Lukie Ketelle
16 articles · Inside the Ropes
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MARK MAGSAYO VS. REY VARGAS STANDS OUT AS FIGHT OF THE WEEK
WBC featherweight champion Mark Magsayo is looking to get his second marquee win of the year, and put himself in the running for fighter of the year as he faces former 122…
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WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH JOHN RIEL CASIMERO VS GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX ON SHOWTIME
Casimero hits really hard but is not as talented as Rigondeaux. Rigondeaux is one of the greatest Cuban boxers ever, who is having a professional career, like most Cuban boxers, that isn’t…
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DEVIN HANEY DEFEATS JORGE LINARES, PLUS UNDERCARDS RESULTS
Haney outpoints Linares, Targets Teofimo Lopez Las Vegas, NV – WBC lightweight world champion Devin Haney (26-0, 15 KOs), defeated former four-time, and three-division world champion Jorge Linares (47-6, 29 KOs), live…
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TERENCE CRAWFORD IS THE NEW MARVIN HAGLER
Terence Crawford is a generational great, we all know that, but let’s deeper add context to these words. Crawford is a unified world champion at lightweight, won every major world title in…
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AGAINST ALL ODDS: TEOFIMO LOPEZ THE LIFELONG UNDERDOG, READY FOR LOMA
Teofimo Lopez and his father, Teofimo Lopez Sr., more affectionately referred to as “Junior” Lopez, have been lifelong underdogs. The two have faced obstacles at each step of their journey and never…
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NOTHING MUCH TO LEARN FROM ERROL SPENCE’S INTERVIEW – AN HONEST TAKE
Errol Spence Jr. spoke Saturday night on the Fox telecast with Brian Kenny, his first-time publicly since his car accident earlier this year, in which, many wondered if he’d return the ring.…
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SHAKUR STEVENSON BEATS JOET GONZALEZ, NEW WBO WORLD CHAMP
The WBO featherweight world title now belongs to Shakur Stevenson as he won the heated grudge match between Joet Gonzalez in twelve round bout for the vacant world title vacated by former…
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MANNY PACQUIAO, LIVING LEGEND, SOCIAL MEDIA ICON
Manny Pacquiao is already a legend of boxing, a senator and ambassador of the Philippines as well as just a force of nature for boxing in the 21st century. Unless you have…
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KEITH THURMAN ? DOES HE STILL LOVE BOXING AND WILL MANNY PACQUIAO FIGHT DEFINE HIS CAREER?
Keith Thurman is ready and gives no F?s. ?I trained for my last fight at L.A. Fitness by myself?? said Keith Thurman, at the initial press conference to announce his July 20th…
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GOLOVKIN STEAMROLLS ROLLS IN TUNE-UP FIGHT, NOW CANELO-GGG III?
Former middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin stopped undefeated Canadian Steve Rolls in the fourth round of the main event taking place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, and…
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BOXING?S NEXT SUPERSTAR, NAOYA INOUE
Naoya Inoue is a star in the making, you might look at his pint-sized weight class of 118 lbs, or bantamweight if you care to use terms and boxing lingo, or his…
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UPSET! NAVARRETE DEFEATS DOGBOE TO WIN WBO WORLD TITLE
Emanuel ?Vaquero? Navarrete (25-1, 22 KOs) outboxed and to some extent outclassed former WBO junior featherweight champion Isaac ?Royal Storm? Dogboe (20-0, 14 KOs) taking a twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday…
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CANELO VS. GGG II CLOSE, BUT NO ROBBERY!
You can say this and that about Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II, but one thing you can?t say is it wasn?t a good fight. In a modern classic, that is open…
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Superfly 3 sheds light on lower weights on major network television
Tom Loeffler?s 360 Promotions has brought the lower weight classes out from the depth of late-night cable television or obscure online videos to your television as his ?Super Fly? boxing series will…
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THE CONFUSING SAGA OF CANELO vs GGG
The Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin sequence of fights will be remembered just as much for what happened outside of the ring as it will for what happened inside. The first…
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Boxing Preview: Crawford-Horn, Santa Cruz Mares, Balderas, Shakur, Flores Jr
Crawford vs Horn [ESPN+, 6:30 PST, Las Vegas] In the big fight of the weekend, WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn will fight for the first time in the United States against one…