Entries tagged with "Kubrat+Pulev":
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This current boxing market has to be sending tingles to regions of Arum’s body that haven’t felt tingles since the Reagan administration…
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Fury’s a $100 million guy and he’s getting that filthy lucre by beating up the Tom Schwarzs and Otto Wallins of the boxing world…
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I like Hughie, personally, and I’ve spent a bit of time in his company. I never saw him take drugs, mention drugs, or eat wild boar…
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Hughie lacks the size and skill of his cousin Tyson, but he stays active and the bout will be his third this year…
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Here’s where we currently stand in the shaken, stirred, and donkey-punched heavyweight division…
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Fury did his shtick, showboated a bit, but then he gave fight fans, especially the all-important casual-curious ones, what they mostly want—bloody carnage…
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At Emerald Queen Casino on July 12, two undefeated heavyweight prospects will take on staunch opposition in separate bouts live on Showtime…
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If you were looking for the quiet, demure, damsel who just distributes her lumps and goes about her business, T-Rex ain’t it…
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Arum, apparently, didn’t take kindly to this Twitter sideswipe and hit Rafael right where it hurts most—right in the ol’ press credentials…
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The cocks of the walk are coming to terms with the fact that their guy is no longer on that road to worldwide superstardom…
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Boxing is a place where a murderous con man hustler can be a beloved “character,” unanimously voted into the Hall of Fame...
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Vegas Sports Daily declares they "are working around the clock with Jenny Sushe, and Pulev's management team to further investigate the matter…”
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Pulev took most of the rounds. Dinu drew first blood in the fourth from a bad cut over Pulev’s left eye...
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Lamont Peterson is an excellent and experienced fighter with more nuance to his game than some give him credit for…
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An optimist, or a boxing-ignorant mainstream sports network executive, might see Arum’s recent signing of heavyweight Tyson Fury as a stroke of genius…
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“No-one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.” So they say. And those people are right…
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Hughie is a tricky, mobile, fighter with a long reach and he has the guidance of his father which only the stupid would ignore in this case…
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The bout is set to take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, and the telecast on the Showtime network begins at 5PM EST…
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Along with the top four who are not mentioned, these fighters compose the top fifteen heavyweights for most people…
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If one-sided romps against stylistically ill-suited foes make a case for awards and heavy praise, then, yeah, Lomachenko has the edge over Joshua…
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Neither Ustinov nor Charr has done enough in their careers to be crowned heavyweight champion of the world…
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“More than 32 knockouts out of 33 wins will get you to believe, or whatever the heck it is, but the guy can punch…”
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“When I heard Pulev pulled out, I was going to do the same thing. I thought that’s what the champions are doing these days…”
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AJ is a young, athletic fighter with good fundamentals, so this clash of age, experience, and styles should make for an enjoyable bout…
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At this point, the legion of Anthony Joshua true believers has advanced past cult-like status to the level of a full-blown religion...
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“Takam is already as tough as they come. He just keeps on walking forward, and that's disheartening for a fighter…”
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Yeah, the money is right there, right now, just ready to be scooped into sacks and deposited into everyone’s accounts…
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Katie Taylor, one of the greatest amateurs of all time, will take on Anahi Sanchez for the WBA Lightweight Title…
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After the Yafai title defense was confirmed, two fights have since been added for the October 28 card in Cardiff…
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Khalid "Kal" Yafai (22-0) defending his WBA Super Flyweight Title against his mandatory in Sho Ishida (24-0)…
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The news may be seen as neither hot nor fresh because Joshua will face the mandatory challenger for his IBF title, Kubrat Pulev on October 28…
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Europe has had some legendary boxers in its time but you could argue this current crop of boxers is as strong as any ever…
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Eddie Hearn finally announced Terence Crawford (31-0) will attempt to unify his belts against Julius Indongo (22-0)…
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Europe may not have the historical precedence that Latin America or the United States have but still many great champions have been produced...
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One of the big reactions to the Anthony Joshua fight was working out what would be next for the likable champion…
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A Joshua win was the best result for the sport and to do it in such a phenomenal style was unbelievable…
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The only questions seemed to be, how long would it last and could Bellew land anything meaningful before he was stopped?
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There cannot be another Wild West without the bullets. There cannot be an ineffectual and inept repeat performance...
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“Joshua does everything right. He might be a little predictable at this stage but he is athletic, fast, and hits hard...”
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This, to some, is the corrupt banality of modern showmanship. Haye, quite simply, has fought two bums. He has indulged in celebrity opportunism…
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Klitschko is a fine architect, calmly deconstructing faces, subtly carving through the resolve of the man opposite…
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Like Sixto Rodriguez flying to South Africa, Tony was a man who saw a regular guy in the mirror, then found that, in another world, he had been made famous…
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Do I think Gary will win? I believe he has a healthier chance than the men who have gone before him...
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“Thompson argued the banned substance entered his body through a medication taken for high blood pressure…”
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All of a sudden, Philadelphia's Bryant “By-By” Jennings has added more spice to an already tasty heavyweight stew…
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On Nov. 14, 2014 at O2 World Arena in Hamburg, Germany, WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (63-3, 53 KOs), from Kiev, Ukraine, by way of Zhangiztobe, Kazakhstan, defended his titles against unbeaten Kubrat Pulev, hailing from Sofia, Bulgaria. Klitschko was 62-3 coming in. Pulev was…
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If boxing is indeed the “theater of the unexpected,” anything is possible, including the champion bringing down the curtain early…
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2015 could be the year where wholesale changes are made to the sports hierarchy (provided everyone gets the memo, of course)...
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As serfs before kings, the vanquished fighters in all of these HBO “standouts” maintained tail-tucking “strategies’ throughout…
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Few believe that 2014 was a knockout year in boxing. It wasn't, however, for want of trying. There were plenty of fights, both good and bad, followed by decisions both good and bad. But knockouts, which take the guesswork from the hands of judges, are what boxing is about. Gorilla Productions just released…