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Written by The Sweet Science
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Thursday, 07 March 2013 11:08
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THE FIGHT GAME WITH JIM LAMPLEY, HBO BOXING® SHOW HOSTED BY THE FOUR-TIME SPORTS EMMY® WINNER, RETURNS WITH A NEW LIVE EDITION SATURDAY, MARCH 9 THE FIGHT GAME WITH JIM LAMPLEY kicks off its second season SATURDAY, MARCH 9 (11:30 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT) from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, exclusively on HBO. A provocative, engaging and informative experience that delves into intriguing storylines, newsmakers and issues that are top-of-mind in boxing, the show debuts immediately following the “World Championship Boxing” doubleheader featuring the world light heavyweight title fight between titleholder Tavoris Cloud and ring legend Bernard Hopkins, which begins at 9:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Four-time Sports Emmy® winner Lampley has been the host of HBO Boxing since joining the network in... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Wednesday, 06 March 2013 22:38
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 BERNARD "THE EXECUTIONER" HOPKINS, Six-Time And Two-Division World Champion & Oldest Fighter In History To Win A World Title "Any athlete who goes in there and knows they are 100 percent ready physically has an advantage. Athletes deal with aches and pains, but I was able to rest for the whole summer of 2012 and I had a chance to heal my body 100 percent. "Tavoris Cloud might actually be hungrier than me. How often do you hear a fighter say that his opponent is hungrier than he is? I don't need hunger. I'm motivated by my desire to prove that I'm different and that I can still silence the critics. "You will have reason to be surprised on March 9. "You're not going to see a new Bernard Hopkins. I'm too old for... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Wednesday, 06 March 2013 22:33
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 Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero: Heated First Encounter - All Access - SHOWTIME var so = new SWFObject("http://www.youtube.com/v/Fih0CAIKBXo&rel=0&border=0", "youtube_1", "640", "480", "8", "#ffffff");so.addParam("movie", "http://www.youtube.com/v/Fih0CAIKBXo&rel=0&border=0");so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");so.write("youtube_1"); Tags:Floyd MayweatherRobert GuerreroShowtime... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Wednesday, 06 March 2013 17:05
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HBO BOXING® PRESENTS A DOUBLEHEADER OF RING ACTION WHEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®: TAVORIS CLOUD VS. BERNARD HOPKINS AND KEITH THURMAN VS. JAN ZAVECK IS SEEN SATURDAY, MARCH 9 HBO heads to the brand-new Barclays Center in Brooklyn to present a doubleheader highlighted by future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins’ quest for a world title when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: TAVORIS CLOUD VS. BERNARD HOPKINS AND KEITH THURMAN VS. JAN ZAVECK is seen SATURDAY, MARCH 9 (9:30 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team will call all the action, presented in HDTV and in Spanish on HBO Latino. Other HBO playdates: March 10 (10:45 a.m.) and 11 (1:25 a.m.) HBO2 playdates: March 10 (4:45 p.m.) 12 (11:30 p.m.) In HBO’s first presentation from the Barclays Center, undefeated light... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Wednesday, 06 March 2013 17:04
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NEW YORK (March 6, 2013) - Golden-era heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Dempsey, and legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum lead a star-studded cast of 20 inductees into the second-year New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) The second annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.n. ET), April 28, at Russo's On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York. "This is an exceptional group of inductees," NYSBHOF and Ring 8 president Bob Duffy said. "We are inducting legitimate New Yorkers in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. All of these inductees have a significant impact on New York State boxing during their respective times. There are many other potential inductees but this is only our second year. We're confident that any deserving people who haven't been inducted... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Wednesday, 06 March 2013 10:49
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Former Junior Welterweight Title Challenger Cayo to Meet Taylor on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights The March 8 edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will feature Victor “Mermelada” Cayo (31-3, 21 KOs), who once fought for the Junior Welterweight title, and Emanuel “Tranzforma” Taylor (16-1, 11 KOs) in the 10-round main event. Friday’s show from the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., will air live at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2 HD, and will be available online through WatchESPN.com and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app. The card will also air live on ESPN Deportes+, the new digital extension of ESPN Deportes, and will air tape delayed on ESPN Deportes Sunday, March 10, at 3 a.m. The card is promoted by Sampson Boxing. Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Tuesday, 05 March 2013 10:04
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 Wladimir Klitschko defends titles against Francesco Pianeta in Mannheim, Germany IBF/WBA/WBO/IBO and "The Ring Magazine“ World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko will defend his titles against Francesco Pianeta at the SAP arena Mannheim, Germany on May 4. Francesco Pianeta was born in Cosenza (Italy) and moved with his parents to Gelsenkirchen, Germany at the age of 6. He is 28 years old, undefeated and 6´3”. Southpaw Pianeta was WBC Junior World Champion and EBU Champion. In his eight-year-career he beat former WBC Heavyweight Champion Oliver McCall and four-time world title challenger Francois Botha. However, his most difficult fight Pianeta had outside the ring: When cancer was diagnosed... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Monday, 04 March 2013 16:51
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NEW YORK (March 4, 2013) -- World championship boxing returns to EPIX this month. Two- division world champion "King" ARTHUR ABRAHAM will defend his WBO super middleweight crown against the former champion he dethroned, ROBERT STIEGLITZ, in a rematch of their “Fight of The Year”-contender of last summer. Abraham-Stieglitz II will be televised live ringside from GTEC Arena in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany on Saturday, March 23, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT, exclusively on EPIX, the premium entertainment service. EPIX will stream the fights live on EpixHD.com and on the EPIX app on Xbox consoles and Roku players as part of a special free trial offer for boxing fans. These two gladiators... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Saturday, 02 March 2013 20:38
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 Undefeated light heavyweight champion Tavoris "Thunder" Cloud (24-0, 19 KOs) took his last run this morning in Big Bear Lake, Calif., prior to departing for Brooklyn, N.Y., to make his fifth title defense on March 9 at Barclays Center against future Hall of Famer Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KOs). (HBO, 9:30 p.m. ET/PT) Cloud is shown here in front of the beautiful Bear Mountain Ski Resort. Cloud, from Tallahassee, Fla., and his new trainer Abel Sanchez faced a number of challenges at their high-altitude training camp perched in the mountains east of Los Angeles. They braved a bitterly cold January followed by heavy snowfall that Cloud noted "was beautiful." February brought... Read more...
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Written by The Sweet Science
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Saturday, 02 March 2013 10:01
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 MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (March 1, 2013) -- In a early "Fight of the Year" candidate, Evgeny "The Mexican-Russian" Gradovich (16-0, 8 KOs) upset defending champion Billy "The Kid" Dib (36-2, 21 KOs) by 12-round split decision for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title, in tonight's main event in MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. fee The event was promoted by 50 Cent's SMS Promotions and DiBella Entertainment and sponsored by SMS Audio. In a grueling battle of attrition, Gradovich took the fight to Dib, who won the  Read more...
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