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This Week In Boxing Biz: Bernard Hopkins-Joe Smith Jr., Demetrius Andrade, HBO Vs. Showtime Ratings
By Josh Katzowitz, Forbes.com, Sun, 18 Dec 2016
Fighting for the first time in more than two years, Bernard Hopkins says his Saturday night fight with Joe Smith Jr. (HBO at 10 p.m. ET/PT) will be the final bout of his career. Considering he?ll be 52 years old next month, it?s a safe bet Hopkins is telling the truth. After all, he took a beating f Read Full Story >>>Alexander Povetkin: Career, achievements ruined by failed tests
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Sun, 18 Dec 2016
Despite possessing the talent and skills to be recognised as one of the best heavyweights of the modern era, Alexander Povetkin can no longer be taken seriously as an athlete due to constant links to drug use.
In the same year, and as boxing copes with a spate of positive tests, Povetkin has been Read Full Story >>> SULTAN STOPS TETE IN 2ND ROUND IN SOUTH AFRICA, WINS IBF INTER-CON TITLE
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
Zamboanga's rising super flyweight Jonas 'Zorro' Sultan knocked out local boy Makazole 'The Professor' Tete in the second round at the Orient Theatre in East London, South Africa Friday night and captured the IBF Inter-Conti Read Full Story >>> SULLIVAN BARRERA PULLS UPSET OVER VYACHESLAV SHABRANSKYY TO CLAIM THE USNBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
NEAR SOLD-OUT ARENA AT FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO HOSTS SIX TOTAL KNOCK OUTS FOR THE HBO LATINO TELECAST
INDIO, CALIF. (Dec. 16, 2016) - Cuban stand out Sullivan Barrera (18-1, 13 KOs) pulled an upset over Vyach Read Full Story >>> Warriors Boxing Congratulates Murat Gassiev for Title Winning Victory and Issues Challenge to the Entire Boxing World
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
'Explain to me why Denis Lebedev is still world champion.'
Warriors Boxing and Ural Boxing wish to congratulate the fighter they co-promote, brand-new IBF Cruiserweight World Champion Murat "Iron" Gassiev, for his title-winning victory on December 3 against Denis Lebedev at the Khodynka Ice Pala Read Full Story >>> John David Jackson: ?Bernard Hopkins might surprise people and score a late round stoppage?
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
Former world champion and current boxing trainer, John David Jackson, will be working the corner of a former opponent that he once fought almost two decades ago, the legendary Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins is now 51 years old and is heading into what is being promoted as his final fight. John David Jacks Read Full Story >>> Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Smith: Father Time?s Last Stand
By Cheekay Brandon, Boxing.com, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
The magnificence of his accomplishments is every bit as marvelous as the chess playing computer or the self-driving car?
How marvelous are those marvels so that are so much a part of our public imagination that they become routine?
While modern society lacks the flying cars and teleportation Read Full Story >>> Bernard Hopkins' boxing achievements are out of this world
By Chris McKenna, Daily Star (UK), Sat, 17 Dec 2016
Hopkins, a month shy of his 52nd birthday, will step through the ropes for the 67th and final time in the early hours of tomorrow morning to take on Joe Smith.
It is as close as you will get to a testimonial in boxing. Not because Smith is a pushover, in fact the New York has lost just once in 23 Read Full Story >>> Bernard Hopkins working for storybook ending in ?final? bout
By George Willis, New York Post, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
At age 51, Bernard Hopkins insists his light heavyweight fight against Long Island slugger Joe Smith Jr. on Saturday night is the last bout of his prizefighting career.
?Win, lose or draw this is the final one,? Hopkins said recently.
We?ll take the Philadelphia native at his word, though he o Read Full Story >>> Bernard Hopkins, outsider-turned-insider, prepares for final fight, against Joe Smith Jr
By Dylan Hernandez, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
LOS ANGELES: The old philosopher leaned forward.
"There's a pattern here," he whispered as if revealing a secret. "The pattern is the DNA of who you are."
Bernard Hopkins went on like this for more than an hour, sharing thoughts he formed over a Hall of Fame boxing career that has covered near Read Full Story >>> Boxing: How legend Bernard Hopkins became a winner
By Robert Morales, OCRegister.com, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
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Therein lies perhaps Berna Read Full Story >>> Jinkee to Manny Pacquiao: "If I had a million tongues, I couldn't tell enough how much I love you"
GMA News Online, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
Today, December 17, Pambansang Kamao Manny Pacquiao celebrates his 38th birthday.
His wife, Jinkee, posted a heartfelt message for the boxing champ and Philippine senator.
She began by declaring that Manny is the man of her life.
"Happy birthday to the man of my life. I am truly blessed t Read Full Story >>> PALICTE AND CANTU MAKE WEIGHT
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
Downtown Las Vegas:- Filipino boxer, Aston Palicte (21-2-0,18 KO) and Oscar Cantu (14-0-), 1KO of Texas, both made weight today at the official weigh-in for tomorrow?s fight card at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Read Full Story >>> WEIGHTS FROM LA: HOPKINS - 174 LBS, SMITH - 175 LBS
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
Boxing legend Bernard Hopkins (55-7-2, 32KOs) of Philadelphia weighed in at 174 lbs while his opponent Joe Smith Jr (22-1-0, 18KOs) of Long Island, New York stepped the scales at 175 lbs for their WBC International lig Read Full Story >>> Watch: Terence Crawford leaves jail after posting appeal bond
World Boxing News, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
World super-lightweight champion Terence Crawford walked free from prison just hours after being handed a 90-day jail sentence.
The 29 year-old, who recently defeated John Molina via stoppage to retain his world super-lightweight titles, was found guilty of charges relating to an incident at a ca Read Full Story >>> SINGH AND CHEKA MAKE WEIGHT FOR DELHI?S NIGHT OF THE CHAMPIONS
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
NEW DELHI, INDIA ? Hometown hero Vijender Singh and Francis Cheka of Tanzania are all set for their WBO Asia-Pacific super middleweight battle this Saturday December 17.
During the official weigh-in, Singh weighed in a Read Full Story >>> GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS PLACES SPOTLIGHT ON BERNARD "THE EXECUTIONER" HOPKINS
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
HOPKINS TALKS BEING THE UNDERDOG, HIS MOTIVATION, FAVORITE MOMENTS IN BOXING HISTORY AND WHAT TO EXPECT FROM HIM IN THE "FINAL 1" FIGHT OF HIS CAREER
HOPKINS VS. SMITH, JR. LIVE ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING? FROM THE 'FA Read Full Story >>> Andre Ward Talks Retirement Rumors and Kovalev Rematch (VIDEO)
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
TMZ SPORTS -- Boxing champ Andre Ward says he doesn't want to retire ... but he will if he isn't shown the proper respect ... aka given his fair cut of the cash for Ward-Kovalev II.
TMZ Sports ran into the undefeated boxer i Read Full Story >>> Matthews: No Matter the Outcome, Bernard Hopkins Goes Out a Winner
By Wallace Matthews, NY Sports Day, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
When Bernard Hopkins steps into the ring to fight Joe Smith Jr. Saturday night for what he says will be his final professional fight, he will be facing a boxer who hadn?t yet been born when Hopkins made his pro debut on Oct. 11, 1988. Assuming a normal pregnancy, Smith ? born on Sept. 20, 1989 ? was Read Full Story >>> De la Hoya hails Hopkins as 'the Executioner' prepares for final fight
AOL Sports, Sat, 17 Dec 2016
Oscar de la Hoya has lauded Bernard Hopkins as a "master of psychosocial warfare" on the eve of the celebrated veteran's final professional fight.
Hopkins, a dominant former champion of the middleweight division who also went on to claim world title belts at light-heavyweight, will bring an end t Read Full Story >>>
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