Brad Cooney
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8CN Video Exclusive: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
By Brad Cooney
Former light heavyweight world champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad spoke with 8CN moments after Hasim Rahman's TKO victory over Galen Brown. Muhammad breaks down the fight and shares his thoughts on what they…
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8CN Exclusive video interview: Hasim Rahman
By Brad Cooney
8CN spoke with former heavyweight world champ Hasim Rahman moments after his 6th round TKO over Galen Brown. Rahman got the win, but he is not happy at all with his performance.…
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The Baby Bull Juan Diaz officially retires
By Brad Cooney
It's official, Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz has officially retired from the sport of boxing. Diaz just informed 8CN that he has retired from boxing and will pursue his law degree. The former…
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Glen Johnson talks Froch and future – 8CN Podcast
By Brad Cooney
Former light heavyweight world champion Glen "The Road Warrior" Johnson joined 8CN and talked about his recent defeat Vs. Carl Froch. Johnson has no argument with the scorecards overall, however he does…
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Is Pacquiao worried about Floyd Mayweather?
By Brad Cooney
In a recent interview with Fighthype.com, Floyd Mayweather Jr denied that a 65 million dollar offer was made to him to fight Manny Pacquiao. I had my doubts about this offer as…
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Roach predicts Pacquiao knocks out Marquez – 8CN Podcast
By Brad Cooney
8CountNews sat down with the legendary Freddie Roach and got his thoughts on Pacquiao's next fight Vs. Juan Manuel Marquez. Roach also comments on the recent 65 million dollar rumors that have…
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Quickly rising prospect Karim Mayfield gearing up for ESPN FNFs June 17th
By Brad Cooney
Welterweight prospect Karim Mayfield (13-0-8KO-1D) sat down with 8CountNews and talked about his big fight coming up on ESPN FNFs. Mayfield is scheduled to take on former world champion Steve Forbes (35-9-11KO)…
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Who ARE the 65 million dollar purse holders? Questions unanswered on both sides
By Brad Cooney
When Bob Arum goes on the record and tells the world that Floyd Mayweather Jr turned down 65 million dollars to fight Manny Pacquiao, people react. I am not exempt from knee…
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65 million reasons why Mayweather is afraid of Manny Pacquiao
By Brad Cooney
In a recent video interview with boxing scribe Elie Seckbach, legendary fight promoter Bob Arum informed the world that Floyd Mayweather Jr (as recently as a week ago), turned down 65 million…
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Sore losers at the highest level – whoopins don’t mean steroids are at play
By Brad Cooney
I don't know about you boxing fans out there, but I for one am starting to get really tired of these so called professional fighters crying steroids every time they get beat…
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Olympian Sadam Ali quickly climbing the rankings – 8CN Podcast
By Brad Cooney
US Olympian and current welterweight prospect Sadam Ali (13-0-7KO) sat down with 8CountNews and gave us his thoughts on his most recent victory. Ali faced the tough John Revish (10-4-8KO-2D) on May…
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The Golden Apology and the Mayweather shun
By Brad Cooney
Recently Golden Boy Promotions head Oscar De La Hoya and his right hand man Richard Schaefer issued a public apology to Manny Pacquiao. Before I get into this a bit deeper, let…
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Former 3 time heavyweight champ Michael Moorer pulls no punches
By Brad Cooney
Former 3 time heavyweight world champion Michael Moorer sat down with 8CN and discussed a wide array of topics. Moorer talks Pacquiao, modern day fighters and their lack of work ethic, a…
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Garcia’s Oxnard Boxing Academy gaining boxing scribe respect
By Brad Cooney
Who's the next Freddie Roach? There are a lot of boxing trainers out there but do any of them have the potential to rise to the level of a Freddie Roach? There…
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Why is Zab Judah being asked to take short money?
By Brad Cooney
With multiple world titles on his resume, current IBF Jr welterweight champ Zab "Super Judah" is being asked to take short money to fight Amir Khan. The big question here is, why?…
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Roy Jones Jr addresses calls for his retirement
By Brad Cooney
Roy Jones Jr joined 8CountNews and talked about the possibility of his retirement from boxing. Jones was knocked out in the last second of the final round in his fight Vs cruiserweight…
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Team Margarito sets the record straight – No retirement for Margarito
By Brad Cooney
Antonio Margarito manager Sergio Diaz sat down with 8CN to set the record straight concerning the rumors of retirement. Diaz tells 8CN that Margarito is not retiring, nor does he have a…
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Mayweather is in damage control mode
By Brad Cooney
If you checked out the 8 part video interview that Floyd Mayweather Jr did with FightHype.com, you heard a lot of talk about blood testing, and who agreed to what. Mayweather also…
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The end of a legend – Roy Jones knocked out in the 10th
By Brad Cooney
The legendary Roy Jones Jr fought bravely into the 10th and final round. Jones went up against a younger and stronger Denis Lebedev plus Father Time at the same time. At 2:59…
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Mayweather to Pacquiao – “Just take the test”
By Brad Cooney
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr in a recent 8 part video interview conducted by FightHype.com showed the fans his robe and boots that he had already designed for the fight Vs. Manny…