Scott Christ
644 articles · Bad Left Hook
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Canelo vs Smith undercard preview and analysis
By Scott Christ
anelo Alvarez headlines this Saturday night?s HBO pay-per-view (9 pm ET) event against Liam Smith, but before those two take to the ring at AT&T Stadium, we?ll have three pay-per-view undercard bouts…
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Showtime boxing preview: Leo Santa Cruz vs Carl Frampton
By Scott Christ
This Saturday night on Showtime Extreme (7 pm ET) and Showtime (9 pm ET) we?ll have five fights from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, including a big featherweight title bout between WBA…
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Crawford vs Postol results: Terence Crawford dominates, unifies WBO and WBC belts
By Scott Christ
If there was still something to prove for Terence "Bud" Crawford -- and there was ? he proved a lot of it tonight. Crawford, considered the No. 1 fighter in the 140-pound…
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Keith Thurman calls out Manny Pacquiao: ?Let?s give the fans a real prize fight?
By Scott Christ
With the news that WBC titleholder Danny Garcia has allegedly turned down a substantial money offer to face a returning Manny Pacquiao this fall, another welterweight has stepped up and says he?s…
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PBC on CBS preview: Keith Thurman vs Shawn Porter
By Scott Christ
This Saturday night on CBS (9:00 p.m. ET), Keith "One Time" Thurman takes on "Showtime" Shawn Porter in a highly-anticipated welterweight main event from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with an intriguing…
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Donnie Nietes destroys Raul Garcia, retains junior flyweight belt
By Scott Christ
Donnie Nietes was impressive in victory today in Bacolod City, Philippines, stopping Mexico's Raul Garcia after five rounds of one-sided action to retain the WBO junior flyweight title, and keep his status…
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Golden Boy: Canelo-Khan did just under 600,000 buys on PPV
By Scott Christ
Dan Rafael of ESPN.com is reporting that via a Golden Boy source, the Canelo-Khan PPV last Saturday night did better numbers that previously rumored -- in fact, far better, supposedly coming in…
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Pacquiao vs. Bradley 2016 results: Manny Pacquiao wins reported final fight, and couldn’t ask for more
By Scott Christ
If tonight was the end of Manny Pacquiao's in-ring career, it was a good end. Pacquiao defeated Timothy Bradley by unanimous decision (116-110 from all three judges), scoring two knockdowns in the…
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Pacquiao vs Bradley III: Is Timothy Bradley still underrated?
By Scott Christ
Ask an average or casual boxing fan about Timothy Bradley, and chances are that their mind will leap directly to a single night back in 2012, when Bradley, through no fault of…
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Freddie Roach talks Pacquiao, Frankie Gomez, Kovalev, Cotto, and more
By Scott Christ
On Manny Pacquiao-Frankie Gomez sparring "(Gomez) is getting close. Frankie does well in the early rounds. He does really well. Then Manny does better in the later rounds, because he has more…
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Canelo vs Khan: Oscar predicting 1 million PPV buys, but what’s the real expectation?
By Scott Christ
ith the shock of the Canelo Alvarez-Amir Khan announcement still fresh, there are angles upon angles being looked at, a billion things to consider, not the least of which is the fight…
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Pacquiao vs Bradley III: Top Rank loading undercard with prospects
By Scott Christ
A handful of top prospects are set for action on the Pacquiao-Bradley III undercard for April 9, with featherweight Oscar Valdez and junior welterweight Jose Ramirez already booked with opponents, and two…
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Boxing Year in Review 2015: The Welterweights
By Scott Christ
We finally got what we wanted in the welterweight division this year, and now major turnover has begun with the top two stars of the era either retired or close to doing…
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Walters vs Sosa results: Judges rob Nicholas Walters of clear victory, fight scored a draw
By Scott Christ
In an absolutely baffling turn of events that robbed Nicholas Walters of a clear win tonight on HBO Boxing After Dark, the three judges seated ringside in charge of professionally scoring the…
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Miguel Cotto’s next fight: Is retirement in the cards after loss to Canelo Alvarez?
By Scott Christ
Miguel Cotto is no longer a young man in the fight game. At 35, the Puerto Rican star suffered another big fight setback last night, losing to Canelo Alvarez by decision, which…
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Canelo Alvarez to return in May, then September following win over Cotto
By Scott Christ
According to promoter Oscar De La Hoya (in a tweet from Lance Pugmire of the LA Times), Canelo Alvarez will be taking over the May/September schedule from Floyd Mayweather in 2016, which…
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Post-Mayweather-Pacquiao, interest in boxing has sagged in 2015
By Scott Christ
Pay-per-view peaked earlier this year. Whether or not you think that the industry overall will go the way of the dinosaur -- I do, you may not, and it's not important right…
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Gennady Golovkin: Five potential fights in 2016
By Scott Christ
With his dominant win over David Lemieux, Gennady Golovkin has a lot of buzz as one of boxing's new superstars. But 2016 could find the Kazakh wrecking machine in a bit of…
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Crawford vs Jean odds: Terence Crawford another huge favorite for HBO fight
By Scott Christ
erence Crawford, who broke out as a top fighter in 2014 and was considered the Fighter of the Year, returns to action on Saturday night at home in Omaha, Nebraska, where he'll…
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Harold Lederman: Roman Gonzalez is bringing back the flyweight division
By Scott Christ
Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez is arguably the world's best fighter pound-for-pound, and on Saturday night, the flyweight champion returns to action to face Brian Viloria, a former two-division titleholder, in the main undercard…