Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Hearn/Matchroom Lose Boots Ennis-Chukhadzhian Purse Bid…Now What?
By Paul Magno
For Jaron “Boots” Ennis and promoter Eddie Hearn, there was no good news in today’s IBF purse bid. As a matter of fact, today may have been a true lose-lose for the…
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Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford Still In Play After All
By Paul Magno
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has a fight this coming September 14 against massive underdog Edgar Berlanga. But if newly-crowned WBA/interim WBO junior middleweight champ Terence Crawford has his way, he’ll be the Mexican…
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Report: William Zepeda to Return 11/16 in Saudi Arabia vs. Kambosos or Farmer As Part Of GBP Super Card
By Paul Magno
William Zepeda, despite being the no. 1 lightweight contender for all four of boxing’s sanctioning bodies, has been in no real rush to make the biggest money fight available to him, against…
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Countdown to Snoozageddon: Clock is Ticking on Eddie Hearn’s Push to Avoid Boots-Karen 2
By Paul Magno
The clock is ticking on Eddie Hearn’s mission to get his newly-signed fighter, Jaron” Boots Ennis, out of a pointless mandatory defense and, in turn, save boxing from a second serving of…
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Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios: A Quick Cash Grab Targeting Suckers Source: Manny Pacquiao Vs. Mario Barrios: A Quick Cash Grab Targeting Suckers
By Paul Magno
Much of the boxing world winced collectively back in June when the idea of a Manny Pacquiao-Mario Barrios fight was first brought up. Surely, this was just a headline-grabber used to hype…
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CSAC Report Confirms Crawford-Madrimov, Riyadh Season Show Financial Flop
By Paul Magno
Despite being described– repeatedly– as “This is the biggest night of boxing in US history” by paid media and public relations people, the August 3 Riyadh Season card, sponsored by Saudi Arabia…
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Oleksandr Usyk Opens Up On Expectations For Tyson Fury Rematch
By Paul Magno
Oleksandr Usyk put on one of the more memorable performance in recent heavyweight boxing history when he beat Tyson Fury via closely-contested split decision this past May in Riyadh., Saudi Arabia. The…
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Eddie Hearn Baking A Cinnamon Encrusted Turki Pie? (Can Canelo And The Saudi Learn To Love?) Source: Eddie Hearn Baking A Cinnamon Encrusted Turki Pie? (Can Canelo And The Saudi Learn To Love?)
By Paul Magno
Promoter Eddie Hearn is really, really good at two things– darts and falling into piles of money. The Matchroom Boxing head, who inherited daddy’s promotional company and contacts, parlayed his name value…
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WBA Loses Recognition Amid Conflict Of Interest Controversy
By Paul Magno
In a noteworthy turn of events, the World Boxing Association (WBA) has lost its recognition as a world boxing sanctioning body by BoxRec.com, the largest and most respected independent record keeper in…
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Vergil Ortiz Jr’s First Big Step To Stardom: Stop Self-Sabotaging
By Paul Magno
It’s a rough take when you say that any fight, for any 26-year-old, is really a “must win” fight. But Vergil Ortiz Jr.’s bout this Saturday against interim WBC junior middleweight champ…
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Manny Pacquiao Embarrassed In Three-Round Exhibition, The End Of The Line Must Be Now
By Paul Magno
For much of his three-round exhibition bout Sunday at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan, Manny Pacquiao looked like the befuddled B-side and kickboxer Rukiya Anpo looked like the boxing legend playing…
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The UFC Vs. Canelo: The Battle For Mexican Independence Day Weekend
By Paul Magno
“This is going to be an incredible tribute to the Mexican people for their extraordinary contributions to combat sports,” UFC president Dana White told ESPN, in reference to his company’s Mexican Independence…
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Oscar De La Hoya And His Clapping Duck
By Paul Magno
It always stings when a fight fan learns that boxing is a business and that the sport is not a noble art where warriors go to battle only for the sake of…
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Another Asian Sensation Comes to NYC, This Saturday, Dec. 16
By Paul Magno
Mongolia’s Tsendbaatar Erdenebat (7-0, 3 KOs) is exciting enough all on his own. The 5-foot-4 southpaw super featherweight/lightweight prospect has thudding power and sports bad intentions. He’s also blessed with an engaging…
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The Truth About “Boo Boo” Andrade
By Paul Magno
Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade was crushed over the weekend by a prime, steamrolling-everyone David Benavidez. He caved after taking Benavidez’s first big shot, seconds after “The Mexican Monster” made his first adjustment…
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Ryan Garcia and Shakur Stevenson Go To War
By Paul Magno
Thing’s got heated on Twitter/X over the weekend when Ryan Garcia’s beef with Shakur Stevenson went to a whole other level. Fuming over criticisms Garcia made regarding Stevenson’s low-output decision victory over…
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Tyson Fury not interested in fighting “bum” Anthony Joshua
By Paul Magno
There are just a small handful of truly big fights left to make in the heavyweight division. One of them is still Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua. Although Joshua has lost his…
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Weekend Recap: Crawford Reigns Supreme in Blowout of Spence
By Paul Magno
Here are the most eye-catching stories from this week’s/weekend’s boxing news and ring action: – In what will go down as a masterful, legacy-defining performance, Terence Crawford battered and stopped Errol Spence…
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Weekend Recap: Spence-Crawford/Inoue-Fulton updates, Kambosos barely wins, More…
By Paul Magno
Here are the most eye-catching stories from this week’s/weekend’s boxing news and ring action: – In case anyone needs to be reminded, this coming Saturday, July 29, Errol Spence Jr. puts his…
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Spence puts it all out there: Crawford is a predator, but I’m a bigger predator
By Paul Magno
IBF, WBA, WBC welterweight champ Errol Spence Jr. recently opened up, big time, and showed his true competitive nature ahead of his July 29 unification clash with WBO champ Terence Crawford. In…