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Junior welterweight Mike Kimbel made a successful transition from mixed martial arts to professional boxing under the guidance of former light heavyweight titleholder Chad Dawson.  On Sept. 7 at Foxwoods Resort, Kimbel (7-0, 5 KOs) delivered a first-round knockout against Anthony Mora (4-3-1, 3…

It was a November lunchtime and I was chasing Daniel Dubois down Caxton Street in East London. Hanging around the old Peacock Gym was never a chore. An endless stream of characters would pass through, the rings were in constant use and there was…

At just 21, lightweight boxer Alan “Kid Kansas” Garcia has endured more hardship than many experience in a lifetime.  Garcia returns Friday in Glendale, Arizona, on the undercard of Jaime Munguia-Erik Bazinyan. He faces Ricardo Fernandez (15-13, 1 KO), a 31-year-old Spaniard, in an…

The Muhammad Ali Center announced that the museum and cultural center dedicated to the heavyweight legend will be indefinitely closed after a fire damaged some of the grounds in the early morning hours Wednesday. Founded in 2005 and located in Ali’s hometown of Louisville,…

Glendale, Ariz. – Jaime Munguia has many choices hovering over him following Friday night’s final bell, but before he gets there, he has to make all the right moves from the first bell on to defeat an aggressive opponent in Erik Bazinyan. “There’s a…

There was a time when the IBF was, fairly indisputably, the least problematic of boxing’s major alphabet groups. Granted, that statement is 99 per cent backhand, 1 per cent compliment. It’s like celebrating the best abs at the pie-eating contest or the most natural-looking Kardashian.…

Jaime Munguia is promising a new and improved version of himself Friday night when he takes Erik Bazinyan at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona headlining a Top Rank on ESPN card. The super middleweight contender Munguia (43-1, 34 KOs) is looking to…

Hamzah Sheeraz has cut a reserved figure throughout the fight week build up to his European middleweight title fight with Tyler Denny which takes place at Wembley Stadium this weekend. Sheeraz, 20-0 (16 KOs) clearly feels comfortable in his position. The 25-year-old established himself…

GLENDALE, Ariz. – It’s not every day that grizzled fight men approach you inside the boxing gym and ask, “How good looking is this kid? He looks like he’s going straight to a magazine cover shoot.’ The subject of that comment was young Emiliano…