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Why the Crawford vs. Postol boxing showdown is worth your time (and $) Saturday
By Gayle Falkenthal, Community Digital News, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
SAN DIEGO, July 22, 2016 ? Boxing fans worldwide criticize the state of the sport repeatedly these days. ?The best won?t fight the best anymore.? ?Boxing is too much about business instead of sport.? ?Promoters are too protective.?
If fans feel this way, they should be elated with Saturday?s show Read Full Story >>>Felix Verdejo-Terry Flanagan Eyed By Arum For Pacquiao Card
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is confident that Felix Verdejo is ready to make the big jump. The move is dependent on the approval of his veteran matchmakers Brad Goodman and Bruce Trampler.
Arum would like to match Verdejo against the 135-pound champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), Britain' Read Full Story >>> WEIGHTS FROM LAS VEGAS: CRAWFORD - 140 LBS., POSTOL - 139.5 LBS.
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford of Omaha, Nebraska weighed in exactly at 140 lbs while WBC junior welterweight champion Victor Postol of Ukraine stepped the scales at 139.5 lbs during the official w Read Full Story >>> Leo Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton Media Conference Call Transcript
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
Lou DiBella
Welcome, everybody, to the Santa Cruz-Frampton telephone call. The event is Saturday, July 30, 2016, on SHOWTIME. The action begins on SHOWTIME at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time; that?s 6:00 p.m, Pacific Read Full Story >>> Team Shumenov petitions WBA to declare purse bid for mandatory title fight vs. Lebedev or strip Lebedev of his world cruiserweight title belt
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
LAS VEGAS (July 22, 2016) - It has been more than a month since World Boxing Association (WBA) world cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov (16-2, 10 KOs), based on the much publicized WBA Cruiserweight Tournament rules and reg Read Full Story >>> Boxing Champ Terence Crawford -- No MMA For Me EVER ... Those Guys Are Too Broke
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
TMZ SPORTS -- WBO junior welterweight champ Terence Crawford says there's one reason he'd never try his hand (or feet) at MMA ... the almighty dollar ... 'cause according to TC there's just not enough money in grappling.
Read Full Story >>> Flavor Flav -- I Manage Muhammad Ali's Grandson ... He's a Boxer, BOYYYYY! (VIDEO)
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
TMZ SPORTS -- Muhammad Ali's legacy ... is in Flavor Flav's hands -- 'cause the rap legend tells TMZ Sports he's managing Muhammad's grandson's boxing career!
Flav was out in Bev Hills with TV pitchman Ron Popeil Read Full Story >>> Introducing former amateur standout Kevin Asmat
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
Asmat makes pro debut tonight against Dallas Holden at The Claridge in Atlantic City
Anthony "Juice" Young to headline against Eduardo Flores
Plus Thomas "Cornflake" LaManna in the co-feature against Engleberto Valenzuela
Dan Pasciolla battles Dante Selby in Heavyweight rematch
Also se Read Full Story >>> Terence Crawford holds a number of critical advantages over Viktor Postol
By Josh Planos, Washington Post, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
The top two 140-pound fighters on the planet meet Saturday at Las Vegas?s MGM Grand to unify the junior welterweight division. WBO champion Terence Crawford, the favorite, and WBC champion Viktor Postol each sport unblemished 28-0 records, with Crawford holding the knockout advantage, 20 to 12.
S Read Full Story >>> Postol Looking to Unify 140-Pound Titles with Win over Crawford
By Mike Sloan, Sherdog.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
It wasn?t too long ago when only the hardest of the hardcore boxing fans and media knew the name Viktor Postol. Most considered him another in a long line of European tough guys with some skill and not much else. But as he slowly climbed the ranks, the Ukrainian began proving otherwise.
And when Read Full Story >>> Terence Crawford is finally top of the bill - And he will deliver against Viktor Postol
By Barry McGuigan, mirror.co.uk, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
It isn?t fair to describe this as his unveiling, but in some respects that is what it is for Terence Crawford.
The WBO super lightweight champion faces off against WBC champion Viktor Postol of Ukraine in Las Vegas as a pay-per-view bill topper for the first time.
Not much was known about the Read Full Story >>> Make Boxing Great Again: Crawford vs. Postol
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
Will Crawford vs. Postol enough to forget, even for a blessed moment, the freak shows by which it is bookended? You betcha?
Much is being made of Saturday?s super lightweight unification bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and for good reason.
WBO titleholder Terence Crawford (28-0, 20 KOs), th Read Full Story >>> Is a Desperate Arum Using Manny Pacquiao?s Name to Sell Crawford-Postol?
By Tony Deebs, The Boxing Tribune, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
Bob Arum has a date set for Manny Pacquiao?s return to the ring, he has a short list of likely venues, and he?s been strongly intimating that the opponent will be the winner of this Saturday?s Terence Crawford-Viktor Postol pay-per-view junior welterweight battle. That?s all fine, except for the fac Read Full Story >>> Boxing preview: Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol
By Fraser Coffeen , Bloody Elbow, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
Saturday night, HBO presents a terrific boxing main event as Terence Crawford (28-0; 20 KO) takes on Viktor Postol (28-0; 12 KO). The fight is a 12 round Light Welterweight (140 lb.) fight. Ring Magazine has this as a battle between the division's #1 (Postol) and #2 (Crawford); they also list Crawfo Read Full Story >>> Bernard Hopkins eyeing a return in 2016 in possible farewell bout
By Mitch Abramson, RingTV.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
Ring legend Bernard Hopkins recently met with Golden Boy Officials about fighting this year in a possible farewell bout, Golden Boy VP Eric Gomez told RingTV.com on Friday.
The talks were preliminary and nothing has been formally set up. But Gomez did say that Hopkins wants to fight toward the en Read Full Story >>> Rio 2016: Rogen Ladon
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
As a newcomer to the world scene, Rogen Ladon isn?t garnering much attention as the 2016 Olympics approach. For the 22-year-old light flyweight boxer, that?s not necessarily a bad thing.
As the long-time back-up to 2012 Olympian Mark Anthony Barriga, Ladon didn?t get a chance to shine until 2015 Read Full Story >>> Exclusive: Deontay Wilder to undergo surgeries, out until 2017
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Sat, 23 Jul 2016
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will not compete again until 2017, trainer and manager Jay Deas has informed WBN this week.
Wilder, 30, tore a bicep and broke his hand when recording a 37th career victory last weekend, taking out veteran Chris Arreola in the eighth round at the Legacy Are Read Full Story >>> Fight Preview: Crawford-Postol
By Ralph Rimpell, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2016
This Saturday at the MGM grand in Las Vegas, WBO jr welterweight champion Terrence Crawford and WBC jr welterweight champion, Victor Postol, will fight in a unification match for supremacy in the 140lb division. Thi Read Full Story >>> The Dwyre Chronicles: The Golden Age of the Jr. Welterweight Division
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2016
The Golden Age of the Jr. Welterweight Division
By Bill Dwyre *
LAS VEGAS ? Wednesday was yet another day of boxing fun and folly. There may be more colorful sports on the day of the actual competition. But there is none b Read Full Story >>> Shot at Pacquiao looms large in unification bout
By Agence France Press, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 22 Jul 2016
Los Angeles ? There will be plenty at stake, including a potential date with Manny Pacquiao, when Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol duke it out for junior welterweight division supremacy on Saturday.
And throw in the bragging rights that comes with winning the two 140-pound world titles that are Read Full Story >>>
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