03 Jan 2019

Top Rank signs Jeremy Adorno and Sonny Castro

Top Rank is proud to announce it has signed two of the East Coast’s brightest amateur stars — Puerto Rican-born super bantamweight Jeremy “Magic Hands” Adorno and South Philadelphia-born heavyweight Sonny Conto — to multi-year contracts. Conto and Adorno will make their professional debuts in four-round bouts Friday, Feb. 8

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02 Jan 2019

2018 Northern California Fight of the Year: Ryan Bourland vs. Jose Hernandez II

In a rematch of their bout earlier this year in which Jose Hernandez picked up the decision over the hometown Bourland for the regional light heavyweight GBO title, Bourland made his last fight before retirement a good one. In a close and competitive bout, that saw both men have their

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01 Jan 2019

2019 Boxing Trainer of the Year: Sean O’Hagan

Sean O’Hagan, the father of Josh Warrington, took Warrington on a terrific year, having his son pull off two upsets defeated heavily acclaimed Lee Selby as well as former world champion Carl Frampton. O’Hagan, who is not a household name is deserving of this as he took a fighter who

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01 Jan 2019

Northern (and Central) California Fighter of the Year: Jose Ramirez

With the retirement of Andre Ward, the biggest fights in California taking place in Northern and Central California take place with WBC super lightweight world champion Jose Ramirez. Ramirez, who has spent the majority of his career fighting in Fresno, CA, a short drive from his hometown of Avenal, Ca,

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01 Jan 2019

2018 Fight of the Year: Vasyl Lomachenko vs Jorge Linares

A lot of fight of the year contenders or winners I have noticed have been bouts in which both fighters make critical mistakes and both have to fight back with a pension of heart after a physical or cognitive impairment forcing them out of their comfort zone. Well, this is a

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31 Dec 2018

2018 Boxer of the Year: Oleksandr Usyk

Oleksandr Usyk stands in rarified air as he did something that has only been done by only Terence Crawford at super lightweight in recent years as he unified his cruiserweight world title winning all four major belts over the course of the year fighting in opponent’s backyards. This intro can

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20 Dec 2018

CARTO SEEKS TO REKINDLE SOUTH PHILLY’S GLOVE AFFAIR WITH BOXING

PHILADELPHIA, PA- -Christian Carto hopes to continue his rise through the bantamweight ranks when he headlines an eight-fight card Friday evening, Feb. 8, at the 2300 Arena.   Michelle Rosado, whose Raging Babe company makes its promotional debut in the Philadelphia market that night, has dubbed the Feb. 8 event

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13 Dec 2018

Main Events NBC partnership in jeopardy, not a done deal

It seemed like a given once ESPN reported in October that Main events had secured a deal with NBC Sports, a network Main Events got a major boost from 2012 to 2014. Main Events built stars and helped the careers of Sergey Kovalev, Steve Cunningham, Gabriel Rosado and Zab Judah through the partnership, but Premier

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13 Dec 2018

Oscar Valdez return postponed, January 12th card appears off

This show is off btw. Valdez will fight later this year. Adames, Conceicao, and Fazliddin will fight on the 1/18 Verona, NY show. https://t.co/iwJYPLe4JF — *Toasts with glass full of JM Marquez pee* (@BoxrecGrey) December 13, 2018 Per a tweet from one of the organizers of BoxRec.com, a boxing database

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12 Dec 2018

Victor Conte introduces SNAC FIGHTER TRAINING STACK

The new FIGHTER TRAINING STACK fromSNAC System was created by world-renowned sports nutritionist Victor Conte after more than a decade of working in the trenches with world class fighters. If you are looking to boost your energy, oxygen uptake, speed, and muscle strength plus accelerate your healing, tissue repair and recovery from intense workouts, then this is the ultimate stack for

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