By: Sean Crose He’s only 34, which really isn’t THAT old by contemporary boxing standards. Yet, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, the man who perhaps still remains king of the sport of boxing, has been fighting professionally since the age of 15. That’s 65 fights in a career that’s pushing two decades in length. That, simply put,
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IBF heavyweight champion, Daniel Dubois, and former two-time unified champion, Anthony Joshua, are entering their final few days of serious training before they begin tapering down and focusing on their fight at Wembley Stadium on September 21st.  Dubois’ promoter, Frank Warren, is all too aware that anything can happen in the crucial days and hours
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EDGAR Berlanga faces the ultimate career acid test on Saturday evening when he takes on Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in the T-Mobile Arena live on pay-per-view.  Buzzing with the conviction of an undefeated fighter, who has a talent for putting opponents’ lights out, while Berlanga stares across the ring at a man who has been there
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By Jamie Rebner ALTHOUGH Bob Foster is undoubtedly considered one of the greatest light-heavyweight champions of all time, he wasn’t a household name during his prime years. His championship reign lasted from 1968 to 1974 and included 14 successful title defenses. Yet Foster is best known for his two crushing defeats at the hands of
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Embattled welterweight Ryan Garcia has called out Terrence Crawford for being overhyped and having faced very little top-quality opposition in the ring. Despite Crawford’s earned status as a four-division world champion, Garcia isn’t ready to accord him the respect he would seem to deserve. Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) believes Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) – who
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By Niall Doran SAUDI sports power player Turki Alalshikh has brought in an exciting new pay-per-view price for boxing, starting with Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois’ Wembley Stadium heavyweight title card on September 21 in the UK. Fans on PPV.com will only have to pay $19.99 (just over £15 for those in the UK). Modern
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Add Caleb Plant to the growing list of people who predict that +1000 betting underdog Edgar Berlanga doesn’t have a chance against super middleweight king Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in Las Vegas on Sept. 14.  “Canelo will go out there and do his thing,” Plant told BoxingScene. “I don’t feel like [Berlanga will come close to
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If he never fights David Benavidez, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez risks undermining among the finest of all legacies.  Since the age of 15 he has gradually fought his toughest potential opponents, and in the two defeats he has recorded from his 65 professional contests, lost partly because the two fights he agreed to – against Floyd
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Wednesday, Sep. 11 DAZN, 4:00 pm ET, Canelo vs Berlanga main event press conference. Canelo and Eddie B make one last effort to talk out their disagreement before settling it with fists. Sometimes, random other people show up and try to hijack Canelo press conferences to get some publicity, so that might be fun. And,
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THAMMANOON Niyomtrong retained his WBA minimumweight title with a narrow majority decision victory over Alex Winwood in Perth, Australia. Niyomtrong, also known as Knockout CP Freshmart, had held the title since 2016 but had not fought in over two years. The judges scored it 113-113 and 114-112 twice in his favour. Winwood was knocked down
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The announcement was far from a surprise, but it was nonetheless welcome. Premier Boxing Champions’ upcoming broadcast on Oct. 19 will feature Bakhram Murtazaliev defending his junior middleweight title vs. Tim Tszyu. The most important news isn’t the “who,” however, but rather the “where” – the show will stream for subscribers to Amazon’s Prime Video
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By: Sean Crose The highly anticipated September 21st Pay Per View event between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois will cost Americans $19.99 to watch on pay per view. That’s right, $19.99…around twenty bucks for Yanks to watch the hard hitting Englishmen thrown down in at Wembley Stadium for the IBF heavyweight championship of the world.
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