Eric Armit
566 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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The Past Week in Action 16 August 2016
August 12 Verona, NY, USA: Feather: Miguel Flores (21-0) W PTS 10 Ryan Kielczewski (25-2). Welter: Yordenis Ugas (16-3) W PTS 10 Jamal James (20-1). Flores vs. Kielczewski Flores keeps his 100%…
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The Past Week in Action 9 August 2016
August 4 Hamburg, Germany: Heavy: Odlanier Solis (21-3) W KO 2 Milos Dovedan (2-26) This piece of rubbish did not last long. If there had been a prize for the least fit…
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ERIC ARMIT: SNIPS AND SNIPES
Last weekend was yet another outstanding weekend for UK boxing. Obviously the highlight was Carl Frampton?s victory over Leo Santa Cruz. It rates right up there with the best ever efforts by…
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The Past Week In Action 2 August 2016
July 27 Thailand: Bantam: Marlon Tapales (29-2) W KO 11 Pungluang (52-4). Fly: Kwanpichit (38-1-2) W TKO 5 Jack Amisa (21-422). Tapales vs. Pungluang Tapales gets off the floor with defeat just…
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ERIC ARMIT: SNIPS AND SNIPES, JULY 14, 2016
I was as surprised as anyone over the announcement of the Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook fight and my initial reaction was that it was not the right fight for Brook in…
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The Past Week in Action 12 July 2016
July 7 Montreal, Canada: Super Welter: Steven Butler (17-0-1) W TKO 3 Robson Assis (16-3). Butler blows away Brazilian inside three rounds with some arrogance thrown in. The young Canadian prospect had…
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The Past Week in Action 7 June 2016
June 2 Moscow, Russia: Cruiser: Max Vlasov (35-2) W TKO 3 Ismayl Sillah (23-3). Vlasov continues his cruiser campaign climbing off the floor to beat Sillah. After some cautious sparring Vlasov landed…
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The Past Week in Action 24 May 2016
May 20 Paris, France: Cruiser: Yunier Dorticos (21-0) W TKO 10 Youri Kayembre Kalenga (22-3). Cruiser: Arsen Goulamirian (17-0) W PTS 12 Andrey Knyazev (13-3). Dorticos vs. Kalenga Cuban Dorticos wins the…
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SNIPS AND SNIPES: CANELO-GOLOVKIN COULD FOLLOW MAYWEATHER-PACQUIAO NEGOTIATION DELAYS
Snips and Snipes 19 May 2016 It still looks as though we will get a Saul Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin fight but we don?t know where or when. It brings back memories…
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The Past Week in Action 17 May 2016
Rex Tso wins in Hong Kong. May 13 Bolton, England: Super Light: Jack Catterall (15-0) W PTS 12 Joe Hughes (14-2). Super Middle: Luke Blackledge (21-2-2) W KO 5 Ishmael Tetteh (31-13-2).…
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The arrogance and disrespect of Adrien Broner
ADRIEN BRONER did his image no good by failing to make the weight for his defence of the WBA super light title against Ashley Theophane. It was reported that he was 0.4lbs…
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Will a Floyd Mayweather comeback happen, and will it be welcome?
FROM my observations it seems to be 70/30 and 30/70 where Floyd Mayweather Jnr is concerned. A majority of 70% don?t, believe him when he says he will not fight again and…
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The future is bright beyond Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao
It?s good to be able to focus on some really top notch fights which don?t include the elephant in the room known as Floyd Mayweather Jnr. For too long Floyd has been…
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Snips and Snipes: Don?t bet on Floyd Mayweather fighting for a 50th time
NOW we know that Floyd Mayweather is looking to go out with a whimper not a bang. He has all the money he will ever need and his focus now is on…
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The world this week: Eric Armit?s boxing results round-up
Eric Amit?s uttterly comprehensive guide to the boxing results from across the globe July 17 Ludwigsburg, Germany: Heavy: Erkan Teper (15-0) W KO 2 David Price (19-3). Heavy: Franz Rill (10-0) W…
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Snips and Snipes 21 October 2014: GGG right now best in the world
We had the privileged of seeing two heavy punchers in action at the weekend. Both won impressively as Gennady Golovkin crushed Marco Antonio Rubio and Nicholas Walters beat down Nonito Donaire. There…
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Snips and Snipes 24 September 2014
Life is never dull with Floyd Mayweather Jr. around. If it is not controversy in the ring it is controversy outside. There was some criticism after the Marcos Maidana II fight with…
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Snips and Snipes: Huff and puff, but money talks
Word has it that HBO have started putting things in place for the Adonis Stevenson vs. Sergey Kovalev unification match later in the year. Both will have title defences before then and…
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THE PAST WEEK IN ACTION
February 16: Neuquen, Argentina: Middle: Billi Godoy (20-0) W KO 5 Sergio Sanders (17-5-2). Prospect Godoy, 24, retains interim WBC Fecarbox title for fourth time with kayo of Sanders. Godoy trying to…
