23 May 2015

Soto vs. Beltran for junior welterweight “world” WBA title

Ray Beltran (30-7-1 18KOs) will face Humberto Soto (65-8-2 35KOs) for the vacant WBA “world” junior welterweight title on June 27, as the co-feature at the StubHub Center for Timothy Bradley Jr. vs. Jessie Vargas per Mike Coppinger of Boxing Junkie (USA Today Sports). The belt is now vacant since

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21 May 2015

Featherweight Guy Robb signs to Top Rank

Top featherweight prospect Guy Robb has signed to Top Rank Promotions says a source close to the situation who spoke on terms of anonymity as the deal will be announced officially later this week or potentially early next week. Robb, a standout boxer from Sacramento, CA is trained by legendary boxing

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21 May 2015

Jose Ramirez creates scholarship fund in Fresno to help students go to college

USA Olympian, NABF champion and undefeated professional boxer Jose Ramirez (14-0, 11 KOs), coming off a record setting 9,000 person arena sellout on May 9 in Fresno on a Top Rank Solo Boxeo Tecate boxing event on UniMas, has signed a five figure endorsement deal with Card City. Ramirez is

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20 May 2015

Orozco wants Benavidez next

Unbeaten junior welterweight Antonio Orozco who recently picked up a win over Emmanuel Taylor on truTV last Friday, now has a fellow cast member from that fight in his sights, Jose Benavidez Jr.   Orozco told BoxingScene.com that the fight is the next logical progression in his maturation as a fighter.

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19 May 2015

Arum: Pacquaio’s shoulder was fine on 5/2

The lawsuits are mounting as at least 32 class action lawsuits have been filed against Manny Pacquiao and Top Rank Promotions. The fight of the century which renewed the interest in boxing for the mainstream media also represented the evils of neoliberalism as the event as a whole seemed to

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15 May 2015

Antonio Orozco beats Emmanuel Taylor on TruTV opener

In a tough fight to be a judge for Antonio Orozco defeated in Emmanuel Taylor in a good bout the TruTV portion of Top Rank Promotions’ Friday night fight card in Phoenix, Arizona.   In the first two rounds Orozco was able to close the distance and work combinations to

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08 May 2015

Michel Soro knocks out Glen Tapia in upset win

Well, this hasn’t been a good week for Freddie Roach, the famed coach of the Wild Card Boxing Gym now has two fighters coming off crushing losses as Glen Tapia was knocked out in primetime. On Friday’s main event on TruTV, Glen Tapia was knocked out by little known Michel

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07 May 2015

Top Rank On TruTV card weigh in results

The event will take place at  Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey which is being promoted by Top Rank and Televised by TruTV Glen Tapia 155 vs. Michel Soro 153 Sean Monaghan 174 vs. Cleiton Conceicao 173 Julian Rodriguez 141 vs. Peter Oluoch 141 Esquiva Falcao 157 vs. Paul Harness 156 Mike Reed

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07 May 2015

Golovkin not looking past Monroe Jr., wants “big drama show!”

“I want to fight a southpaw because I want to show everybody that I can beat any style, it doesn’t matter. Anybody, strong guy, tall guy, short guy, just anybody.” Gennady Golovkin said over the phone on a media conference call for his May 16th fight at the LA Forum

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05 May 2015

Glen Tapia Headlines Friday TruTV Card

truTV and Top Rank will exclusively present the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV , a live primetime boxing series on Friday, May 8, at 10 p.m. ET from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The new boxing series, produced in association with Turner Sports and HBO Sports, will feature two

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