Story and photos by Gary Purfield Bryant Jennings (16-0, 8 KOs) topped off a breakout year Saturday night scoring a highlight reel knockout of Bowie Tupou (22-3, 16 KO) in the main event of NBC Sports Fight Night card from Temple University. Jennings was performing barely minutes from his home neighborhood and delivered the goods for local fans in the scheduled twelve round … [Read more...]
Finally fighting in Philly: Jennings headlines NBC Sports Fight Night
By Gary Purfield Philadelphia, the fighting city of Philadelphia, well known for many great fighters and great fights over the years. It has a rich history of fights inside the city limits. However these days not so much. These days it is a rare occurrence that a card is actually hosted inside the city. Sure the city is still producing top fighters. The legends of Joe … [Read more...]
Super! Andre Ward Beats Carl Froch, Takes Super Six Title
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey-- After 26 months of roller coaster tournament drama, Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic came to an end Saturday night with Oakland's Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KOs) taking a twelve round unanimous decision victory over the UK's Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KOs) and adding Froch's WBC super middleweight title to his own WBA strap. From the … [Read more...]