He started the presser to hype a March 16 card by paying respect to the people in California devastated by the rapacious fire, which makes sense because the promoter, Tom Loeffler, calls Cali home. Ah, but NYC is near and dear to his heart, being that he climbed ranks in the business helping steer Kevin […]
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Callum Simpson (16-0, 11 KOs) wanted to give Steed Woodall a thrashing and his rooters their pound of flesh on Saturday, January 11th, at the Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield, England. Simpson retained his British and Commonwealth super-middleweight crowns, but referee Mark Bates prevented a definitive ending when he halted the meeting at 1:56 of
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Dear Boxing, I hope this note finds you well. OK, hold on, let me amend that. It would not be fully honest for me to say that. Truth hurts, Boxing, but you, of all entities, knows that. So, you can handle some real talk, yes? You are not as well as you can be, and
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It has been interesting, and surprising, to see this roll-up attempt by Turki Alalshikh, the expanding titan of pro pugilism who was unknown to any boxing fan prior to 2023. Some of his moves have to me looked counter intuitive, but the reasoning seems sound, by and large. I’m pondering Turki’s takeover play as I
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“How are you? It’s been a long time,” I said to Stephen Espinoza Tuesday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, after Tank Davis and Lamont Roach spoke to media and interacted to hype their March 1 clash in Brooklyn, where Tank has a decent fanbase. “Just like old days,” I said, as the 54-year-old sports attorney turned
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Gervonta Davis was not on time for his Tuesday press conference in Brooklyn, to hype his March 1 fight versus Lamont Roach at Barclays Center, so there was a bit of grumbling on in the press rows, where videographers and a couple writers chilled while the A side made his way to the building. Me,
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It is almost a “you had to be there” situation, how badass George Foreman was in the first half of 1974. 40-0, seeking to look to soothe the inner turmoil of his soul via contained violence for the entertainment of the masses. That meant taking it to foes with a determination that had plenty of
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Larry Merchant is 93 years old, and I’m happy to report that he is living happily in Santa Monica, CA, walking, exercising, caring for his wife, and yep, watching fights. He tunes in the big ones and watches the Top Rank/ESPN fare. Oh, and he pays attention to the wider world. He reads the NY
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“Shakur is Shakur,” Top Rank boss Bob Arum told FightsATW, two days after the fighter headlined on ESPN and won via unanimous decision in his hometown of Newark, NJ. The Brooklyn-born ATG promoter impressed me with his POV on Shakur Stevenson, whose contract with Top Rank ended with the bout against Artem Harutyunyan Saturday night.
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Am I alone here? Maybe so, it might be that I’m a Gen X crank who is stuck in place, unable or unwilling to move with the times, and accept the fight game for what it is. As I took in the latest Ryan Garcia “news,” and spent time and energy examining the recent chapter
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