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Memorial Day Sunday Boxing Prospect Spotlight: Kubrat Pulev, Heavyweight
Quick Profile Kubrat Pulev (12-0, 6 KO) is a 30-year-old Bulgarian heavyweight, a former amateur standout and fixture at international tournaments, with his shining moment coming when he captured gold at the 2008 European Amateur Championships, beating Russia's Denis Sergeev in the finals. Turned...
Mandatory Eight Count - Empty Seats in the Past, Empty Seats in the Future
Devon Alexander to face Timothy Bradley Jr. Jan. 29 at Silverdome | ESPN Almost two months after junior welterweight titleholders Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley Jr. signed to fight each other in the first major fight of 2011, the bout finally found a home in Pontiac, Michigan. This is one of...
Mandatory Eight Count - Permanent Vacations
I will quit boxing in five years - Amir Khan | BBC Sport Amir Khan says he will quit boxing in five years time, at the age of 28, within the next five years. There's a little ambivalence about this one - I'm getting sick of fighters talking about retiring during or even before what should be their...
Saturday Roundup: Humberto Soto wins, Cristobal Cruz loses
First up, recaps from all the shows for which we provided round-by-round coverage today: Khan TKO-11 Malignaggi / Ortiz UD-10 Campbell Wlodarczyk TKO-8 Fragomeni Katsidis TKO-3 Mitchell / Chisora TKO-2 Williams Los Mochis, Mexico Humberto Soto UD-12 Ricardo Dominguez. Soto (52-7-2, 32 KO) took...
Rigondeaux beats Addy; Hamer decimates Ali; Malignaggi-Khan may be in the works
On the main event of tonight's Broadway Boxing card, uber-prospect Guillermo Rigondeaux cruised to a boring and predictable decision over Lante Addy. For about the first 20 seconds, it was almost a fight, but the southpaw Rigondeaux set up a big left straight with a right jab that knocked the...
Sunday News and Notes
On the untelevised Berto-Urango undercard, Yusef Mack knocked out former title challenger DeAndrey Abron in the 4th round, while heavyweight prospects Tor Hamer and Wilmer Vasquez both won their fights, Hamer by knockout and Vasquez by split decision. Vasquez was an Olympian with Venezuela, and...
Who's Coming in the Heavyweight Division?
In last night's fight, Larry Merchant mentioned that he thinks that Cristobal (not Chris anymore - make up yo damn mind fool!) Arreola may be there to help revitalize the heavyweight division. In my honest opinion, to truly revitalize any division, you need to have a wave of new talent, not just...
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