Don Smith
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Boxing Benefit, Knockout Night at the D & More
Boxing Fans, The City of Tolleson, Arizona with remarkable collaboration from USA Boxing Arizona, Sonny?s Gym, Crescent Crown Distributing, Iron Boy Promotions and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization will host an…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Legend vs. Champ Event & Fight Talk
Boxing Fans, On Wednesday, September 7, freelance photographer (Geoff Ronning) and I traveled by car to California to attend the Thursday (9/8) Manny Pacquiao / Jessie Vargas Press Conference at the Beverly…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Pacquiao Motivates Top Rank to Offer $50.00 Ticket
EDITORS NOTE: Freelance photographer Geoff Ronning and ABNN Editor Don Smith traveled to California to attend a press conference promoting Manny Pacquiao?s ring return and his attempt to win the WBO welterweight…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Castro Stops Diaz & TR PPV & Boxing Notes
Boxing Fans, 22 year old Phoenix featherweight Carlos Castro entered his September 3rd showdown versus Jorge Diaz Jr. with legitimate questions from critics who questioned his power and level of competition while…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Pac-Man Returns, Trotter Challenge & Coup Threat
Boxing Fans, Pardon our tardiness in not addressing circulating rumors that Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2-38 knockouts) would resume his boxing career this year. We didn?t believe the stories and now we have egg…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Jose Benavidez Jr. Shot twice in Phoenix
Jose Benavidez. Special Report: Top Rank Boxing prot?g? Jose Benavidez Jr. (25-0) was shot twice on Sunday August 21 in Phoenix, Arizona while taking his dog for an evening (6 PM Arizona…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Legends Show Set, Iron Boy 35 & Much More
Andrew Hernandez. Boxing Fans, Two title bouts headline the Friday, August 26 boxing show at the Legends Event Center in Phoenix. In the Main Event, WBC USNBC Middleweight Champion Andrew ?Hurricane? Hernandez…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Changing of the Guard, Arizona Boxing News
Matthew Valenzuela. Boxing Fans, On Friday, August 12, Arizona Boxing/ MMA Commission Executive Director Matthew Valenzuela sent emails to his subordinates (officials) requesting a mandatory meeting (held on August 13) to make…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: ?The End of a Fighter?, Fight News & Notes & More
Jesus 'El Martillo' Gonzales. (YouTube capture) Boxing Fans, Pierre Roy, a French Canadian reader of our column, forwarded a story to our desk recently and I urge boxing fans to take a…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Top Rank Show, Iron Boy MMA 2, Ramos Shines
Juan Diaz. Boxing Fans, Super lightweight Juan ?Baby Bull? Diaz (41-4-20 knockouts) has reeled off six consecutive wins since his loss to Juan Marquez and the former champion hopes a victory over…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Iron Boy 34, H.O.F. Induction Dinner & More
Boxing fans, Iron Boy 34, held at the Celebrity Theatre on Saturday July 16, featured 8 bouts and six were determined by knockouts while 2 tiffs went the distance. It should be…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Trotter Out, USA Olympic Boxing Team & More
Boxing Fans, Veteran Iron Boy Matchmaker Mike Sanchez woke up on Monday morning (7/11) feeling that he had completed an impressive bout sheet for Iron Boy 34 show scheduled at the Celebrity…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Upcoming Boxing Schedule, Boxing News & Much More
Boxing Fans, I disagree with fans and critics who have already selected the recent Shawn Porter (26-2-1) vs. Keith Thurman battle as fight of the year. It is July and 2016, like…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Trotter Wins in Calgary, Arsonist Hunt & More
Calgary, Alberta: Boxing Fans, Irish Canadian boxer Janks Trotter (10-3-1-10 knockouts) ended his 2 bout winless boxing slump with a predictable knockout over lightly regarded Mikhail Lyubarsky (Southern California) on June 25…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Q & A with Wily Borchert, Fight Schedule & Much More
Boxing Fans, Boxing trainer Wily Borchert made his boxing career mark as a Phoenix, Arizona gym owner and trainer after opening Wily?s boxing in 1970 until his retirement in 2005. His prestigious…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Breaking News, Phoenix Sports Academy, 911 Call & More
Breaking News: The trial of Arizona boxing mentor Damien Stone ended on June 14, 2016 with a change of plea agreement; sentencing is scheduled for August 3, 8:30 am before presiding Maricopa…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Arizona Remembers Ali, Stone Update & Iron Boy MMA
Boxing Fans, 3 time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali died on Friday, May 3 at a Phoenix area hospital as a result of respiratory issues complicated by Parkinson?s disease, a debilitating…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Avanesyan Retains Title, Iron Boy Tries MMA & More
Boxing Fans, David Avanesyan thwarted ?Sugar? Shane Mosley attempt to win another world title on May 28 in Glendale Arizona (Gila River Arena) with a workman like performance over a boxing superstar…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: De Vaca, Hernandez Crowned & Mosley Update
Boxing Fans, before super bantamweight Francisco C. De Vaca (15-0-4 knockouts) scored an 8th round TKO victory over Mexico?s Gustavo Molina (22-12-9 knockouts) at the Celebrity Theater on May 20th in Phoenix…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes: Kahn Can?t, Iron Boy 33, 2 Shows on CBS & Re-cap
Boxing Fans, Phoenix Twin Peaks Sports Bar & Grill (on Camelback Road) co-owner Carolyn Bayless approached me before the HBO PPV contest of ?Canelo? Alvarez vs. Amir Khan graced the 84 or…
