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By: Sean Crose Former world titlist contender Otto Wallin returned to the ring Friday night in order to take on Onoriode Ehwarieme in a scheduled heavyweight eight rounder. The bout, which went down at the Tropicana Atlantic City, was a Boxing Insider promotion aired live on the DAZN streaming service. A thunderous straight left from

ATLANTIC CITY (July 24, 2024)–Weights for Friday night’s Boxing Insider Promotions card that will take place at Tropicana Atlantic City and streamed Live on DAZN  Otto Wallin 244 lbs. – Onoriode Ehwarieme 226 lbs. Jason Castanon 139 lbs. – Arevonte Dukes 136 lbs. Justin Figueroa 159 lbs. – Freddy Espinoza 159 lbs. Bruce Seldon Jr.

By: Sean Crose Ali-Frazier. Zale-Graziano. Fury-Wilder. These are considered some of the greatest trilogies in boxing history – and rightfully so. Yet the three fights that went down around twenty years ago between Arturo Gatti and “Irish” Micky Ward still brings chills up the spines of fight fans. These were three absolute wars that occurred

By: Sean Crose A lot of fighters come from boxing families. Not everyone who enters the professional ranks, however, can claim to be the son of a former heavyweight world titlist. Yet Bruce Seldon Jr, who will be engaging in his second professional fight Friday night in Atlantic City, comes from a high boxing pedigree.

By: Sean Crose Atlantic City is a long way away from Saudi Arabia, and that’s no doubt a good thing for Otto Wallin – though he may ultimately be looking forward to a return trip to the Middle Eastern Kingdom. Last December, Wallin stepped into the ring at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh looking to best

By: Sean Crose It’s been called the 90 Second Massacre. Mike Tyson, the undefeated WBC, WBA, and IBF heavyweight champion of the world, stepped into the ring one night in June of 1988 to face the lineal heavyweight champion of the world, Michael Spinks. It was to be a major contest if ever there was

By: Sean Crose There’s nothing like writing about the fight game. There’s no off-season in boxing. What’s more, there’s no one league to dominate the sport or its coverage. Again, there’s nothing like writing about the sweet science. With that being said, it’s hard to stay neutral, especially in a time when objective reporting is

By: Sean Crose Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue will return to the ring on September 3’d in his native Japan. The 27-0 Inoue was last in the ring back in May, when he stopped Luis Nery in 6. Known as the “Monster,” Inoue has defeated all but 3 of his opponents within the distance.

By: Sean Crose Give Jake Paul this – the man keeps active. After a major July novelty bout with Mike Tyson was postponed (if not outright scratched), the social media influencer turned professional boxer could have taken it easy. That sort of thing, however, simply isn’t Paul’s style. Instead of kicking back for the summer,

By: Sean Crose IBF welterweight champion, Jaron “Boots” Ennis put his title on the line Saturday night in his hometown of Philadelphia against David Avanesyan. Ennis was widely favored to win the main event of a DAZN broadcast card, but boxing is the sport where anything seems to be possible. Ennis, who appeared to tower

By: Sean Crose It was widely agreed that, at 37 years of age, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez was past his prime when he stepped into the ring in his native Nicaragua on Friday night. The four division champion was in search of further glory, this time in the bantamweight division, as he hoped earn himself a

By: Sean Crose. WBO and IBF middleweight titlist Zhanibek Alimkhanuly will not be defending his belts against Andrei Mikhailovich Saturday night, as planned. Top Rank has announced that undefeated champion had to be hospitalized on Thursday. The cause? Dehydration. Per Top Rank: “WBO/IBF middleweight world champion Janibek Alimkhanuly was forced to withdraw from Saturday’s title

By: Sean Crose It’s fair to say the middleweight division isn’t what it used to be, as least not as far as capturing the public attention goes. Some of the biggest names in boxing history have been middleweight titlists. Bob Fitzsimons, Harry Greb, Tony Zale, Ray Robinson, Carlos Monzon, Marvin Hagler, and Gennady Golovkin have

By: Sean Crose Not all that long ago, he was considered the single best boxer on earth. He was the entire package, hard hitting, disciplined and possessing winning footwork. There was little doubt that Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez was, if not at the summit of boxing’s Mount Olympus, then at most just a step or two

By: Sean Crose “I’m excited about collecting all the belts and becoming undisputed,” says Jaron “Boots” Ennis on the eve of his IBF welterweight title defense against David Avanesyan. “July 13 is going to be fireworks,” Ennis continues, “don’t miss it.” It’s been a while since Ennis was seen in the ring, over a year

By: Sean Crose There he was on Saturday at the Prudential Center in his native Newark, engaged in a hometown battle against a determined but outskilled Artem Harutyunyan. It was a perfect moment for WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson to set off fireworks on a Fourth of July weekend. The only problem was he didn’t.

By: Sean Crose WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson put his title, as well as his undefeated 21-0 record, on the line Saturday night in his native Newark, New Jersey as he took on the 12-1 Artem Harutyunyan. The fight was a scheduled 12 rounder and was the main event of an ESPN Top Rank card.

By: Sean Crose On a snowy day back in the winter of 2017 I hopped on a Metro North in Connecticut and made my way down to Manhattan to cover the Genady Golovkin-Daniel Jacobs middleweight title fight. Defending champion Golovkin was at his peak at the time, going through one fighter after another while awaiting