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Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev face defining test in fight of the year
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
They are two fighters, undefeated, so far unrivalled and that is why the promotion behind Andre Ward against Sergey Kovalev for the undisputed light-heavyweight championship of the world on night Saturday has been labelled ?Pound for Pound?. It is the match-up of the year.
The American, from Oa Read Full Story >>>Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward offers up a mouthwatering clash of styles that will be well worth the wait
By Barry McGuigan, mirror.co.uk, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
It's pound-for-pound time, the winner claiming bragging rights and a place in the boxing pantheon.
This is the biggest test in the careers of two unbeaten fighters ? East meets West; crushing power versus the thinking man?s technician; Sergey Kovalev v Andre Ward.
Only 10 months apart, with a Read Full Story >>> Ward vs. Kovalev prediction: It's more than just boxer vs. puncher
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
LAS VEGAS ? This fight is what boxing dreams are made of, unbeaten vs. unbeaten, champion vs. champion, boxer vs. slugger, two men in their primes at the top of their chosen professions squaring off for supremacy in one of the sport?s original eight divisions.
Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev on Sat Read Full Story >>> It?s the Fight of the Year and No One Cares
By Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
Good news for boxing fans: this weekend?s fight is the most important one of the year, a long-awaited meeting of two of the best fighters on the planet, with no firm consensus about who will win. Bad news for boxing itself: many casual fans have probably never heard of either guy, and are therefore Read Full Story >>> Loyalty, drive fueled Sergey Kovalev's unlikely road to the top
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
LAS VEGAS -- Unified light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev, who will make his ninth defense against Andre Ward this weekend, could not have taken a more different path to the big time than his opponent.
Ward (30-0, 15 KOs), 32, the undefeated former super middleweight world champion, is wh Read Full Story >>> Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev to Meet in a Title Fight Long Overdue
By John Eligon, The New York Times, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
Imagine if the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers had never played on national television until they met in last season?s N.B.A. finals, or that the basketball stars Stephen Curry and LeBron James had never gotten to play in an All-Star Game.
That?s basically the situation for two Read Full Story >>> Boxing can?t afford a Ward-Kovalev disappointment
By George Willis, New York Post, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
LAS VEGAS ? Virgil Hunter has done his part. Now it?s up to Andre Ward to do his.
Hunter, 63, has not only trained Ward to be in peak condition when he faces Sergey ?Krusher? Kovalev for the light heavyweight championship Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena, he?s also tried to work his way into Kova Read Full Story >>> Kovalev-Ward Scouting Report
By Marc Abrams, 15rounds.com, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
Las Vegas, Nevada: On Saturday night, live on HBO Pay-Per-View the new pound-for-pound king will be crowned when WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey ?Krusher? Kovalev 30-0-1 (26 KOs) and Two-Time World Champion Andre ?S.O.G.? Ward 30-0 (15 KOs) square off in their much-anticipat Read Full Story >>> Ward chases greatness in light heavyweight title bout
By Vic Tafur, SFGate.com, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
Andre Ward may have said goodbye to his wife and four kids seven weeks ago to prepare for Saturday?s light heavyweight title fight, but he?s actually been getting ready for this one much longer than that.
?We?ve been preparing for it from the first time that he started boxing,? trainer Virgil Hun Read Full Story >>> Aguilar: Ward will frustrate, dominate Kovalev
By Matthew Aguilar, El Paso Times, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
The year 2016 will be remembered as one of the worst in recent boxing history. There were few fights worth paying for. The free fights on network television mostly dried up. And Canelo Alvarez/Oscar De La Hoya continued to make up excuses in their shameless sprint from Gennady Golovkin.
But, lik Read Full Story >>> Andre Ward ready to challenge Sergey Kovalev in boxing's fight of the year
By Bryan Armen Graham, The Guardian, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
Four years ago, Andre Ward was poised to succeed Floyd Mayweather?s spot as the best prizefighter in the world, regardless of weight. The Olympic champion from Oakland had cleaned out the talent-stacked super middleweight division with a string of clinical victories over Mikkel Kessler, Allan Green, Read Full Story >>> McGregor ready: For $100m I?ll fight Mayweather under boxing rules
World Boxing News, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
MMA star Conor McGregor is hoping to land a massive payday opposite Floyd Mayweather Jr. after cementing his place in the history books of UFC.
The Irishman became the first fighter to hold titles in separate weight classes simultaneously when defeating Eddie Alvarez and has been linked to fighti Read Full Story >>> Mayweather won't come back, for now
By Agence France Press, The Straits Times, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
WASHINGTON ? Retired unbeaten former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather says he has quit the sport for good and has no hunger for a ring return, adding he has too much fun travelling the world.
Mayweather told USA Today in New York on Wednesday that he has no need for the money or glory that anothe Read Full Story >>> Boxing Insider Interview with Mark Taffet: Claressa Shields is a Game Changer
By William Holmes, Boxing Insider, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
Mark Taffet is one of the power players in the sport of boxing and has been for the past quarter century. He wrote the business plan to help launch HBO Pay Per View (PPV) Boxing in 1991 and participated in 190 PPV fights.
He?s currently 59 years old, and he left HBO because he wanted to be a par Read Full Story >>> Lee Haskins to defend IBF belt against Shohei Omori in Japan
By Matt Horan, SkySports.com, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
IBF bantamweight world champion Lee Haskins will defend his title against Shohei Omori in Japan on December 31.
The fight will be Haskins' third defence of the IBF strap, having outpointed Mexican Ivan Morales in May before defeating bitter rival Stuart Hall in September at London's O2 Arena.
Read Full Story >>> Sen. Pacquiao first person to visit Kerwin Espinosa in Camp Crame
By Thom Andrade, Interaksyon, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
MANILA - Boxing icon and Senator Emmanuel "Pacman" Pacquiao on Friday visited the alleged top drug lord from the Eastern Visayas, Kerwin Espinosa, who has been detained at Camp Crame following his deportation from Abu Dhabi.
The meeting between Senator Pacquiao and Espinosa was upon a request fro Read Full Story >>> WARD-KOVALEV (FIGHT PREVIEW)
By Ralph Rimpell, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
The United States Presidential Election to determine who will be the 45th President has been decided. Unless the Electoral College breaks from tradition, as it has on rare instances, and cast their vote for the runner Read Full Story >>> Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward: 5 reasons to watch
By Zachary Alapi , Fansided, Sat, 19 Nov 2016
Sergey Kovalev defending his trio of light heavyweight titles against former super middleweight champion Andre Ward with pound-for-pound standing at stake shouldn?t need selling. However, both Kovalev and Ward have failed to capture the public?s imagination ? yet that shouldn?t overshadow the magnit Read Full Story >>> TAPALES-INOUE TITLE FIGHT CANCELED
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 18 Nov 2016
Tapales.
CEBU ? The WBO world bantamweight title fight between defending champion Marlon Tapales of the Philippines and challenger Takuma Inoue of Japan scheduled on Dec. 30 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, has been c Read Full Story >>> Mark Wahlberg -- If McGregor Wants UFC Ownership ... I'll Give Him Some of Mine! (VIDEO)
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 18 Nov 2016
TMZ SPORTS -- Ask and you shall receive!
Conor McGregor says he wants to own a piece of the UFC -- and Mark Wahlberg says he's willing to give it to him.
Remember, Wahlberg was one of the celebrity investors who pu Read Full Story >>>
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