-8, 29 KOs) and Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi (32-5, 7 KOs). Devon “The Great” Alexander’s (25-1, 14 [...]

Guillermo Rigondeaux, Fighting For Respect

When Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 8 KOs) steps through the ropes at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey this weekend, to defend his WBO and WBA world super-bantamweight titles against Joseph ’King Kong’ Agbeko (29-0-4, 22 KOs), it will be his first competitive appearance in a boxing ring since his emphatic victory over Nonito Donaire [...]

The New York State Athletic Commission And Their Inept Ring Doctors: Perfect Together

by Myron Usher In the movie Gladiator, Russell Crowe’s character, Maximus, stands exhausted in the center of an arena after brutally slaying a dozen challengers and angrily asks the blood-thirsty audience “Are you not entertained!? Is this not why you are here!?” Hand to hand combat is one of mankind’s earliest spectator sports. From depictions [...]

Embracing Boxing’s Chaos; Magno’s Monday Rant

“In chaos, there is fertility.” ― Anaïs Nin Whenever someone talks about reforming or cleaning up boxing, there’s always one crucial factor left out of the discussion. It’s the key to all that’s horrible in the sport as well as being at the heart of what makes it great. It’s the reason secret blogging societies [...]

Superman Is Super But Can He Stand Up To The Krusher? This Is The Sunday Brunch

Bon jour amis et la famille, друзья и семья and welcome to another brain-rattling, babushka appreciating episode of the most wildly popular weekly boxing column amongst the indigenous peoples of Siberia. This week we’re converting our Canadian Dollars to Russian Rubles, so grab a bowl of caribou stew and pop open a bottle of Putinka [...]

Stevenson, Kovalev Crush Opposition In Light Heavyweight Showcases

Colisee de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada– It was hardly a night of surprises on HBO Saturday night as two of boxing’s light heavyweight world champions, Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev stopped solid, but ultimately overmatched opposition in defense of their respective titles. In the main event, WBC champ, Stevenson (23-1, 20 KOs) made the [...]

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  • Can Sergey Kovalev Crush The Challenge Of Ismayl Sillakh?

    Can Sergey Kovalev Crush The Challenge Of Ismayl Sillakh?

    Boxing is always on the look out for new stars, and if there is one attribute that a fighter can hold, which will help him reach the status of a fan favourite, it is the possession of a knockout punch. Boxing fans can forgive a fighter for almost anything, if he can put an opponent [...]

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    Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up

    It was a slow week for the ladies. In Argentina, the lone women’s world title bout took place between IBF super featherweight champion Claudia Andrea Lopez (24-7, 6 KO’s) and Betiana Patricia Vinas (9-5-3, 2 KO’s) with Lopez retaining the title by split decision. This was Lopez’s first defense after winning the strap in August [...]

  • Mundine Stops Mosley in Sydney

    Mundine Stops Mosley in Sydney

    For the first time in his career, former three division world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley (47-9-1,39 KO’s) couldn’t last the distance. Headlining the card at the Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia, Mosley was forced to quit on his stool when he faced hometown fighter and former world super middleweight champion Anthony “The Man” Mundine (45-5, [...]

  • Tarver Stops Sheppard: The Tuesday Night Wrap

    Tarver Stops Sheppard: The Tuesday Night Wrap

    In tonight’s main event at the BB&t Center in Sunrise, Florida, former world light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Antonio Tarver (30-6, 21 KO’s) returned to the ring, this time as a heavyweight, to score a fourth round stoppage over journeyman Mike Sheppard (21-16-1, 9 KO’s) in what was scheduled as a 10 round contest for [...]

  • The Pacquiao-Rios Postmortem; Magno’s Monday Rant

    The Pacquiao-Rios Postmortem; Magno’s Monday Rant

    To answer Brandon Rios’ post-fight question to Max Kellerman: Yes, “Bam Bam” you were a punching bag Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao. I mean, that’s why Brandon Rios was selected for this co-starring slot in the first place, right? Brandon Rios is Brandon Rios and that will never change. An “A” fighter in the pocket; [...]

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