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Gennady Golovkin  said he will come to 154 and Floyd has called GGG “easy work. ” Golovkin is about an inch taller than Floyd and both would weigh 154. The showdown of two unbeaten super talents is perfectly set up to happen now and it makes dollars and sense. To ...

In another display of Ali-like bravado and confidence, world Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury actually offered Wladimir Klitschko tutorial advice on how he can win the much-anticipated July 9 rematch.  The surprising information was revealed in yet another fascinating, Fury stream-of-consciousness expression of his soul, which we have come to expect from ...

Gennady Golovkin is transcending the sport of boxing. Last night the foreign-born middleweight king from Kazakhstan – now living in Los Angeles –  was cheered and applauded by the California crowd and it was his opponent Dominic Wade – an American – who was booed. Once again Golovkin delivered another classic knockout ...

Reports this week say that American TV networks HBO and Showtime are currently engaged in a bidding war to buy the rights to televise British IBF Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, who just won a belt which had been stripped from the Undisputed Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who had defeated the ...

By Scoop Malinowski Challengers and sparring partners discuss their memories and impressions of what it’s like to be in the ring with the unbeaten Middleweight Champion Superpower Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (34-0 with 31 KO’s) who will fight Dominic Wade this weekend in Los Angeles on HBO … Grzegorz Proksa:  “To struggle ...

Days after defeating 22 year old Spaniard Alfredo Evangelista in Landover,  MD on May 16,  1977,  Muhammad Ali made a guest appearance on ‘The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.’ The 35 year old Ali immediately began by cracking jokes about Carson’s white hair and wrinkles and considerable aging since first being on ...

As disappointingly boring and action-lacking as the Wladimir Klitschko – Tyson Fury world heavyweight title fight was late last year the July rematch has no shortage of appeal and intrigue. Though it’s very hard to imagine this rematch being any different from the first “fight”there is a curiosity about just ...

Manny Pacquiao looked so amazing and so sharp in beating always dangerous Tim Bradley on Saturday  night that Floyd is already attacking and smearing the excellent victory – Floyd is insanely jealous of Pacquiao who is the real superstar of this era – Pacquiao’s class and honor always makes Floyd ...

A crazed nut tried to assault international sports icon Manny Pacquiao this week in Hollywood CA – but there has been little media outrage or fanfare regarding this incident – far far less of course than the firestorm media frenzy that ensued after the Filipino boxing star made controversial Bible supporting statements ...

Here at the Miami Open tennis tourney an Ecuadorian journalist Miguel Ycaza scooped me that Segundo Mercado is training people to lose weight in Guayaquil Ecuador. Mercado has overcome some personal issues and is doing well and earning around $2000 a month for his boxing and weight loss training. Of ...