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Mandatory Eight Count: Tomorrow's "Other" Fights
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With Zsolt Erdei moving up in weight tomorrow, he has vacated the WBO light heavyweight title. Juergen Braehmer (pictured) is now the full titleholder. (Photo via www.boxing.de)
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Top Rank molding full lineup for December 19 PPV
11 hours ago by
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Humberto Soto meets Jesus Chavez in the Top Rank pay-per-view co-feature on December 19. (Photo by Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
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Top Rank is putting together a full PPV lineup for December...
Fight Camp 360º: Episode Two for the Super Six World Boxing Classic. Some NSFW language, so be ...
12 hours ago by
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Fight Camp 360º: Episode Two for the Super Six World Boxing Classic. Some NSFW language, so be warned there. Excellent stuff all around. The episode covers Kessler-Ward, and also goes in-depth behind the scenes for last month's fights between Carl Froch and Andre Dirrell,...
Rendall Munroe outpoints Simone Maludrottu to retain European 122-pound title
12 hours ago by
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European junior featherweight titleholder Rendall Munroe overcame something of a slow start to outpoint Italian challenger Simone Maludrottu in a terrific fight today in Nottingham. Munroe won on scores of 116-112, 116-112 and 115-113. Bad Left Hook scored the fight a 114-114...
Kessler-Ward Weigh-In Live at 5pm ET
17 hours ago by
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Where's Waldo? He's in Oakland. Waldo Rastel (better known to many of you as waldo47) is on the scene today for the official weigh-in for tomorrow night's Super Six tournament fight between WBA super middleweight titlist Mikkel Kessler and unbeaten American and former...
Bad Left Hook Live Boxing Results and Commentary: Rendall Munroe v. Simone Maludrottu
17 hours ago by
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For an in-depth preview of this European junior featherweight title fight, check out our friends at The Boxing Bulletin.
Our live coverage will start at 4:30pm ET with round-by-round in the comments of this post, and real time analysis. If you have an SBN account, you won'...
Why Pacquiao-Mayweather needs to be in Vegas
18 hours ago by
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Lately, there's been a lot of noise that Bob Arum is putting out feelers to have a Pacquiao-Mayweather superfight in a location other than Las Vegas. He's already spoken to Jerry Jones about using the Dallas Cowboys' stadium. There have been...
Cotto-Pacquiao does 1.25 million buys on pay-per-view
19 hours ago by
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HBO has released the numbers, and the Miguel Cotto-Manny Pacquiao fight last Saturday generated 1.25 million buys on pay-per-view, beating out Mayweather-Marquez as the biggest boxing event of 2009. The fight generated $70 million in pay-per-view revenue to go along with its ...
Mandatory Eight Count: Kessler-Ward Edition
19 hours ago by
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I don't know if you've heard, but Andre Ward has a really big chance to make a name for himself tomorrow.
Ward's Super chance at breakthrough (Yahoo! Sports)Kevin Iole looks at Andre Ward, the Olympic gold medalist and nice man: "I would imagine it’s a...
Colombian Likar Ramos captured an interim super featherweight title by scoring a unanimous decision...
20 hours ago by
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Colombian Likar Ramos captured an interim super featherweight title by scoring a unanimous decision over Angel Granados. Juan Carlos Salgado recently won the regular title by knocking out Jorge Linares in the first round.
Please Welcome The Boxing Bulletin to SBN
21 hours ago by
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I'd like everyone at Bad Left Hook to join me in a warm welcome to The Boxing Bulletin, SBN's newest site and a brother community for us in covering the sweet science. You may already be familiar with the site, as they've been pumping out fantastic analysis for a while...
Dirrell, Taylor, Froch and Abraham weigh in on Kessler-Ward
22 hours ago by
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The other four participants of the Super Six World Boxing Classic have made their picks for tomorrow night's final stage one battle between Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward in Oakland.
Andre Dirrell:
"I'm going with Ward. Ward has the ability to win. This is his...
Cotto-Pacquiao destroys Mayweather-Marquez at the gate
23 hours ago by
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USA Today's J. Michael Falgoust reports that the November 14 fight between Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao was a big live success in Las Vegas, blowing out the Mayweather-Marquez fight from September in money drawn at the gate and tickets sold.
The gate from last weekend...
A few "internet rumors"
23 hours ago by
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A few "internet rumors"
Tomasz Adamek's next fight could be against Hasim Rahman, according to Polsat. His next fight will be early February in New Jersey at heavyweight, no matter who the opponent.
Marco Antonio Barrera may still be shooting for...
Mayweather-Pacquiao: Arum becomes psychologist, Ellerbe says there is a backup plan
23 hours ago by
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Leonard Ellerbe (right) says that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will look to fight Shane Mosley if a mega fight with Manny Pacquiao can't be made. (Photo by Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
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With the...
Winky Wright and Grady Brewer hype it up
1 day ago by
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Winky Wright can apparently expect a war from Grady Brewer on December 11. What are the odds?
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A press release hyping the fight between Grady Brewer and Winky Wright warns of an impending...
Z Gorres improving rapidly
1 day ago by
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The condition of Filipino boxer Z Gorres has dramatically improved in recent days, according to an official statement from ALA Boxing Gym.
Dr. Michael Casey, the trauma surgeon who performed emergency surgery on Gorres last Friday night in Las Vegas, said that he was happy with...
Officials changed for Kessler-Ward, WBA sanctions fight
1 day ago by
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Mikkel Kessler's WBA super middleweight title will be on the line against Andre Ward on Saturday.
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Ramon Aranda of 411 Mania reports that the California State Athletic Commission has acted...
HBO's Greenburg knows Mayweather-Pacquiao must happen
1 day ago by
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HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg is vowing to not let a potential super fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao die, reports Dan Rafael of ESPN.com.
Greenburg was on the record calling the fight a must-have as soon as Pacquiao had defeated Miguel Cotto this past...
Kevin Johnson not worried about inexperience against Vitali Klitschko
1 day ago by
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Kevin Johnson will challenge Vitali Klitschko on December 12 in Switzerland. The unbeaten American has high hopes. (Photo via Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing)
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A Star Boxing press release...
Juan Manuel Marquez Speaks: Pacquiao, not Hatton, is first choice
1 day ago by
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Juan Manuel Marquez would prefer a third fight with Manny Pacquiao to come next, and not the rumored bout with Ricky Hatton. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Lightweight world champion...
Kessler-Ward controversy shouldn't be happening
1 day ago by
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Is Andre Ward going to get biased officiating on Saturday? Mikkel Kessler's team and the WBA are suspicious of the appointed judges and referee. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn / Getty Images)
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Oscar de la Hoya isn't coming back to boxing
1 day ago by
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I know there are lots of "Is Oscar returning?!" articles out there thanks to a teaser snippet for his appearance on "Lopez Tonight" last night, but no, he isn't. Instead, he made a hilarious joke, pulling a fast one on his squealing female audience and...
Vazquez-Marquez IV looks to be back on, Hopkins looking at David Haye
1 day ago by
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Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez appear likely to meet for a fourth time on February 27 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jacob de Golish / Getty Images)
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Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer...
30-second spot for the Pavlik-Espino / Soto-Chavez Top Rank PPV on December 19. My favorite part is...
2 days ago by
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30-second spot for the Pavlik-Espino / Soto-Chavez Top Rank PPV on December 19. My favorite part is "the explosive Jesus Chavez."
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