13 May 2019

CHECK IT OUT!!! ROUND OF THE YEAR 2019!!! ONE KNOCKDOWN EACH THEN A DOUBLE KNOCKDOWN!!!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A certain candidate for Round of the Year went down last Friday night (May 10, 2019) at the Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. Fighting in a supporting bout at Rumble at the Rock V event, super middleweights Irosvani Duvergel

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13 May 2019

Alantez Fox headlines in DC this weekend

Alantez “SlyAza” Fox (25-1-1, 11 KOs) makes his return to the ring in his home town of Washington D.C. It will mark the first time in four years that Fox has fought in his home town. Fox is coming off of an eight round unanimous decision victory over Elvin Ayala

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12 Apr 2019

The Fifth Direction of The World

I have made the trip to Dagestan, Russia, to visit the most prominent Shaolin outside of China. Nestled in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia, “Dagestan”, literally translates to “land of the mountains”. The temperatures there are mild, and access to the ocean gives this land a similar feel to that

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01 Apr 2019

Europe’s Most Interesting Gym

At first I thought I was following Conor McGregor’s footsteps. To the casual American fan, fighting and the Irish might go hand in hand. After all, UFC’s biggest star, the aforementioned McGregor, hails from Dublin, and one of America’s pre-eminent college football programs have named themselves in honor of the

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31 Mar 2019

Philly fighters perform strong for hometown crowd, Gvosdyk defends WBC belt

PHILADELPHIA – Every single seat at the 2300 Arena in south Philadelphia was filled for Saturday night’s Top Rank card. 11 bouts were held at the sold-out arena that showcased five fighters from the Philadelphia area and a light heavyweight world title main event fight that featured WBC champion Oleksander

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22 Feb 2019

Brian Castaño ready to prove himself against former champion Erislandy Lara

Brian Castaño (15-0, 11 KOs), the World Boxing Association super welterweight world champion, is just one week away from his bout against former world champion, Erislandy Lara (30-3-2, 14 KOs). The title fight will be held on Saturday, March 2 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and will be Castaño’s

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28 Jan 2019

Tijuana Fight Nights

Down the street from Tijuana’s famed brothels, there is a bar with a boxing ring built into the middle of the floor. It’s standing room only here, and there is no air conditioning. It’s a midsummer’s night in Tijuana, and the only way to stay cool from the sweltering heat is

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15 Jan 2019

Here’s to You, Manny Pacquiao

It wasn’t the first big fight I went to, but it certainly was one of the most impressionable events of my young life. Dad was regularly comped fight tickets at the MGM, and this time we flew to Vegas to watch “The Dream Match”. Of course, there’s nothing like that

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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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05 Dec 2018

The Wild and Bizarre Boxing Utopia Called Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is the wild west in a way. There I was, riding in a Hummer down a dirt road chauffeured by the undefeated champion Kanat Islam’s brother with a heavyset man named Zhumabek riding shotgun. Islam’s brother, Erzat, didn’t speak any English. Zhumabek, speaking broken English at best, informs me

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