Boxing Links (10-19-11)
Freed boxer wins first — and last pro fight CBS News I’ll work out with people and I would love to learn the game of boxing a little bit more if I can. I will sit down and do announcing.” Going forward, he says he wants to focus on helping kids aspire to achieve, with the Dewey Bozella Foundation. … […]
Boxing Links (9-25-11)
HBO boxing analyst Larry Merchant’s Floyd Mayweather jab a low blow New York Daily News Larry Merchant, HBO’s veteran boxing analyst, has enjoyed a storied career in newspapers and television. He’s a bundle of wit, wisdom, soulfulness, and heart. He brings a unique perspective to anything he covers. A caring man, he has been known to… See all stories […]
Boxing Links (9-20-11)
Larry Merchant on Mayweather flap ESPN LOS ANGELES — HBO boxing announcer Larry Merchant said Monday that Floyd Mayweather’s victory over Victor Ortiz on Saturday in Las Vegas was the result of a “legal sucker-punch.” Merchant, a guest on the Mason & Ireland Show on 710 ESPN Radio in Los … See all stories on this topic » […]
MAYWEATHER/ORTIZ HBO ZONE ROADBLOCK SET FOR SATURDAY, SEPT. 17
SIX-HOUR BLOCK OF NONSTOP BOXING PROGRAMMING BUILDS ANTICIPATION FOR THE EVENING’S ELECTRIC PAY-PER-VIEW SHOWDOWN IN LAS VEGAS For the first time, HBO transforms the HBO Zone channel into a fight-day boxing destination with an unprecedented six-hour block of Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz fight-related programming just hours before their electric pay-per-view showdown in Las […]
Boxing Links (7-25-11)
Khan manhandles Judah in five rounds ESPN Khan was expecting (and hoping) to fight two-belt titlist Timothy Bradley, but he turned down a 50-50 deal and a career-high payday of about $1.8 million in a move that puts him at the head of the class of the Winky Wright School of Boxing Business. … See all stories […]
Boxing Links (7-19-11)
Boxer-Turned-MMA Fighter ‘Butterbean’ Esch Gets Real The Big Lead Back in the 1990s, Eric “Butterbean” Esch hit the boxing scene like a ton of bricks. Almost literally, considering that he weighed in at more than 400 pounds. Esch is now taking on a new challenge: Starring in in a reality show, Big Law: Deputy … See all […]
A CHAMPIONSHIP HOMECOMING ON AUGUST 27 MARCOS MAIDANA HEADS TO ROBERT GUERRERO’S BACK YARD IN WHAT IS SURE TO BE A “FIGHT OF THE YEAR” CANDIDATE
HBO Boxing After Dark Event To Be Held At HP Pavilion In San Jose, Calif SAN JOSE, July 7 – After co-headlining an explosive pay-per-view card in April, two of boxing’s toughest fighters will collide in what is sure to be a “Fight of the Year” caliber fight when WBA Interim Super Lightweight World […]
Boxing Links (6-25-11)
Nick Charles, a brave man and good friend to boxing BoxingInsider.com (blog) But, Nick was a friend to all, and to yours truly, a friend from the first day we met at a ShowtimeBoxing event four years ago. It was supposed to be a meet and greet. But it became a friendship. As the battle continued, […]
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