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Shakur Stevenson says he’s looking to fight George Kambosos Jr after being turned down by Isaac Cruz and William Zepeda, believes boxing is in a sad state of blatant ducking
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one of the best things about boxing, what really sets it apart from anything else, is that anticipation in the moments before a big fight, the atmosphere and tension, those final minutes before we see brave warriors whose minds must be racing put it all on the line #CaneloKovalev
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3 years
Canelo Alvarez knocks out Caleb Plant in round 11, becomes undisputed champion #CaneloPlant highlights:
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3 years
Sources: Jake Paul vs Ben Askren did at least 1.45 million buys on PPV, could top 2 million #TrillerFightClub More:
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4 years
Lomachenko agrees to take pay cut to help make Lopez showdown
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7 years
That should be Adalaide Byrd’s last fight. Period. Nevada has to take responsibility for that card.
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7 years
Floyd: “He’s a lot better than I thought he was. He used different angles, he’s a tough competitor. But I was the better man tonight”
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3 years
The WBC has ordered Vergil Ortiz Jr. to face David Avanesyan in a welterweight final eliminator, which will guarantee the winner a shot at Errol Spence Jr. More:
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3 years
Errol Spence Jr vs Yordenis Ugas now approved by WBA, unification fight expected in early 2022 #SpenceUgas More:
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4 years
Tyson Fury singing, his whole team and half the arena singing with him. "American Pie," of course. #WilderFury2
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7 years
Bradley: “We are in Argentina.” I’M DONE
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3 years
Canelo Alvarez would rather fight Jermall Charlo than Gennadiy Golovkin for a third time More:
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7 years
Call it what you want but I had more fun watching that fight than I have watching a Mayweather fight in years.
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7 years
Happy retirement to Miguel Cotto. I enjoyed watching him fight every time I saw him.
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7 years
I am incredibly impressed by McGregor’s heart, honestly. The class is what it is, but McGregor is one tough MFer.
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8 years
I’m not British, so I’m not being a homer here. Joe Joyce #GBR was flat out robbed against Tony Yoka #FRA .
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2 years
Mauricio Sulaiman has insinuated that he’ll block Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol due to the WBC’s ban on Russian fighters in title bouts. This is despite allowing Beterbiev to fight as a Canadian and the fact that Bivol lives in California More
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3 years
Canelo Alvarez is now the undisputed king at 168 lbs, stopping Caleb Plant in the 11th round to unify all four major titles #CaneloPlant recap and highlights:
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4 years
Crawford: “Let’s be real, Danny ain’t beat nobody in the welterweight division.”
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4 years
Boxing has a new superstar, as Teofimo Lopez walked the walk, defeating Vasiliy Lomachenko by decision to confirm the true arrival of "The Takeover" Full #LomaLopez results, recap, and highlights:
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4 years
Fury on Wilder: "He is a warrior, he will be back, he will be a champion again. But I will say, the king has returned to the top of the throne." #WilderFury2
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8 years
Referee Robert Byrd believes judges ‘screwed up’ decision, says Kovalev won.
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4 years
I know AJ has three of the four belts and respect to him. But there is now zero real question about the best heavyweight in the game today. It's Tyson Fury. #WilderFury2
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7 years
Boxing is a weird ass sport in general, but Billy Joe Saunders’ kid punching Willie Monroe in the nuts takes the cake for 2017, I think.
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4 years
#LomaLopez will be an event with 250 fans allowed in Nevada, and Top Rank are planning to give most tickets to first responders, not selling any More:
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5 years
Drake Curse strikes again with Anthony Joshua’s loss to Andy Ruiz Jr #JoshuaRuiz
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5 years
It sounds like we’ve got it set: Manny Pacquiao will reportedly return on July 20 to face Keith Thurman in a FOX PPV main event
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7 years
Floyd has taken over.
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3 years
Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor meet in a true undisputed title fight Saturday, leading the coming week’s schedule #RamirezTaylor and more:
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3 years
Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul have completed their exhibition, and there’s not much more to say than that #MayweatherPaul recaps and uh highlights:
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4 years
Full-time rapper Adrien Broner says he’ll ‘f*ck up’ full-time boxer Regis Prograis
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1 year
Floyd Mayweather continues to speak out about the excessive number of world titles in boxing, believes #boxing has become watered down with the number of champions
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6 years
HI I’M WATCHING NOBUHIKO TAKADA ANNOUNCE A FLOYD MAYWEATHER FIGHT I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
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4 years
Top Rank have reserved May 8 at the MGM Grand for an undisputed championship fight at 140 between Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez #TaylorRamirez More:
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4 years
Fury is completely manhandling Wilder at this point. Wilder has nothing for him. #WilderFury2
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5 years
Andy Ruiz Jr shocks the world, stops Anthony Joshua in seven to win WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles #JoshuaRuiz
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2 years
Cuba has reportedly lifted its ban on professional boxing, first instituted in 1962. Many of its top Olympic medalists will make their pro debuts in Mexico, likely on May 20th More:
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2 years
George Kambosos Jr made weight on a second try, and his fight with Devin Haney is now on and official #KambososHaney More:
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7 years
Scores: 118-110 Canelo (A Byrd), 115-113 (D Moretti), 114-114 (D Trella). It’s a draw. Byrd’s card is horrendous and she should be ashamed.
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3 years
Bob Arum intends to stage Artur Beterbiev vs Joe Smith Jr at Madison Square Garden this fall More:
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3 years
Rolando Romero accused of sexual assault by multiple women, putting black cloud over Dec. 5 Showtime PPV with Gervonta Davis #TankRolly #DavisRomero
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3 years
Manny Pacquiao’s business manager claims he’ll face Mikey Garcia this summer More:
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4 years
Deontay Wilder's corner throws the towel in round seven! IT IS OVER! Tyson Fury with a DOMINANT performance! #WilderFury2
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4 years
Santa Cruz plans to request rematch against Gervonta Davis
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6 years
Spence: I don’t like Adrien Broner as a person or a fighter
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5 years
And that’ll do it. 12 rounds done. Anthony Joshua will regain the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles unless the judges are on the most drugs in the history of mankind or all alien races. #RuizJoshua2
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7 years
McGregor is all arm punches at this point. He’s very tired.
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3 years
Terence Crawford vs Shawn Porter title fight ordered by WBO #CrawfordPorter More:
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3 years
Jose Zepeda demolishes Josue Vargas in one round, Jonas Sultan upsets Carlos Caraballo, more from the full #ZepedaVargas card Recap and highlights:
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3 years
Vergil Ortiz says this past generation of fighters have been ‘pretty soft’ by trying to protect their undefeated records at all costs, but is looking to change the narrative
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7 years
Canelo being booed fairly heavily. GGG laughs at Canelo’s claim of winning “7 or 8 rounds easily.”
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3 years
Seniesa Estrada on the evolution of women’s boxing and aiming to unify titles across three divisions MORE:
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3 years
Canelo says Jake and Logan Paul don’t respect boxing, offers sparring session to show them what it’s truly all about
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7 years
I’m not upset about Trella’s 114-114. If Byrd had somehow seen 7 rounds for Canelo, I could listen to the argument. But 10 of 12? No.
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4 years
Tyson Fury for weeks: "I'm gonna come in around 270." [Fury weighs 273] Everyone: OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. WHAT. HOW CAN. IS THIS. #WilderFury2
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3 years
Terence Crawford on Shawn Porter WBO order: "I’ve been begging for a real challenge for years" #CrawfordPorter More:
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5 years
Lomacheno says fight with Teofimo Lopez fight will happen in April 2020. #CommeyLopez
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3 years
Benavidez vs Davis results and highlights: David Benavidez KOs Kyrone Davis in seven, calls out Canelo and Charlo #BenavidezDavis MORE:
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7 years
One of the things I most liked about boxing’s status as a fringe sport was we avoided being infested with the likes of Stephen A Smith
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3 years
Gilberto Ramirez targeting fight against Artur Beterbiev, says Beterviev has two belts he wants
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4 years
Jorge Linares likens Ryan Garcia to a woman posting selfies
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7 years
Now if you’re unfamiliar to fight pressers, you’ll be hearing from a bunch of people you don’t care about first.
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7 years
Wilder: “You gotta give a lot of props to Stiverne.” Jim Gray: “For what?”
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3 years
Bob Arum says women’s boxing doesn’t draw much fan attention, Jake Paul fires back on “dinosaur” promoter ahead of #TaylorSerrano More:
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8 years
1) It was better than most of us expected 2) It ended how most of us expected
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7 years
This is an atrocious decision. Just another Black Eye For Boxing Saturday.
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5 years
Longtime boxing judge and beloved HBO unofficial scorer Harold Lederman has passed away at age 79
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7 years
Mayweather wearing a ski mask because he’s about to rob the public
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4 years
I don't care what Louie Coria's record is after this fight, or Adam Lopez's for that matter. Put both these guys back on TV as often as possible. #MagdalenoVicente
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6 years
Munguia and Smith are tearing it up tonight. Hell of a fight and Munguia’s grandma just took her teeth out
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8 years
Canelo Alvarez: There's no weight issue, I'll fight Golovkin at 160
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4 years
Kamil Szeremeta was no match for Gennadiy Golovkin, who dropped the challenger four times en route to a one-sided stoppage win #GGGSzeremeta Full results, recap, and highlights:
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3 years
Phentermine explained: A Toxicologist discusses the drug behind Oscar Valdez’s positive test #ValdezConceicao
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7 years
Saunders: “I’ve beaten enough dog meat now. Golovkin, you keep saying you wanted my WBO belt when I was 14 stone, out of shape, and wasn’t in love with boxing. Then you wanted to fight me. Fight me now! Now fight me. We’ll see a different story. You’ll be punching fresh air.”
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3 years
With PBC reportedly pushing Canelo to sign multi-fight deal in order secure Plant unification, a third fight against Golovkin could be back in the works
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4 years
Lopez says he’s leading the way for new generation of fighters, claims he’ll knockout Haney because he can’t stand him anyway
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2 years
HE’S BACK! Deontay Wilder destroyed Robert Helenius with a first round knockout, then called out Oleksandr Usyk and Andy Ruiz Jr by name after the fight #WilderHelenius Watch the knockout:
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3 years
Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s hometown votes unanimously to name a street in his honor More:
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4 years
Wilder wishes he'd been allowed to go out on his shield, but added, "This is what big time boxing is all about. The best must fight the best." Says he'll come back stronger. #WilderFury2
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8 years
Canelo says he invited Golovkin into the ring. “Like we say in Mexico, we don’t fuck around. I don’t fear anyone.”
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3 years
Vergil Ortiz eager for shot at a world title, doesn’t see why he shouldn’t be able to fight Yordenis Ugas in next outing
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3 years
Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant reportedly close for Sept. 18 in Las Vegas, FOX PPV #CaneloPlant More:
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3 years
Canelo Alvarez stops Billy Joe Saunders after eight rounds, Saunders stopped in corner. Canelo now has three of four world titles at super middleweight. #CaneloSaunders highlights and recap:
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7 years
What is going on with these Canelo X GGG scorecards???
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7 years
Replay: Clear punch to the back of the head, pushed him down, swiped at him again. That’s your “KO.”
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3 years
In an instant classic, unbelievable heavyweight war, Tyson Fury knocked out Deontay Wilder in the 11th round #FuryWilder3 Full highlights of the fight:
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4 years
Raiders’ new stadium in Las Vegas is possible home for Lomachenko vs Lopez in September More:
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7 years
Hope a big, wide audience of coveted casuals tuned in to see what a dumpster fire boxing officiating is.
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4 years
Wilder's outfit is incredible. I don't care. He looks like a sparkly Shredder matte black variant. #WilderFury2
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7 years
Badou Jack’s a guy who lost a TKO-1 to someone he really shouldn’t have lost to, learned from it, got better, and here he is now.
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3 years
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, former middleweight champion and all-time boxing great, has died at 66 More:
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3 years
Canelo Alvarez wasn’t very impressed with the exhibitioning of Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul, but Jake Paul was, so you know, divergent philosophies on boxing Pros react to #MayweatherPaul :
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9 years
Canelo vs Khan: Freddie Roach says Khan 'has to pitch a perfect game'
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3 years
Boxing pros react to the crazy, thrilling battle that was #FuryWilder3 More:
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