The Spectrum closed on October 31, 2009. The final fight card at the Blue Horizon came on June 4, 2010. Jaron “Boots” Ennis was 12 years old when Philadelphia’s two most iconic boxing venues exited the game.
Poor kid never had a chance. …
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Australia’s Sam Goodman, the leading contender to Naoya Inoue at junior bantamweight according to the IBF and WBO, has made weight ahead of his 12-rounder with Thailand’s Thachtana Luangphon on Wednesday (July 10).
The 25-year-old Goodman, 18-0 (8 KOs), from Albion Park, New South…
Irish super middleweight contender Jason Quigley has confirmed that he is in negotiations to fight Diego Pacheco on Sept. 7.
The decorated former amateur star believes talks could be concluded this week, although he also acknowledged that he is not the only name in…
For all the challenges Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Serhii Bohachuk have faced in and outside the ring, sending opponents packing early hasn’t been one of them.
The pair of junior middleweights will arguably provide each other the toughest test of their respective careers when…
On a recent episode of ProBox TV’s “Deep Waters,” analyst Paulie Malignaggi addressed the latest problematic behavior from troubled junior welterweight Ryan Garcia, whose recent racist public rant led to his expulsion by the WBC. Malignaggi, who stirred his own share of controversy during his…
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This is the second installation of a two-part Q&A with 360 Promotions matchmaker Charles Bosecker, who has matched various fight cards in California and is one of the emerging young matchmakers in the business heading into the next era of boxing.
BS: Best regional…
“Adversity creates champions,” said light heavyweight contender Najee Lopez ahead of his “Wednesday Night Fights” clash against undefeated Steven Sumpter in an eight-round bout Wednesday at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida.
Lopez (10-0, 8 KOs), 24, was tested in his…
Keith Mills, the manager of O’Shaquie Foster, is still trying to process the details of Foster's fight Saturday in Newark, New Jersey, and the controversial outcome that saw his fighter lose his WBC junior lightweight title to Robson Conceicao via a split decision.
One…
Raymond Muratalla hasn’t exactly been keeping a close watch on Tevin Farmer’s comeback. Nor does he believe he’ll be facing the same Farmer who won a world title back in 2018.
For Muratalla, fighting Farmer is just another obstacle in the way of his…