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Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Jose Ramirez Wants All The Belts
(April 13, 2020) — WBC/WBO super lightweight world champion Jose Ramirez is staying ready. The 2012 U.S. Olympian has not fought since knocking out Maurice Hooker last July in a title unification…
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Omar Juarez Feeds Over 1000 Community Members in his Hometown Brownsville TX
BROWNSVILLE, TX (April 13, 2020) – This past Saturday, undefeated super lightweight standout, Omar “El Relámpago” Juarez (7-0, 4 KOs), an undefeated rising star who fights regularly on FS1 PBC Fight Night…
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GOLDEN BOY UNVEILS DIGITAL CONTENT INITIATIVE
LOS ANGELES (April 13, 2020): Golden Boy, the leading media and entertainment brand, announced today the launch of a digital content initiative to provide boxing fans with some much-needed diversion during this…
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Floyd Mayweather Pay-Per-View venture takes boxing to uncharted waters
Floyd Mayweather is set to be back in the ring very soon, but not as you know it. The former pound for pound king is heading into uncharted waters with his latest…
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EXCLUSIVE: ESPN confirms exit of Senior Boxing Writer Dan Rafael
World Boxing News can confirm a parting of ways between ESPN and Senior Boxing Writer Dan Rafael after a fifteen-year collaboration. Rafael joined ESPN from USA Today in 2005. He quickly established…
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THE ESSENTIAL READING & WATCHING LIST FOR BOXING FANS DURING LOCKDOWN!
We asked boxers, journalists, WBSS staff and others in the sport to share with us their favourite boxing books and films for fans to enjoy while sport around the world is on…
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TYSON ON BEATING ALI IN THE EWBSS: “I WOULDN’T WIN THE REAL FIGHT”
Mike Tyson came off with a win in the inaugural ‘eWBSS Heavyweight Legends’ Tournament by beating Muhammad Ali on points in the final. Today, Friday, Tyson told Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole that…
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Top Rank President cautions Tyson Fury – Deontay Wilder job not done yet
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has been warned the job of defeating Deontay Wilder is not done yet despite a crushing victory in their second meeting. ‘The Gypsy King’ blasted out Wilder…
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PBC Keeps Punching Out Boredom! 💥🥊
BC Boxers Continue to Engage Fans Through Social Media During Social Distancing. Keith Thurman, Deontay Wilder, Anthony Dirrell, Leo Santa Cruz, Gervonta Davis, Andre Berto & David Benavidez to Appear on PBC…
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On This Day: Top Rank Boxing Debuted on ESPN 40 Years Ago
Top Rank Boxing premiered April 10, 1980 in Atlantic City and was a television mainstay for nearly two decades. (April 10, 2020) — Forty years ago today, April 10, 1980, the "Top…
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Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz Weighs in on Devin Haney’s WBC Petition to Face Javier Fortuna Immediately Upon Boxing’s Return
Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz is issuing the following statement regarding Lightweight Champion in Recess Devin Haney’s WBC petition to face number one contender Javier Fortuna immediately when boxing resumes. Last December, Haney underwent…
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REFEREE TONY WEEKS AND TRAINER JOE GOOSSEN JOIN MORNING KOMBAT’S BRIAN CAMPBELL AHEAD OF SHOWTIME BOXING CLASSIC REPLAY OF CORRALES vs. CASTILLO
WHAT: Ahead of Friday night’s SHOWTIME BOXING CLASSICS (10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME®), which will feature the unforgettable two-fight series between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo, MORNING KOMBAT’s Brian Campbell speaks…
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Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder III negotiations finalized, only date remains
The third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder is one hundred percent confirmed to take place next, as World Boxing News has stated since the get-go. Despite attempts to break contracts…
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A remarkable boxing journey like no other 1972 Olympic gold medalist “Sugar” Ray Seales
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 9, 2020) -- Imagine being the lone boxer from your country to capture an Olympic gold medal, only days after the infamous Munich massacre. Now imagine also having…
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What should be boxing’s next tournament? We take a look at the options
There have been attempts at tournaments in boxing through the years, to varying degrees of success. Over the past 20 years, a few tournaments in particular stick out. There was the Middleweight…
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Top Rank Prez: Crawford Wants Spence or Pacquiao, Brook is Option
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford would like to get in the ring for a unification with WBC, IBF champion Errol Spence or WBA champion Manny Pacquiao, according to Top Rank President Todd…
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Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz Receives Promoter’s License in Arizona; Ready to Promote WBC Super Middleweight Champion David Benavidez Homecoming Title Defense in Phoenix when Pandemic Ends
Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz has secured a promoter’s license from the Arizona Department of Gaming with the aim of Sampson Boxing promoting undefeated WBC Super Middleweight World Champion David “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez’s…
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Kubrat Pulev team want Anthony Joshua event staged soon with no fans
Kubrat Pulev and his team want promoter Eddie Hearn to find a way to stage the Anthony Joshua mandatory fight sooner rather than later. Boxing remains on lockdown due to coronavirus, although…
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Manny Pacquiao vs Errol Spence? WBC/IBF welterweight champ says Filipino boxing icon would be the ‘perfect opponent’
Boxing fans rooting for a Manny Pacquiao vs. Errol Spence Jr. fight in 2020 would be delighted to know what both fighters have said about each other. More recently, Spence said the…
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‘That’s the plan’ – Conor McGregor and Manny Pacquiao on course for 2021 fight
Conor McGregor will return to boxing and fight another modern day legend in 2021 according to reports yesterday. ESPN insider and respected source Steve Kim claims ‘The Notorious’ will fight eight weight…
