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Saturday Global Boxing Results: Froch, Chavez, Kessler All Victorious
Atlantic City, New Jersey (Full Recap) Carl Froch MD-12 Glen Johnson: Froch advances to the Super Six final with a well-earned win over veteran Johnson, who cracked Froch with a lot of good right hands but just can't keep pace with raelly good fighters the way he used to, and that's not...
Purse Report for Zbik vs Chavez Jr Card
ESPN.com's Dan Rafael posted the purses for tonight's Sebastian Zbik vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here's what the lot pulled in: Sebastian Zbik $292.5K Julio Cesar Chavez Jr $600K Mikey Garcia $110K Rafael Guzman $20K Vanes Martirosyan $50K Saul...
Mikey Garcia vs Miguel Beltran Jr Serves as Zbik vs Chavez Co-Feature on HBO
Top Rank has officially announced that their June 4 HBO date has a co-feature, as rising featherweight star Mikey Garcia will face Miguel Beltran Jr before Julio Cesar Chavez's shot at Sebastian Zbik. Garcia (25-0, 21 KO) will be on HBO for a second straight fight. In his last bout, he dominated...
Miguel Vazquez Calls Out Marco Antonio Barrera for June Fight
Ernesto Castellanos of Notifight.com/BoxingScene.com reports that lightweight trinket-carrier Miguel Vazquez wants Mexican veteran Marco Antonio Barrera for his next fight. Vazquez is set to fight on June 4 in Los Angeles, on the undercard of the Sebastian Zbik-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. event. Vazquez...
Saturday Global Boxing Results: Giovani Segura Stops Ivan Calderon to Win Jr. Flyweight Championship
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Giovani Segura KO-8 Ivan Calderon. And so the great unbeaten run of Puerto Rico's "Iron Boy" Ivan Calderon comes to an end at the hands of powerful Mexican brawler Giovani Segura. Segura (25-1, 21 KO) lived up to the hype as being the division's best puncher and knocked out...
Fight Previews: Mike Jones-Henry Bruseles and Kendall Holt-Kaizer Mabuza
On tonight's edition of Top Rank Live, sadly-underhyped welterweight prospect Mike Jones gets the biggest test of his career from veteran Henry Bruseles. Off TV but filmed by FSN for highlights, former junior welterweight titlist Kendall Holt returns against South African Kaizer...
Ranking the Junior Middleweights: June 1, 2009
The division between glory classes welterweight and middleweight often gets ignored, but it has recently become one of the more active and TV-featured classes out there, thanks to some good young fighters, some good rising and not-so-young fighters, and one freak of nature whose closest thing to...
Is Kelly Pavlik ripe for the picking as middleweight king?
When the calendar turned and 2008 began, Kelly Pavlik was king of the world, the toast of the boxing universe. He was three months removed from his stunning, epic win over Jermain Taylor, a comeback seventh round knockout of the undefeated middleweight champion of the world. He wasn't supposed to...
Winners and Losers: Campbell and Funeka up, Martinez and Cintron down
Boxing isn't always as simple as winning or losing a fight. The court of public opinion can often determine whether a fighter -- skilled or not -- really progresses in the sport to become a star, a serious contender, or even a champion. Last night's fights were no different. Here's how I saw the...
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