Month: October 2021

Feature • Issue • Premium Jonathan Daniel/Bongarts/Getty Images Nikolai Valuev was fighting for more than victory when he journeyed to Chicago on October 7, 2006, to defend his heavyweight belt against Monte Barrett. By Thomas Hauser NIKOLAI VALUEV was born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) on August 21, 1973. A massive giant of biblical proportions,
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Amateur • Issue • Premium Ezra Shaw/Getty Images ‘I’m small, but mighty.’ America’s super-heavyweight Olympic silver medallist Richard Torrez speaks exclusively to John Dennen THE honesty of Richard Torrez is disarming. “People say that their biggest fear is pubic speaking. Well, I don’t think any of them have been in an Olympic final with a
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2:15 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jaron “Boots” Ennis is a can’t-miss fighter, and Saturday’s performance was the best proof yet. The Philly welterweight needed less than two minutes to dispatch veteran gatekeeper Thomas Dulorme by knockout in the first round Saturday in Las Vegas, a PBC on Showtime co-feature. Ennis, 24, dropped Dulorme (25-6-1, 16
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Radzhab Butaev handed Jamal James his second career loss by way of ninth-round technical knockout, earning the WBA World Welterweight Title in the process, live on SHOWTIME from the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. Butaev improves to 14-0 (11 KOs). #JamesButaev Fight Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-103021 #PBConSHOWTIME #Highlights Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more
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Carl Frampton and Steve Bunce look at all of the major talking points going in to the undisputed super-middleweight bout between Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant. Watch Canelo v Plant on November 6 on BT Sport Box Office. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing
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History Nikolai Valuev might be the most successful seven-footer to have graced the boxing ring, but he isn’t the only one Gogea Mitu (7-foot-4-inches)Recognised as not only the tallest boxer to have entered the ring, but the tallest Romanian to have walked the Earth, Mitu boxed professional three times in 1935 after being scouted by
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LAS VEGAS – Rolando Romero will not get the potentially career-changing opportunity he had scheduled for December 5 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. BoxingScene.com has learned that Romero all but certainly will be removed from his pay-per-view showdown with rival Gervonta Davis due to a sexual assault allegation made by a woman with whom
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