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Eric Hunter stops Antonio Escalante atop FS1 card
Featherweight Eric Hunter (20-3 11KOs) earned another victory in front of the Fox Sports 1 audience as he stopped Antonio Escalante (29-8 20KOs) in the first round of the bout. Hunter dropped Escalante multiple times as his right hand never seemed to miss Escalante’s head. Hunter looked so good commentator
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Povetkin stops Perez in 91 seconds, now next in line for Wilder’s WBC belt
View post on imgur.com It didn’t take Alexander Povetkin long to obtain the number one contender spot for Deontay Wilder’s WBC heavyweight title as he knocked out heavyweight challenger, Mike Perez, in 91 seconds in Russia. Povetkin rocked Perez with his first flush overhand right that he landed
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Jose Benavidez Jr stops Jorge Paez Jr in the 12th round of Tru TV Main Event
In the main event of Tru TV’s Friday Night Knockout segment Jose Benavidez Jr, who fought in his hometown of Phoenix, AZ kept his record intact after going 11 solid, hard fought rounds with Jorge Paez Jr before stopping him at the start of the 12th and final round. The
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Robert Guerrero headlines PBC on NBC card on June 6th
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (32-3-1, 18 KOs) returns to the ring as he squares off against Aron Martinez (19-3-1, 4 KOs) on Saturday afternoon, June 6 as Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC comes to StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. The broadcast begins at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT. Also featured
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PBC on CBS sees slight dip in ratings
Premier Boxing Champions in it’s second outing on CBS pulled an overnight rating of 0.9 in overnight ratings and 1.4 million total viewers in contrast the April 4th card headlined by Adonis Stevenson pulled in a 1.1 overnight rating and 1.6 million viewers. What does this mean? Well, shows
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The tough truth for Canelo
The tough truth for some is Canelo Alvarez will never prove himself no matter what he does. The freckle faced, red-headed Mexican who first appeared on the Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley pay-per-view card will always be viewed as the kid who has gotten everything he wanted. Alvarez, who has been a
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Abraham vs. Stieglitz IV confirmed
WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham set to do it again as mandatory challenger Robert Stieglitz on July 18 at the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany. The fight is far from a fresh match up as the two have faced each other three times prior with Abraham getting the better
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Boxing Schedule May 16th – May 17th
Friday, May 15th (ESPN2) 9:00 pm EST – Reynaldo Ojeda vs Monty Meza Clay, Luis Rosa vs Jonathan Perez. This is the second to last Friday Night Fights card before Al Haymon’s PBC takes over the programming. (truTV) 10:00 pm EST – Jose Benavidez Jr vs Jorge Paez Jr, Antonio Orozco
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Mayweather Close To Retirement, Pacquiao Blames Bum Shoulder
The fight of the century turned out to be the perfect ending to an era of boxing in the welterweight division that was the “what-if” period of boxing in which we never seemed to ever get the fights we wanted. No matter if you’re a fan of Floyd Mayweather or
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Mayweather Defeats Pacquiao, Will Retire After September Fight
In what was a historic night for Floyd Mayweather as he turned in a vintage performance against career nemesis, Manny Pacquiao as he earned the win via unanimous decision with the scores of 118-110 and 116-112 times two, the same score ITR Boxing had. “He had moments in