Don Smith
239 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Boxing Begins a New Year, RJJ Fight & Much More
Loma is ABNN's fighter of the year. Boxing Fans, 2017 is history and ABNN would like to salute those people in the boxing industry who excelled and deserve special recognition for their…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Warne: BOXABALL, Benavidez vs. Gavril & More
Boxing Fans, Jordan Warne, lives in the UK and he has a passion for all sports especially boxing. We met at Madison Square Garden just outside of Chase Square; I was there…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Response to World Boxing Federation, Pacquiao News
Boxing Fans: In our last column, Arizona Boxing News & Notes reported that Arizona featherweight boxer Keenan ?Bedo? Carbajal defeated Miguel Ponce (5th round knockout) on December 16 in Agua Prieta, Mexico…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Keenan Carbajal Wins Mexican Featherweight Title, Farewell Teddy, Silver Glove Results & Much More
Keenan Carbajal. Boxing Fans, On Saturday, December 16, Arizona featherweight Keenan ?Bedo? Carbajal (14-2-2) scored a 5th round knockout over Miguel ?Zurdo? Ponce (11-1-2) to capture the vacant WBF Mexican Featherweight title…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Matrix like Performance, Gentleman Gerry & More
Boxing Fans, A SRO crowd of 5,500 including a large press contingent witnessed WBO Junior lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1-8 knockouts) successfully defend his crown against Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-1-11) at Madison Square…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Rigondeaux/Lomachenko Schedule & Much More
Boxing Fans, On Wednesday Morning, ABNN will be headed to New York to cover the Lomachenko/Rigondeaux 12 round ESPN/Deportes televised battle for Lomachenko?s WBO super featherweight title on Saturday 12/9. It is…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Benavidez /Sampson Pact, Showdown, More News
Benavidez. Boxing Fans, I called trainer Jose Benavidez on Monday morning (11/27) to get an update on the agenda of his 2 boxing sons. Jose Jr. is still waiting for an opponent…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Ramos Bout Aborted, Masters Tournament & More
Boxing Fans, Several of our readers contacted us inquiring about why Arizona welterweight Abel Ramos didn?t fight on the Roy Jones JR boxing card on Friday 11/17 in Sloan, Iowa, a suburb…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Ramirez/Ahmed, USA Boxing Plans & Mail Bag
Boxing Fans, 2017 has been a busy and profitable year for Top Rank Boxing. Their decision to join ranks with ESPN & Deportes has scored well with boxing fans and CEO Bob…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Benavidez Prot?g? Valenzuela, Rules Response & More
David Benavidez. Boxing Fans, I called Boxing trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. recently to get an update on his 2 boxing sons (David & Jose Jr.). Senior told me that his namesake is…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Tale of the Tape, Regulatory Review & Much More
Boxing Fans, in our last column I mentioned my upcoming December 9 trip to the fabled Madison Square Garden to watch Vasyl Lomachenko defend his WBO World super featherweight title against Guillermo…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Kovalev vs. Shabransky at MSG & ?The Torch?
Boxing Fans, The unexpected retirement of Andre Ward and Badou Jack?s shocking decision to vacate his title adds a bit of intrigue to the he light heavyweight doubleheader scheduled for November 25…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Boxing at the Genesis Centre, What about Manny?
Boxing Fans, On October 12, I boarded an Air Canada flight and headed to Calgary, Alberta Canada to watch a Pro/AM boxing show produced-promoted and presented by Dekada Promotions on October 14…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Ortiz out, Stiverne In, Gonzalez wins PAL & Much More
Boxing Fans, Published reports that Heavyweight Luis Ortiz (27-0) tested positive after taking a random drug test saddens boxing fans who think the Cuban heavyweight would be quite a test for WBC…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: David Lara SR. Classic, Esparza News & Much More
Boxing Fans, On Saturday morning, September 23, I thumbed a ride with coaches and boxers from Hammer Boxing in Phoenix and we headed to San Luis Arizona for the 2nd Annual David…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Boxing in Tucson, Gavril/Benavidez Rematch on Hold
Boxing Fans, ABNN won’t be able to attend the Friday September 22 boxing show at the Tucson Arena located at 2600 S. Church Avenue, Tucson Arizona 85701 but we hope our readers…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Q & A with Anthony Zaino, McCumby Response & More
Boxing Fans, Recently, I reported fan criticism of a referee, missing calls while working a recent fight in Phoenix and it always hurts me to do so although I owe it to…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Benavidez Takes Title, GGG/Canelo Rumble & Much More
Boxing Fans, On Friday, September 8 at the Joint venue inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, 20 year old David Benavidez (19-0-17 knockouts) fulfilled his boyhood dream by winning…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Benavidez Dedicates Fight, Iron Boy 41 & Much More
Boxing Fans, Phoenix native son David Benavidez (18-0-17 knockouts) is dedicating his WBC Super Middleweight Title bout on Friday 9/8 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to the memory of his…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Benavidez vs. Gavril at Hard Rock, Hernandez vs. Plant & More
Boxing Fans,? in a dramatic turn of events, Alan Campa (16-3) is off the 9/8 Showtime Benavidez/Gavril card at Hard Rock Resort and Casino in Las Vegas and he will be replaced…
