Boxing Links (9-21-11)
Boxing’s new low: Choice of Cortez sealed Ortiz’ fate The Hook By Juanita Giles | bweevil1@gmail.com Boxing has never been pretty. The blood turns a lot of people off, but die-hard fans (required, with such a dearth of talent in most divisions) know that boxing’s violence is tempered with fairness and grace. … See all stories on this topic » […]
Fight Report: Williams Stops Okoth In Fifth, Fowler and Ockuko Impress
By: Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro On Sunday afternoon Miranda Carter and Bruce Baker co-promoted their first event of the new season – Great Expectations – at York Hall in the heart of the East End of London. Surprisingly York Hall wasn’t packed to capacity, perhaps because of the late pullout by British Light Welter Champ […]
MMA XPLOSION TEAM QUALIFIER POST-FIGHT REPORT
By: Rich Bergeron ================= EDITOR’S NOTE: Special Thanks to Marcel Emerson of THE EDGE. Marcel hooked me up with a sample of Boost Oxygen, and it really does work! To watch a quick video about the benefit of using oxygen, CLICK HERE. A healthy crowd packed into “The Joint” at the Hard Rock Hotel & […]
This Week’s Fight News Unlimited Combat Sports Show Features The Fight Nerd and Pro Boxer Vicente Escobedo
Another Thursday night episode of the Fight News Unlimited Combat Sports Show is in the can. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEEK’S INSTALLMENT featuring Matt Kaplowitz (A.K.A. “The Fight Nerd) and the producer of a film about the New York MMA community talking about how their lives changed due to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (9-12-11)
One Man’s View: Fast-Track Pitfalls Sherdog.com File Photo: Sherdog.com Matchmaking in mixed martial arts is an often-overlooked science, but it plays a key role in developing a fighter. How a fighter’s management negotiates the bouts offered to him by a promotion is indicative of the intended path … See all stories on this topic » […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (9-6-11)
UFC sees heavy end to year: Lesnar-Overeem for title shot USA Today Between mixed martial arts and kickboxing, Overeem had 24 fights from 2007 through 2010. But he has fought only once this year, so he opted to face Lesnar rather than sit around for the Velasquez-Dos Santos winner. Overeem becomes the second … See all stories on […]
Floyd Mayweather’s Media Day Open Workout Sneak Preview
By: Rich Bergeron Upon gloving up and getting in the ring to train for a swarm of press Tuesday afternoon, Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Jr. (41-0, 25 KOs) ordered the air conditioning of the gym to cease and desist. He wanted to train in the heat. “Cut the air off,” he bellowed. “The gym gotta be […]
Boxing Links (9-4-11)
Berto slugs way to title on fifth-round stoppage of Zaveck USA Today Zaveck, who won his belt with a third-round KO of Isaac Hlatshwayo in 2009, was making the fourth defense of the title, and looking to prove he belonged among the elite welterweights, boxing’s most loaded division featuring the likes of Manny Pacquiao, … See all stories […]
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