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Team Khan Suspects Lamont Peterson Will Sign With Top Rank, Fight Pacquiao
According to an article by Nick Parkinson of The Daily Star, Amir Khan's business manager Asif Vali believes that Lamont Peterson has signed or soon will sign with Top Rank to set up a fight with Manny Pacquiao in June, which would mean that the desired Khan vs Peterson rematch wouldn't happen no...
Top Rank Boxing on Spike TV: Tournament Format Being Discussed
Lem Satterfield of The Ring has more on the Top Rank-Spike TV relationship and negotiations, as the boxing promotional firm and the cable channel are discussing something a bit different for a potential 36-week run. Spike TV spokesperson David Schwarz acknowledge that discussions about bringing...
Top Rank, Spike TV Rumored to Be Working on 36-Week Deal
RingTV.com is reporting that Top Rank Inc. and cable channel Spike TV are working on a deal to produce a weekly, 36-show boxing program, which could help Top Rank get better coverage for its fighters on a more widely-watched outlet than Fox Sports Net, which tends to preempt their shows anyway, and...
Bob Arum's Top Rank Wins 2011 Promoter of the Year (Bad Left Hook Boxing Awards)
Bob Arum may be a lightning rod for criticism, but it still is easily argued that nobody puts on a big event the way the now 80-year-old head of Top Rank does, and thanks to his big fights and a strong stable of fighters, as well as the increasing input of Todd duBoef, Top Rank Inc. is the winner...
Humberto Soto likely to face yet another patsy
Whenever big fights have been brought up at 126, 130 and now 135 pounds in the last few years, the name of exciting Mexican fighter Humberto Soto always gets attached. Fans want to see him in with the top dogs. Right now, many would absolutely love to see Soto, who holds a paper title at 135, take...
Mandatory Eight Count: Mundine having weight issues
The Fight Isn't On, but 'the Cold War' Could Resume (MaxBoxing.com)Steve Kim looks at the potentially very ugly possibility that Top Rank and Golden Boy go back to refusing to work together after two relatively peaceful years. Both Mayweather and Pacquiao plan to fight on March 13, and Kim asks the...
Top Rank to air new boxing show on Fox Sports
Per ESPN, Bob Arum's Top Rank Boxing and Fox Sports are on the verge of finalizing a new free boxing show that would air on Saturday nights. With the disappearance of Solo Boxeo, Wednesday Night Fights and Versus Fight Night over the course of the last year, getting new boxing on basic cable TV...
Timothy Bradley-Lamont Peterson headed to purse bid
Timothy Bradley's mandatory defense of the WBO junior welterweight title against Lamont Peterson will head to a purse bid, according to Rick Reeno. No deal could be reached between Bradley's promoter Gary Shaw and Peterson's promoters at Top Rank. The bidding is scheduled for today at 1pm in Puerto...
HBO trying to make Pavlik-Williams a reality
The negotiations to match middleweight world champion Kelly Pavlik and pound-for-pound contender Paul Williams look to be getting more serious, with HBO playing deal-maker or deal-breaker, depending on how it turns out. Rick Reeno at BoxingScene.com says that while the talks have improved, there...
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