Omaha, Nebraska returns to the world title spotlight after four decades as favorite son Terrance Crawford put his WBO lightweight title at risk against Cuban legend Yuriorkis Gamboa this evening at CenturyLink Center. For Crawford, 23-0 (16), this is the first time in his career that he's fighting in front of his hometown while Gamboa, [...]
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Undefeated WBA middleweight kingpin Gennady Golovkin returns to the ring this evening at New York's famed Madison Square Garden where he will face ex-IBF/WBA champion Daniel Geale. For all the hype surrounding Golovkin, 29-0 (26), it's a bit hard to know just how good he is as his competition, despite nine title defenses, hasn't been [...]
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August kicks off with two world title fights on tap for tonight as WBO light heavy champion Sergey Kovalev and WBA light welter titlist Jesse Vargas put their respective belts on the line. Russian juggernaut Kovalev, 22-0 (22), looks to retain his crown for the third time since wresting it from the hands of Nathan [...]
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Obviously, it depends on what Kell ‘Special K’ Brook brings into the ring on Saturday night, but he most definitely has the ability to upset IBF Welterweight Champion Shawn Porter at StubHub Center in Carson, CA. At his best, Brook is fast on the counter, has an awkward style to deal with, courtesy of his [...]
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Liverpool’s Paul Smith gets his long awaited world title shot this weekend when he faces ‘King’ Arthur Abraham in Germany for the WBO Super middleweight strap. Abraham picked up the belt off of three close fights with Robert Stieglitz, the last of which was back in March. Besides Stieglitz, the only other fighter with serious [...]
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There are two world titles on the lines this evening as WBC Featherweight king Jhonny Gonzalez and IBF super feather boss Rances Barthelemy both see action. Gonzalez, 56-8 (47), faces big ticket seller Jorge Arce, 64-7-2 (49), at the Multiplex Arena in Los Mochis, Mexico in what is sure to be an exciting bout for [...]
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If you check out the betting line for the upcoming clash between Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins and Sergey "The Krusher" Kovalev, you will find the Russian fighter as the odds on favourite to win the bout on November. This is surprising considering that Hopkins has won contests against world class fighters such as Kelly Pavlik, [...]
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Tonight brings us another Wladimir Klitschko heavyweight title defense, this time against challenger Kubrat Pulev tonight at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Big Wlad holds every major belt with the exception of the WBC and will be defending his IBF crown this evening as Team Pulev reportedly did not pay fees to the other [...]
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In the biggest fight card this year to take place on British soil, the 12,000 seat Echo Arena in Liverpool tonight hosts two world title contests and several major divisional pairings capped off by the bad blood rematch between cruiserweights Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew. Cleverly, 28-1 (14),and Bellew, 22-2-1 (14), tangled initially at light [...]
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It's back to Macau, China for WBO welterweight kingpin Manny Pacquiao as Boxing's most accomplished weight jumper returns to the Cotai Arena this evening for a clash with WBO light welter boss Chris Algieri. Is 35 year old Pacquiao, 56-5-2 (38), the same fighter who blitzed through elite competition to win world titles in six [...]
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You cannot make statements like “he is the best in the world right now, he could beat Gennady Golovkin” without some sort of comeuppance or retribution coming your way. And it would have been so much better had Chris Eubank Jr and Sr not looked so sheepish when it did end up staring them in [...]
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There's a few good bouts scheduled for this evening across the globe and we kick things off by heading to the EWE Arena in Oldenberg, Germany. WBA light heavyweight king Juergen Braehmer, 44-2 (32), puts his belt on the line for the third time as he meets Poland's Pawel Glazewski, 23-2 (5). Glazewski has won [...]
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This evening features the unusual occurrence of two good fight cards taking place on the same night in the Boxing capital of America, Las Vegas. MGM Grand plays host to a highly anticipated clash at welter between former WBA/IBF light welter titlist Amir Khan, 29-3 (19), and ex-WBC/IBF light welter and IBF welter champion Devon [...]
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One of the world's top heavyweights sees action tonight as Adonis Stevenson puts his WBC belt on the line against Dmitry Sukhotsky at Colisee Quebec in Quebec City, Canada. Sukhotsky, 22-2 (16), comes into tonight's contest riding a four bout win streak and has a world title challenge under his belt already, a points loss [...]
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Tonight, Brits Paul Smith and Martin Murray will be fighting abroad for the world middleweight and super middle weight titles, respectively, with Smith in Germany and Murray in Monaco. For Smith, this is the well-deserved rematch after he was robbed on the scorecards back in September of last year. Smith put in a remarkable effort, [...]
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Big, big fight tonight in the light heavyweight division as the man at the weight, Sergey Kovalev, seeks to turn back the ambition of former WBC titlist Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Kovalev, 26-0-1 (23), will be entering the lion's den as local resident Pascal, 29-2-1 (17), has made nine of his [...]
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When the bell rings tonight in the 15,000 seat hockey arena Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson will face his most experienced opponent to date in the form of Sakio Bika. Australia's Bika, 32-6-3 (21), like Stevenson, 25-1 (21), is a former super middleweight who held the WBC title in [...]
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Tonight at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Orlando Salido will defend his WBO super featherweight title against former two-time holder of that belt, Rocky Martinez. Salido, 42-12-2 (29), and Martinez, 28-2-2 (17), should provide great entertainment once the bell rings as neither fighter takes a backward step nor is a massive [...]
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With a fight of the magnitude that we see with tonight's Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Manny Pacquiao clash, casual fans, whether interested in Boxing or not, will know enough about both fighters and how they go about their business to make their own predictions as to how this fight will play out. This is a [...]
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WBA middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin is back in the ring tonight as the Kazakhstan-born slugger climbs through the ropes at The Forum in Inglewood, CA to face the challenge posed by fleet-footed Willie Monroe Jr. Golovkin, 32-0 (29), has been in search and destroy mode since capturing the WBA crown in 2010, retaining the [...]
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