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Friday Morning News and Notes
Lucian Bute will not be defending his belt in June after all. There was a lot of talk, but Interbox wasn't able to find a good enough opponent who was willing to come to Quebec City for what t...
Bits and Pieces - Ortiz-Maidana, Afolabi-Ross, and the IBF Wises Up
This week's notebook from ESPN's Dan Rafael has a few interesting tidbits of information that hadn't made it over here before: Ola Afolabi is in the process of trying to work out the first defense...
Khan, headbutt cut save British boxing in Manchester
The Sky Sports commentators remarked after Amir Khan's win over Marco Antonio Barrera, "You can't take the shine off of this win." I respectfully disagree. Do not get me wrong. Amir Khan was a phys...
Bad Left Hook Fight Day: Amir Khan v. Marco Antonio Barrera
The show starts live at 4pm ET. We'll be here. Join us! via d.yimg.com AMIR KHAN MARCO ANTONIOBARRERA 19-1 Record 65-6 15 KO 43 Bolton, UK Hometown...
Official picks thread for this weekend's fights
There are two fight cards we'll be calling this weekend, neither taking place in the States, but four fights overall. Again: If you don't know a fighter and just aren't comfortable making a pick, don...
WBO shows why sanctioning body rankings are a joke and their titles mean nothing
Sometimes, "newbies" to boxing wonder why many of us, including this blog, are so against acknowledging titleholders in the WBC, WBO, IBF and WBA as "champions," and only doing that with the lineal c...
HBO cutting back on pay-per-views, boxing not
When HBO Sports said that they would be cutting back on the number of boxing pay-per-views, which had to be at least somewhat influenced by a brutal American economy and the massive flops of Calzaghe...
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