Mookie Alexander
63 articles · Bloody Elbow
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Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire 2 preview: A rematch of 2019’s Fight of the Year
Who’s up for some early week, early morning boxing? When arguably the most exciting fighter in the sport is competing, you’ll want to watch regardless of what time of the day it’s…
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Saturday Boxing Preview: Keith Thurman ends hiatus, Claressa Shields also returns to action
It’s been a quiet start to boxing’s 2022, with things not really expected to ramp up until March-April. In the meantime, we have three major boxing shows on February 5th to look…
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Report: Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter PPV sales fall flat
In what’s been a busy stretch of pay-per-view cards for combat sports, last weekend’s Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter fight apparently didn’t fare very well. There are two differing reports on how…
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Errol Spence Jr out of Manny Pacquiao fight with retinal tear
The injunction by Paradigm Sports Management may not have stopped Manny Pacquiao vs. Errol Spence Jr from happening, but injury has cancelled the welterweight title fight anyway. It was announced on Tuesday…
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Contracts signed for two-fight deal between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua
It looks like we will get to see the undisputed heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) and Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) in 2021. ESPN reported on Monday that…
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George Foreman believes Conor McGregor can beat Manny Pacquiao in boxing
Conor McGregor getting knocked out by Dustin Poirier has seemingly put any potential boxing match with Manny Pacquiao on ice, but that hasn’t stopped boxing legend George Foreman from having a surprise…
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Ryan Garcia reportedly in preliminary talks
So much for Conor McGregor vs. Manny Pacquiao. With McGregor getting stopped by strikes vs. Dustin Poirier at UFC 257, the extremely profitable but competitively laughable idea of the former two-division UFC…
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Growing optimism that Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua mega-fight will happen in 2021
All four major heavyweight boxing titles belong to Tyson Fury (WBC) and Anthony Joshua (IBF, WBA, WBO). Any sensible person wants to see these two British giants face each other, and while…
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Spence vs. Garcia results: Errol Spence Jr outclasses Danny Garcia in unanimous decision victory
In his first fight since his scary car accident last year, WBC/IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr (27-0, 21 KOs) didn’t look like he missed a beat in his return to the…
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Errol Spence Jr vs. Danny Garcia preview: Three key questions for Saturday’s PPV fight
Boxing’s schedule has obviously been heavily impacted by COVID-19. We’ve seen some major fights nixed due to the lack of a live gate to generate the revenue needed to pay the top…
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Results and highlights: Naoya ‘The Monster’ Inoue KOs Jason Moloney with monstrous shot
Naoya Inoue’s (19-0, 16 KOs) Las Vegas debut was as good as advertised. On Halloween night, “The Monster” defended his WBA and IBF bantamweight titles with a dominant seventh-round KO win of…
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Davis-Santa Cruz, Usyk-Chisora, Inoue-Maloney: A viewer’s guide to Saturday’s stacked boxing slate
It took awhile but we’re slowly starting to feel like we’re back on a regular big-time boxing schedule. Fans who have been starved for high-level boxing for months due to the COVID-19…
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Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez: Boxing’s best fight of 2020
Compared to the UFC, boxing has had a fairly quiet 2020 in terms of big fights during this COVID-19 pandemic. This weekend starts a pretty strong stretch of big boxing matches, and…
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Sunday Punch: Teofimo Lopez blasts out Mason Menard in a round
Teofimo Lopez is fighting Vasiliy Lomachenko next week for the undisputed lightweight title. I can say that even including Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury 2, this is the best boxing matchup of…
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Sunday Punch: Nonito Donaire scrambles Vic Darchinyan’s brain in huge upset
Manny Pacquiao deservedly takes all the spotlight as the best boxer to ever come out of The Philippines, and obviously one of the best boxers of all-time. But this week’s Sunday Punch…
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Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire preview: Why ‘The Monster’ is the world’s most exciting boxer
On Thursday, November 7th, the Saitama Super Arena is expected to host a capacity crowd for one of Japan?s biggest combat sports stars, and someone whom I consider the most exciting boxer…
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Canelo vs. Kovalev odds: Canelo Alvarez comfortably favored over Sergey Kovalev
We are a day away from Canelo Alvarez?s quest for light heavyweight gold. The Mexican superstar is set to challenge WBO champion Sergey Kovalev on November 2nd in Las Vegas, Nevada, and…
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Canelo Alvarez rips into his own promoter Oscar De La Hoya: ?There?s no loyalty in him?
Canelo Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KOs) is just days away from his light heavyweight title fight with WBO champion Sergey Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs). It was an ordeal just to get Canelo?s next…
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Gennadiy Golovkin vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko preview and full fight week coverage
UFC 243 may be this weekend, but on that same Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York, the vacant IBF middleweight championship is on the line. Watch GGG vs. Derevyanchenko…
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Report: Errol Spence Jr vs. Danny Garcia planned for January 25th
No, Terence Crawford is not next for Errol Spence. For those of you who didn?t exit this column after the opening sentence, the newly unified IBF/WBC welterweight champion has a deal in…