T J Rives
126 articles · Big Fight Weekend
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Felix Verdejo Charged With Murder Sunday Night
By T J Rives
On Sunday night, what appeared to be an inevitable formality happened in Puerto Rico, as lightweight contender Felix Verdejo turned himself in to Federal authorities on charges of carjacking, kidnapping and the…
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Felix Verdejo “Person Of Interest” In Missing Woman Investigation
By T J Rives
Friday brought more details in the serious investigation into the disappearance of a woman in Puerto Rico, who is believed to be a girlfriend of Lightweight contender Felix Verdejo and according to…
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Showtime Announces Floyd Mayweather Logan Paul For June 6th
By T J Rives
What had been previously announced, delayed and rumored is now apparently happening: Multi-division world champ Floyd Mayweather will in fact return to the ring in an exhibition with Youtuber Logan Paul in…
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Ryan Garcia Announced Saturday He’s Withdrawing From Fortuna Fight
By T J Rives
Say this for unbeaten, popular Lightweight star Ryan Garcia: it’s never dull with news about or from him. And, the latest update from him Saturday has many in the boxing world wondering…
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Report- Long Shot Pacquiao-Crawford Fight Now Completely Dead
By T J Rives
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Hall of Famer Manny Pacquaio has had another proposed fight/opponent for his now nearly two year ring return scrapped. This time it’s his proposed World…
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Report- Manny Pacquiao-Terence Crawford On For June?
By T J Rives
There’s been uncertainty for over a year on future Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao’s next bout. However, it appears talks have intensified for a possible mega-battle with Terence Crawford later this Summer.…
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Boxing Legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler Dead At 66
By T J Rives
Shocking and sad news on a Saturday evening, as former Undisputed World Middleweight Champion and Boxing Hall of Famer, Marvin Hagler has died unexpectedly at the age of 66. Hagler’s wife Kay…
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Manny Pacquiao Back Training- Fight Announcement Coming
By T J Rives
Future Hall of Famer and WBA World Welterweight “champion in recess,” Manny Pacquiao, says he’s getting back into shape, and more importantly, hinted Tuesday that he will have a return to the…
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Conor McGregor On Pacquiao Fight- “It Should Happen 2021”
By T J Rives
The biggest drawing card of Ultimate Fighting will be back in their octagon this weekend for the first time in a year. However, it’s Conor McGregor talking about his next potential fight,…
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Nonito Donaire Tested Negative For Covid 19 On Re-Test
By T J Rives
Another Covid 19 testing controversy has arisen. This time involving former WBA Super Bantamweight champ Nonito Donaire, who says after being removed from his December 19th main event fight, he doesn’t have…
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Errol Spence Dominated Danny Garcia In Return Bout
By T J Rives
In his return to the ring 14 months after a horrific car crash, Unified World Welterweight champion, Errol Spence, put on a dominant performance Saturday night by scoring a 12-round unanimous decision…
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Lennox Lewis On Errol Spence- “Nobody Knows For Sure He’s Okay”
By T J Rives
The wait is almost over for one of the great unknowns of 2020 involving a championship fighter and his first fight back after a horrific car crash late in 2019. And for…
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Arum War Of Words About Terence Crawford Escalates
By T J Rives
So, it doesn’t look like Top Rank Boxing promoter Bob Arum and WBO World Welterweight belt holder Terence Crawford will be spending much time together over the holidays. This, after the 88…
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Payne- Canelo Matchup With Callum Smith “As It Should Be”
By T J Rives
(Our highly respected colleague in the U.K., David Payne, weighed-in recently on the announced matchup coming in December between four division world champ, Canelo Alvarez, and unbeaten English, WBA Super Middleweight champ,…
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Top Rank’s Arum On Crawford-Pacquiao- “It Was Set To Take Place”
By T J Rives
For the first time in 2020, WBO Welterweight Champ Terence Crawford made a title defense and was as impressive, as always, in a 4th round TKO win over England’s Kell Brook. And,…
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Can Jason Moloney Withstand “The Monster?”
By T J Rives
It’s an eagerly anticipated Saturday night showdown with Worldwide appeal in the Vegas “bubble” of Top Rank Boxing. This, as unbeaten Japaneese Unified Bantamweight World Champ, Naoya “The Monster” Inoue puts his…
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Jason Moloney ready for “The Monster” Saturday night
By T J Rives
It’s fight week with a serious World Wide appeal, as Japan’s Naoya “the Monster” Inoue gets set to defend his Unified Bantamweight World Titles Saturday night in Las Vegas against Australian top…
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Meet Man Who Will Ref Lomachenko-Lopez Saturday Night
By T J Rives
The Nevada Athletic commission and the organization’s sanctioning Saturday night’s World Lightweight Unification Title fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez have decided upon the third man in the ring. And, he…
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Lomachenko- Saturday Lopez Showdown “Will Be Historical”
By T J Rives
The build up to one of the biggest remaining fights of 2020 is underway in Las Vegas, as Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez get ready to square off for the Undisputed Lightweight…
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Ryan Garcia gave some clarity on his future
By T J Rives
While the soap opera continues on when/where unbeaten, California Lightweight contender, Ryan Garcia, will fight next, he appeared in a video on Gossip site TMZ Wednesday morning. And while simply trying to…