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Saturday night features several lines up for boxing, led by the “Premier Boxing Champions” broadcast on ESPN2 that is headlined by WBA World Welterweight champion Keith Thurman defending his belt as he takes on veteran Luis Collazo. Collazo once held the belt, but that was 10 years ago, and Thurman is slotted in as one of […] More
With the July 4th weekend upon us, the Talk ‘n’ Shoot Podcast picks up it’s Classic Boxing theme with a retrospective look at fights from the holiday weekend. The podcast delves back on two of Jack Dempsey‘s title fights, as he both won the title on July 4, 1919 with his three-round destruction of Jess Willard, […] More
We get two young, undefeated cruiserweights in Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy show on Fox Sports 2. 28-year-old Vyascheslav Sharbanskyy (13-0, 11 KOs) from the Ukrain brings is power to bear on 30-year-old Paul Parker (7-0, 4 KOs) of the United States in a 10-round fight that nobody thinks will go that long. In […] More
Undefeated Jessie Vargas (26-0, 9 KOs) takes on veteran Timothy Bradley Jr. (31-1-1, 12 KOs) in a fight that was supposed to be for the vacant WBO Welterweight title. Only Floyd Mayweather Jr. has yet to vacate it. So what does this fight mean now, in regards to that title which may, or may not […] More
If there’s such a thing as too much boxing, that’s what we’re in for tonight. We’ve got big fights all over the place, and, like the revolution, they will be televised. Our boxing guru Miguel Iturrate already previewed some of these fights earlier in the week, but here’s what I’m focusing on, barring some quick […] More
This Saturday night a high-level welterweight clash between Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (31-1-1) and undefeated Jessie Vargas (26-0) will air on HBO. Both men are former world champions, though Vargas’ title came at super lightweight and he is moving up in weight for this fight. Bradley is coming off a winless 2014 as he went […] More
Promoter Ed Hearn has a plan in the super middleweight division and it all comes together this Friday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. In the main event, Callum Smith, an undefeated fighter from Liverpool, will be facing Christopher Rebrasse of France for the vacant WBC Silver title. The the co-main event sees Rocky Fielding (20-0), […] More
Last night in Las Vegas and on NBC, Shawn Porter pounded out a unanimous decision win over Adrien Broner in a welterweight bout between two former World Champions. For Porter, it was a good showcase fight as he outworked Broner with body shos and ower punching. Broner was way behind on the cards, and he […] More
Boxing lines from all over the world have popped up at the sport books for this weekend. The biggest new event getting new odds is the “Premier Boxing Champions“, which airs Sunday afternoon on CBS. The main event comes to us from the MGM Grand as sensational, undefeated Cuban Rances Barthelemy (22-0) takes on tough Mexican veteran Antonio […] More
The sports books have posted several more lines for boxing this weekend. Of special interest is the heavyweight battle scheduled to take place in Poland on Friday between Mariusz Wach (30-1) and Konstantin Airich (21-10-2). Heading into this one, Wach is a massive (-8200) favorite over Airich, who is returning at (+2600). The bout is […] More
The time has come to name our Greatest Boxer of All-Time. It has been a long discussion that started with about 30 names, and after several hours and podcasts, just four men remain. We will look at the semifinal matchups that feature contemporaries as Willie Pep and Ezzard Charles meet, and for the second matchup we […] More
Several big time boxing events are scheduled to air this Saturday, and none bigger than BET’s light heavyweight bout featuring the return of top pound-for-pound fighter Andre Ward after a layoff of 18 months. Ward is scheduled to face Britain’s Paul Smith at a catch weight of 172 lbs., and the former Olympic Gold Medal winner […] More
