Steve Kim
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Arum on Pacquiao Meeting and Lomachenko’s Future
By Steve Kim
This past weekend, promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank flew to the Philippines to meet with Manny Pacquiao to discuss the future. Pacquiao, who is coming off a dominant stoppage victory over…
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Matthysse Receives His Money, Heads To Malaysia on Tuesday
By Steve Kim
It took longer than promised but Golden Boy Promotions and Lucas Matthysse have received their funds from the organizers of the July 14th event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. So with that said,…
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De La Hoya: I Feel ‘Very Confident’ Pacquiao-Matthysse Happens
By Steve Kim
There has been a lot of reports of the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Lucas Matthysse, scheduled for July 14th in Malaysia, not taking place as there are some financial issues plaguing…
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Lomachenko vs. Pacquiao Still Possible For 2018, Explains Arum
By Steve Kim
Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) will look to become a three-time world champion by taking the title from WBA lightweight belt-holder Jorge Linares on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden in…
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Arum: If Loma Beats Linares, All Future Opponents Will Be Bigger
By Steve Kim
While there is no shortage of boxing this upcoming week, the fight that will garner the most attention takes place at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, where a…
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Martirosyan Vows To Give Golovkin a “Mexican Style” Fight
By Steve Kim
Despite the fact that neither middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin or Vanes Martirosyan are of Mexican descent, their fight this weekend at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, has been named 'Mexican Style'.…
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Arum: Pacquiao Wanted Pay-Per-View For Matthysse Fight
By Steve Kim
On July 14th at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao will challenge Lucas Matthysse for the 'regular' WBA welterweight title. Pacquiao last fought on July…
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Golden Boy Prez Hopes To Have Canelo Fight By The Summer
By Steve Kim
It was announced earlier this afternoon at a press gathering in Los Angeles, that Saul "Canelo" Alvarez would be pulling out of his May 5th rematch against Gennady Golovkin. Alvarez is scheduled…
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Jerwin Ancajas vs. Jonas Sultan May Land in Bay Area or LA
By Steve Kim
IBF junior bantamweight titlist Jerwin Ancajas (29-1-1, 20 KOs) is scheduled to face his mandatory challenger Jonas Sultan (14-3, 9 KOs). The contest was originally targeted for the Terence Crawford-Jeff Horn card…
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Roach Impressed With Jose Ramirez, Wants to Improve Defense
By Steve Kim
This past Saturday night, Jose Ramirez picked up his biggest career win to date, when he won a solid twelve round unanimous decision over Amir Imam, who was viewed as a very…
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Kovalev: There Should Be ‘1’ Champ at 175 – I’m Just a Belt-holder
By Steve Kim
On Saturday night from the Theater at Madison Square Garden, Sergey Kovalev makes his 2018 debut as he faces Igor Mikhalkin in defense of his WBO light heavyweight title. The "Krusher'' won…
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Arum Clears The Air, Explains Current Situation With Pacquiao
By Steve Kim
While there had been a lot of speculation that Manny Pacquiao would be facing Mike Alvarado on April 14th in Las Vegas, as part of a show that would be headlined by…
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Roach Embraces The Idea of Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Matthysse
By Steve Kim
Following his eight round TKO of Tewa Kiram at The Forum in Los Angeles, Argentinean puncher Lucas Matthysse - who captured the 'regular' version of the WBA welterweight title - expressed interest…
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Arum Very Excited About The Top Rank Debut of Jerwin Ancajas
By Steve Kim
Jerwin Ancajas, the defending IBF 115-pound champion, makes his Top Rank debut this Saturday night as he faces Israel Gonzalez as the co-featured attraction on ESPN from the Bank of America Center…
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Arum: No Problem in Making Lomachenko vs. Linares Fight
By Steve Kim
Jorge Linares defends his WBA lightweight title tomorrow night from the Forum in Inglewood, California, against Mercito Gesta in an HBO televised fight. In recent interviews, Linares has expressed heavy interest in…
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Loeffler Explains The Recent Flexibility in ‘SuperFly’ Concept
By Steve Kim
It was announced on Thursday that IBF flyweight titlist, Donnie Nietes, will be facing Juan Carlos Reveco on February 24th at the Forum in Inglewood, California as the third bout on HBO's…
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Arum Reacts To The Chatter of a Pacquiao vs. Lomachenko Bout
By Steve Kim
There have been reports from Filipino media outlets where Manny Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) has stated that he was in discussions to face WBO junior lightweight titlist, Vasyl Lomachenko in the spring.…
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Vasyl Lomachenko To Go on a World Tour in 2018?
By Steve Kim
This weekend from the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, WBO super featherweight titlist Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) faces Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) in an unprecedented battle…
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Jerwin Ancajas To Become a Top Rank Fighter, Says Arum
By Steve Kim
IBF super flyweight belt-holder Jerwin Ancajas has been creating some buzz recently with a string of strong outings, most recently his sixth round stoppage of Jamie Conlan on November 18th in Belfast.…
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Jerwin Ancajas Headed For Big 2018, ‘SuperFly’ in His Future?
By Steve Kim
This past weekend at the SSE Arena in Belfast, IBF super flyweight belt-holder, Jerwin Ancajas, impressively dispatched of Jamie Conlan to improve his record to 28-1-1 (19 KO's). He served notice that…