Top Rank will have its annual NYC event to coincide with the Puerto Rican Day Parade weekend, bossman Bob Arum said, on Thursday afternoon. “The Garden is reserved,” said the Bobfather, sounding hale, hearty, and hopeful in a catch-up phoner. “Probably it’s Xander Zayas” as the feature attraction, he stated, noting that there is time […]
The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) has weighed in on a protest lodged by Team Roach, about actions in round nine of the Gervonta “Tank” Davis vs Lamont Roach lightweight title fight at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, March 1. The result, a draw, will stand, it was decided, so folks hoping to
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Like I dare say most people in this business, Marty Corwin, the boxing TV producer who worked for two dons of industry, Don King and “The Bobfather” Bob Arum, for 43 years, didn’t mean to go into boxing. That was one takeaway I had when reading Marty’s book “Arum and King: Six Decades of Boxing
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Gervonta “Tank” Davis promised he’d do the usual on Saturday versus Lamont Roach. Midway through, though, it was clear that Roach didn’t come to Barclays Center to “win” by going the distance. No, the DC hitter showed a skill set that matched up well with WBA lightweight champ Davis, who got caught with the quick
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Jose Valenzuela met Gary Antuanne Russell with the WBA super lightweight crown up for grabs in the lead-in to the main event, Tank Davis vs Lamont Roach, on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and on Prime PPV. It was all Russell, pretty much. He was too strong and accurate, save for a lil
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“The incredible rise of Tank Davis” is described in the first episode of “Gloves Off: Tank vs. Roach” by the narrator. Prodigy turned champion turned superstar…and soon to be departed? So soon? Gervonta “Tank” Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) is 30, though, and he says he’s had his fill of the savage science, and will soon
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If WBO lightweight champ Keyshawn Davis needed anything extra to motivate him for his Friday night fight against Denys Berinchyk, he can thank the box of bananas and watermelon he said were delivered to him Wednesday. At the Wednesday afternoon presser to hype Top Rank’s MSG Theater card, “The Businessman” tore right into Team Berinchyk
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If Keyshawn Davis is what he and they (Top Rank) think he is, then the Norfolk, Virginia, boxer will handle Denys Berinchyk Friday night at the Madison Square Garden Theater in impressive fashion. “If” is the key word because the Ukrainian hitter toeing the line with “The Businessman” is, on paper, the stiffest challenge presented
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Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi Arabian power broker, spoke to ESPN boxing reporter Mike Coppinger on Friday afternoon, and offered details on the Canelo four-fight deal. The rumor mill has been churning heavily this week, with reports of Canelo Alvarez’s supposed next opponent dropping here and there, only to be proven false. Canelo vs. Terence Crawford
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Light heavyweights David Benavidez and David Morrell succeeded in making weight Friday, though as is now custom with most top-tier contests, the real weigh-in occurred earlier that morning, off camera. “Ceremonial weigh-in” is how Jimmy Lennon put it as he addressed the assembled at T-Mobile in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on Friday after lunch. Morrell
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