Six mini-columns from Ring 6 weekend (without ordering Ring 6)
After a busy boxing weekend, Eric Raskin opines on six topics in the news beyond what took place on the Ring 6 card headlined by Shakur Stevenson defeating Teofimo Lopez.
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International Boxing Hall of Fame member Larry Merchant was in Las Vegas earlier this month for the Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev showdown. The fight was very close through 10 rounds before Alvarez ended the fight in the 11th round with a 2 punch knockout victory.
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Merchant: Canelo Would Be Vulnerable Against Other 175 Champs
Hall of Fame analyst Larry Merchant was in Las Vegas on November 2nd for Canelo Alvarez's 11th round knockout victory over Sergey Kovalev. With the victory Alvarez captured the WBO light heavyweight title and became a champion in a 4th weight class.
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Larry Merchant: Canelo Payday Will Draw 160-Pounders To 168
Larry Merchant, Hall of Famer and former HBO Boxing broadcaster, believes Canelo Alvarez will have zero trouble luring top middleweights to move up in weight. This past Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Canelo jumped up by two weight classes to challenge Sergey Kovalev for the WBO light heavyweight title.
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Video: Larry Merchant Reacts To Canelo's Knockout of Kovalev
Larry Merchant Video Interview - With a devastating knockout in Round 11, pound-for-pound boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) defeated Sergey Kovalev (34-4-1, 29 KOs) to become the new WBO Light Heavyweight Titlist. (photos by Amanda Westcott)
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Larry Merchant Reacts To HBO's Decision To Leave Boxing
The industry is still shocked, after HBO announced on Thursday of their company decision to drop live boxing after more than 1,000 fights over four decades of telecasts.
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Merchant Rates Golovkin, Crawford, Garcia Above Lomachenko
Longtime HBO Boxing analyst and former newspaper reporter Larry Merchant is not following the line of experts who want to crown Vasyl Lomachenko as the new pound-for-pound king of boxing. Last Saturday night, Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs) retained his WBO super featherweight title with a stoppage over Jason Sosa.
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Sheridan at Odds With Merchant on Ward-Kovalev 'Robbery' Call
Veteran analyst Bob Sheridan saw Sergey Kovalev as the winner of last Saturday's fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Kovalev was stunned by Andre Ward, who survived a second round knockdown to win a twelve round unanimous decision to capture the Russian fighter's IBF, WBO, WBA light heavyweight world titles.
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Video: Larry Merchant on UFC, Joshua, Tyson Fury, Boxing's State
Larry Merchant Video Interview from Las Vegas - Sergey Kovalev kept coming, and Andre Ward never stopped battling. With the crowd roaring in approval, they put on a fight that lived up to its advance billing.
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Larry Merchant Felt Andre Ward Got Gift Decision - Explains Why
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - Longtime boxing analyst Larry Merchant was watching closely from ringside when Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) won a very close twelve round unanimous decision over Sergey Kovalev (30-1, 26KOs) to capture the WBO, IBF, WBA light heavyweight world titles.
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