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Posted on 03/19/2024 By: Sean Crose “Yes, I’ve said I don’t want to fight Mexican fighters,” the one and only Canelo Alvarez admitted Tuesday at a Beverly Hills press conference for his upcoming fight against the undefeated Jaime Munguia. “But someone respectful like Munguía, someone who has earned this fight, it’s something that I’m glad

Posted on 03/19/2024 Tickets are on sale for the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame (ACBHOF) 8th Annual Awards & Induction Weekend to be held Friday September 27th, Saturday September 28th, and Sunday September 29th, 2024 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City and Boardwalk Resorts – Flagship Hotel.  The ACBHOF induction weekend commences at Hard Rock Hotel

Posted on 03/18/2024 By: Sean Crose Former welterweight titlist Keith Thurman will not be fighting Tim Tszyu as scheduled on March 30th due to a bicep injury, numerous outlets are reporting. Thurman, who essentially fights on a part time basis these days, apparently suffered a bicep injury while in training. ESPN reports that Tszyu will

Posted on 03/18/2024 By: Sean Crose Another dream of a Keith Thurman fight has been deferred. While a fight was set for later this month between the former welterweight world titlist and the red hot Tim Tszyu, word arrived on Monday that an injury to one of Thurman’s biceps will keep the fighter known as

Posted on 03/16/2024 By: Sean Crose An IBF and WBA lightweight title eliminator between the undefeated, 29-0 William Zepeda and the 26-6-2 Maxie Hughes went down at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on Saturday. The scheduled 12 rounder was the main event of a DAZN broadcast card. Both men took to trading jabs in a

Posted on 03/15/2024 Our own Larry Goldberg was the subject of a recent story at Ring Magazine online, written by the very capable Ryan Songalia, who did a good job of covering his journey from website publisher to promoter. The story discusses Larry growing up in the Atlantic City area and being around all the

Posted on 03/15/2024 By: Sean Crose Top level boxers have long been known to get involved with national – and sometimes international – matters. These individuals have a big platform, after all. They also tend to have lots of money. Perhaps most importantly, being boxers, they are unafraid of controversy. Jack Johnson broke the sport’s

Posted on 03/14/2024 By: Sean Crose “What a decision!” says former WBO world featherweight champion Heather “The Heat” Hardy. Indeed, Hardy surprised a lot of people Thursday when she announced a May 11th throwdown between herself and BKFC flyweight champion Christine Ferea. That’s right, Hardy is entering the realm of bare knuckle boxing. “Being a

Posted on 03/13/2024 By: Sean Crose He was the terror of boxing for close to half a year. Last October, former UFC great Francis Ngannou stepped inside a ring in Saudi Arabia and almost bested lineal and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in his boxing debut. Although Fury emerged victorious courtesy of a controversial split

Posted on 03/12/2024 By: Sean Crose It wasn’t all that long ago that former heavyweight multi titlist Anthony Joshua seemed like yesterday’s news. Dropping two in a row to skilled Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, the onetime toast of the heavyweight division looked as if he might be forever stuck on the margins. What a difference a

Posted on 03/11/2024 By: Sean Crose Let’s get something straight, Francis Ngannou is no joke. While he may not be Muhammad Ali, the man dropped the current lineal heavyweight champion of the world. No matter that Tyson Fury likely didn’t take Ngannou as seriously as he should have before Ngannou introduced him to mat in

Posted on 03/07/2024 Boxing fans who attend Larry Goldberg’s Boxing Insider Promotions shows at Sony Hall in Manhattan are looking forward to the first appearance of Irish Olympian Emmet Brennan at the venue. It’s also Brennan’s U.S. debut, so excitement is high. He’s in an eight-round light heavyweight bout against veteran spoiler Devaun Lee, in

Posted on 03/07/2024 New York-based boxers always add a lot of local flavor to Larry Goldberg’s Boxing Insider Promotions cards, and on Thursday night (March 7), we’ll see a Brooklyn youngster who is trying to plot his way to a world title bout. Ariel Lopez comes to Sony Hall with just one defeat in 22

Posted on 03/07/2024 Who can’t get excited about watching a genuine heavyweight prospect? That’s what Larry Goldberg of Boxing Insider Promotions has in store for the Sony Hall crowd on March 7 as he places Pryce Taylor into a four-round bout against Antonio Torres. Don’t go to the refrigerator. Come to Sony Hall (address below).

Posted on 03/08/2024 By: Sean Crose The 19-0 Nick Ball stepped into the ring in Saudi Arabia Friday to take on the 36-1 WBC featherweight champion Rey Vargas in a scheduled 12 rounder. Vargas fought to maintain range while Ball lunged ahead in the first. The second saw Ball trying to cut off the ring

Posted on 03/08/2024 By: Sean Crose The popular 26-1-1 heavyweight Zhilei Zhang squared off against former world titlist Joseph Parker, 34-3 in Saudi Arabia Friday night. The scheduled twelve round affair was the co-main of the much anticipated Anthony Joshua-Francis Ngannou throwdown. Zhang probed with his southpaw jab in the first. Parker, on the other

Posted on 03/08/2024 By: Sean Crose Less than six months earlier, UFC star Francis Ngannou had done battle with heavyweight kingpin Tyson Fury. The boxing novice shocked the world that night. While he ultimately lost the fight to Fury on the cards, Ngannou managed to drop Fury in the third round and went on to

Posted on 03/07/2024 By: Sean Crose Boxing Insider’s Fight Night returned to Midtown, New York Thursday night as promoter Larry Goldberg presented a full card at Times Square’s famed Sony Theater. The festivities started when super middleweight Beni Beguy, 0-1, squared off against the 1-2 Kijanti Davis in a scheduled four round affair. Beguy pushed