Bill Tibbs
178 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Looking back – ‘The Bubble Gum Bomber’ – Sean O’Grady
By Bill Tibbs
He had a schoolboy charm, he went under the moniker of the “The Bubble Gum Bomber” and he looked more like the guy you’d see in the library studying for his high…
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Undefeated Jermall Charlo makes fourth defense of WBC middleweight title
By Bill Tibbs
There will be lots of titles and lots of talent in the ring in Uncasville, Connecticut on September 26th. The card is headlined by Texas’ twin, world champion Charlo brothers - Jermall…
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Multiple world champion Joel Riel Casimero defends title September 26
By Bill Tibbs
John Riel Casimero, boxing’s true road warrior and (multiple) world champion, returns to work on September 26 on the Charlo brothers world championship card in Uncasville, Connecticut. This will be the 3rd…
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Oscar Valdez heads to ‘The Bubble’ to continue 130-pound title trek
By Bill Tibbs
Undefeated junior lightweight star Oscar Valdez will hit the ring for the first time in 2020 and go about his business of chasing his 2nd world title, this time in the junior…
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Looking back: Robin Blake
By Bill Tibbs
He never scored the world title win that many predicted for him as the red-hot Texas tornado that was tearing through the lightweight division in the 1980’s. However, he did challenge for…
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Emanuel Navarrete and Top Rank hit Mexico
By Bill Tibbs
Boxing’s busiest fighter is back in action. Saturday night, live from the TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City, Mexico, it was Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete vs. Uriel Lopez. WBO super bantamweight champion Navarrete,…
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Shakur Stevenson and Jesse Magdaleno kick off boxing’s return
By Bill Tibbs
Top Rank Boxing, like all sports organizations, was shelved due to the covid epidemic that hit a couple of months back. As the world slowly starts to get itself back to some…
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Coming soon? John Riel Casimero versus Naoya Inoue unification fight
By Bill Tibbs
Bantamweight Naoya Inoue, the WBA’s super champion and IBF champion, will face WBO title holder John Riel Casimero of the Philippines sometime this summer if all goes well with…. the next couple…
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Remembering former world champion Curtis Cokes
By Bill Tibbs
The boxing world lost a true champion and legend in Dallas, Texas welterweight Curtis Cokes who passed on Friday, May 29, at age 82. An International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee in…
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33 years ago: Marvin Hagler meets Sugar Ray Leonard
By Bill Tibbs
On April 6/2020, it will be 33 years since one of the biggest fights of the 80’s, certainly one of the biggest sporting events of that year, and (by far) the biggest…
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A classic remembered: Michael Cabajal vs. Humberto Gonzalez
By Bill Tibbs
It’s hard to believe this classic was over 27 years ago this past month. It was a matchup of the big, little men in boxing. One very popular Mexican/American and one very…
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Manny Pacquiao: World and people’s champion
By Bill Tibbs
There are no bouts on the immediate horizon for Manny Pacquiao but the welterweight champion is busy fighting. In the toughest of fights, legendary champion Manny Pacquiao always remains the undisputed champion.…
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Remembering a former world champion: Roger Mayweather
By Bill Tibbs
The boxing world was saddened by the news of the passing of former world champion Roger Mayweather, who has died, aged 58, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Roger was part of the famous…
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Boxing’s busiest champion returns on Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury card
By Bill Tibbs
This weekend, boxing’s big boys, in boxing’s biggest division, take center stage in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grand Garden Arena when British heavyweight star Tyson Fury and American champion Deontay…
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Philly’s Danny Garcia back in the ring, looks to future fights with Errol Spence or Manny Pacquiao
By Bill Tibbs
Philly’s own two-division world champion Danny “Swift” García (35-2, 21 KO’s) takes on Ukraine-born, California-residing Ivan “El Terrible” Redkach (23-4-1, 18 KO’s) in a 12-round WBC welterweight title eliminator this Saturday, January,…
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Eleider Alvarez eyes another world title shot
By Bill Tibbs
On Saturday, January 18, Top Rank Boxing, live on ESPN+, will present former world champion Eleider “Storm” Alvarez against Michael “Cannon Handz” Seals at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New…
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Terence Crawford: Boxing’s best welterweight might just be boxing’s best. Period.
By Bill Tibbs
Omaha, Nebraska’s one-man franchise, Terence “Bud” Crawford, who in my opinion has to be in the conversation as the best fighter in boxing, picked up another title defense in his impressive welterweight…
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Maxboxing 2019 Upset of the Year: Andy Ruiz TKO7 Anthony Joshua
By Bill Tibbs
When I got the call for my take on the “Upset of the Year” choice for Maxboxing, the first fight that popped into my head was Mexico’s first heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz…
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Boxing’s best Bud at MSG in New York
By Bill Tibbs
Terence Crawford is set to defend his WBO welterweight title vs. Egidijus Kavaliauskas at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Plus – Teofimo Lopez goes for the IBF, 135-pound belt and…
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John Riel Casimero determined to bring title home to the Philippines against Zolani Tete
By Bill Tibbs
World champion John Riel Casimero (28-4, 19 KO’s) will challenge WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (28-3, 21 KO’s) on Saturday night at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England. As much as winning the…