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Last night at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., second generation superstar Julio Cesar Chavez Jr made his light heavyweight debut against Andrzej Fonfara, and Fonfara made sure Chavez would regret it. Fonfara out-boxed and out-slugged Chavez, dropping him in the ninth round for the first time in his career. Chavez would stay on his […] More
Saturday night on HBO, boxing was at the forefront with a double header featuring Lucas Martin Matthysse vs Ruslan Provodnikov and Terence Crawford vs Thomas Dulorme. Matthysse and Provodnikov faced off in the first match from the Turning Stone Casino in New York, and the two men battled hard for twelve rounds. In the end, Matthysse won […] More
Al Haymon‘s “Premiere Boxing Champions” series has signed Amir Khan on to battle Chris Algieri at the Barclay’s Center on May 29. The bout has been in the works for some time, but the bout is finally signed and will air on SpikeTV’s “PBC” broadcast. At this point, Amir Khan is doing the safe thing and staying […] More
This Saturday, both HBO and SHOWTIME are offering a double dose of big time boxing. Second-generation boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. takes on Andrzej Fonfara for the vacant WBC international title at light heavyweight as the main event on Showtime from the StubHub Center. Chavez, who has not fought in over a year and has just two bouts under […] More
With the Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao fight just a month away, we return to the age old question in the world of boxing: Who was the greatest of all-time? In this latest hour-plus podcast, we’re joined by Keith Palmer and Mike Davis to answer boxing’s eternal question. The idea is to lay the groundwork for further […] More
It has been a while since the MMA and boxing calendar had a weekend go down with as much action as this coming weekend, starting tonight. In the world of MMA, the World Series of Fighting 20, Bellator 136 and Resurrection Fighting Alliance 25 all have lines up for fights scheduled for Friday. Saturday sees […] More
The boxing action starts Friday and does not let up all weekend as “The Sweet Science” is going on all over the world. The books have put more odds up for fights this weekend all across the world in countries like Argentina, Russia and the United States. The cards reviewed in our earlier blog are having more […] More
This coming weekend features a lot of high level boxing action on both Friday and Saturday nights, and the books already have a slew of lines up, with more to come. Friday night sees cruiserweight action in Russia as Denis Lebedev faces Youri Kalenga with the WBA World title on the line. Also at cruiserweight, […] More
In the latest version of the Talk ‘N Shoot MMA Podcast, our combat sports blogger Miguel Iturrate gets together with boxing heads Mike Davis of Cutthroat Entertainment and well-respected Indianapolis area boxing coach Keith Palmer. The subject is the upcoming Manny Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather bout on May 2, which is going to turn out to be […] More
After IBF World Welterweight Champion Kell Brook dismantled mandatory challenger Ionut Dan Ion in four rounds at the Motorpoint Arena last weekend, talk started heating up again about a showdown for Brook with fellow Brit Amir Khan. But it appears the public will have to wait for that showdown as word is that Khan has […] More
This Friday night, ESPN2 brings us boxing action from California as Veterans Petr Petrov (35-4-2) clashes with Gamaliel Diaz (38-11-3) in a lightweight, 10-round bout that is the feature fight of the broadcast. At welterweight, undefeated Taras Shelestyuk (11-0) faces a stiff challenge from Juan Rodriguez Jr, whose record is 12-1. Right now the books […] More
The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. hosts a big time boxing card on Saturday, April 11. The main event features WBA and WBC Super Lightweight World Champion Danny Garcia facing IBF Super Lightweight title-holder Lamont Peterson over 12 rounds at a catchweight with no titles on the line. Right now, the books have Peterson a +260 underdog, as Garcia is […] More
