Keith Idec
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Amir Khan Eager to Test Out His Surgically Repaired Right Hand
By Keith Idec
Whoever he fights next, Amir Khan will be anxious about testing his right hand in his first fight following surgery to reconstruct it. Khan, long bothered by pain in his right hand,…
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Loeffler Confirms Golovkin-Jacobs Did About 170K PPV Buys
By Keith Idec
Promoter Tom Loeffler told Yahoo! Sports on Friday that the Gennady Golovkin-Daniel Jacobs pay-per-view show Saturday night generated roughly 170,000 buys based on figures compiled far from cable and satellite companies. That…
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Khan Focusing On Fighting Opponent Other Than Manny Pacquiao
By Keith Idec
Nearly a month after jointly announcing through their social media accounts that they would fight, Amir Khan isn?t nearly as confident he and Manny Pacquiao actually will share a ring in the…
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Brook: Forget Golovkin Fight; I’m Gonna Smash Spence’s Face In!
By Keith Idec
Errol Spence Jr. and his trainer, Derrick James, ridiculed Kell Brook on Wednesday for continually discussing a fight he lost against Gennady Golovkin. Brook and his trainer, Dominic Ingle, fired back by…
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Loeffler: Deal Not Done for Golovkin-Saunders 6/10 in Kazakhstan
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK ? Gennady Golovkin made it clear in the aftermath of the first 12-round fight of his career that he?ll have no problem getting ready to fight Billy Joe Saunders less…
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Jacobs: Golovkin’s Power Isn’t What It Was Made Out to Be
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK ? Daniel Jacobs began believing the hype about Gennady Golovkin?s power prior to their fight Saturday night. ?The way you guys made it seem,? Jacobs said early Sunday morning, ?it…
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Jacobs: An Illusion Has Been Created That I Can’t Take a Punch
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK ? Daniel Jacobs understands why what happened the night of July 31, 2010, shapes skeptics? opinions of how he?ll fare against Gennady Golovkin. The lone blemish on Jacobs? professional record…
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Golovkin, Jacobs Trainers Think Their Fight Could Go 12 Rounds
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK ? The prevailing feeling is that the Gennady Golovkin-Daniel Jacobs fight will end in a knockout. Kazakhstan?s Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and Brooklyn?s Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) have combined to…
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Brooklyn’s Jacobs Not Worried About Being Booed in His Hometown
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK ? Daniel Jacobs is prepared to get booed in his hometown. The Brooklyn native knows that even though he?ll fight in his hometown Saturday night, Gennady Golovkin also has established…
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Jacobs: Algieri’s Upset of Provodnikov Inspiration for GGG Fight
By Keith Idec
Chris Algieri didn?t just provide nutritional expertise and healthy, tasty meals during Daniel Jacobs? recently completed training camp. Memories of Algieri?s upset of a rugged Russian who was supposed to knock him…
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Jacobs: Golovkin’s Best Years Behind Him, But Still Dangerous
By Keith Idec
Daniel Jacobs suspects that he won?t encounter the best Gennady Golovkin that ever existed Saturday night. After watching Kell Brook have much-discussed success against Golovkin before the unbeaten star stopped Brook six…
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Jacobs’ Manager: Don’t Want Age, Focus Excuses From Golovkin
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK ? Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs haven?t come remotely close to talking trash throughout this promotion. The well-mannered middleweights remained completely polite before, during and after a press conference Monday…
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Jacobs: Was ‘Devastating’ to See Stevens Knocked Cold By Lemieux
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK ? It was difficult for Daniel Jacobs to watch Curtis Stevens suffer a brutal knockout defeat to David Lemieux on Saturday night. Stevens and Jacobs have been friends for many…
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Golden Boy Prez: Lemieux-Stevens Winner Could Fight Canelo
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK ? Eric Gomez considers the winner of the David Lemieux-Curtis Stevens fight a future opponent for Canelo Alvarez. Relax, it?s not what you think. Golden Boy Promotions? president wants the…
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Arum, Ramirez Still Hope Golovkin Fight Can Happen This Year
By Keith Idec
Gilberto Ramirez didn?t hesitate Tuesday when asked about the fight he wants most. The WBO world super middleweight champion wants to box Gennady Golovkin later this year. Mexico?s Ramirez and his promoter,…
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Danny Garcia: Beating Thurman ‘Makes Me the Face of Boxing’
By Keith Idec
Danny Garcia thinks there is much more at stake against Keith Thurman than their welterweight titles. With Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired and Manny Pacquiao not far behind him, Garcia considers his 147-pound…
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Broner: I Spoke to Bob Arum Recently About Making Pacquiao Fight
By Keith Idec
Adrien Broner indicated early Sunday morning that he has spoken recently with promoter Bob Arum about making a bout between him and Manny Pacquiao. Representatives for both boxers talked last year, but…
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Broner and Pacquiao Need Each Other Now More Than Ever
By Keith Idec
There are various reasons for boxing fans to root for Adrian Granados to upset Adrien Broner on Saturday night. Granados seems like a genuinely good dude, a career-long grinder who?s appreciative of…
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DiBella: Pay-Per-View is Dying; Wilder-Joshua Not a PPV Fight
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK ? If Lou DiBella?s vision for a full unification fight in the heavyweight division comes to fruition, Deontay Wilder would fight Anthony Joshua in a battle of unbeatens sometime in…
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Berchelt Batters, Bloodies Vargas, Stops Him in the 11th Round
By Keith Idec
This was one tough fight too many for Francisco Vargas. Fellow Mexican Miguel Berchelt made the most of his first high-profile fight on American television and stopped Vargas in the 11th round…