By Thomas Gerbasi - By this date forty years ago, 19-year-old Ray Mancini had already fought three times. But he was just getting started, because when 1980 ended, he had gone from 4-0 as a pro to 16-...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - 307. The number of suicides in Northern Ireland in 2018. 4,500. The estimated number of suicides in Northern Ireland since the Good Friday agreement in 1998 that put an end to the ...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - A week ago, Cecilia Braekhus had a fight. Today, her April 17 bout against Jessica McCaskill is scrapped for the time being due to the Coronavirus outbreak, but as is her custom, i...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - Note to the friends and family of Shakur Stevenson. When June 28 rolls around, gifts will not be necessary, as the WBO featherweight champion plans on staying 22 years old forever....
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By Thomas Gerbasi - When Shane Mosley ruled the lightweight division from 1997 to 1999, some were brave enough to state that the Pomona native would never lose. He was that good. Yet that opinion neve...
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by Thomas Gerbasi - Deontay Wilder said all the right things after his loss to Tyson Fury last Saturday night. Mark Breland did the right thing. Throwing in the towel in the seventh round of the highl...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - Tyson Fury was a long way from Las Vegas, or even the arenas in the UK or Germany where he ultimately went from prospect to contender to champion to star. Gatineau, Quebec, Canada....
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By Thomas Gerbasi - When Gervonta Davis defeated Yuriorkis Gamboa last December at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, no one was happier than Terri Moss. “One of the things we say here in Atlanta a...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - Ever wonder how many times someone has assumed middleweight prospect Derrick Colemon Jr. was the son of another pro athlete from Detroit, former NBA star Derrick Coleman? “Probably...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - All fighters are tough. Just walking up those four steps to the ring proves that. Yet Murodjon Akhmadaliev might be a little tougher, something that may come as a surprise to those...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - Danny Garcia may not have been the most interested observer of last weekend’s Jeison Rosario-Julian Williams bout, but he should have been, especially at 1:37 of the fifth round, w...
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It’s often the little things that mean the most. So when Vito Mielnicki Jr. accepted an interview after a sparring session on New Year’s Eve, he didn’t see it as a big deal. It’s just part of the job....
Read MoreThe Instagram post, accompanied by an ultra-rare photo of Xander Zayas without a smile on his face, came just before Christmas. The 17-year-old had just capped off his first year as a professional and...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - Cem Kilic is not a “new year, new me” kind of guy. But as 2020 begins with an ESPN-televised co-main event bout against fellow unbeaten Steven Nelson, the super middleweight conten...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - June 1. Madison Square Garden. New York City. The coronation of Anthony Joshua as an international boxing superstar was here. What could possibly go wrong? As we found out, everyth...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - Fighters are not like the rest of us, example #8,234. Back in January, Badou Jack faced Marcus Browne for the interim WBA light heavyweight title. In round seven, the two clashed h...
Read MoreWhen he reigned over the middleweight division from 2007 to 2010, Kelly Pavlik was lauded for being an old school, throwback kind of fighter. So it may come as a shock that seven years after his final...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - A year ago, Tony Harrison was asked what life would be like if he took the WBC junior middleweight title from the hands of Jermell Charlo in their December 22 bout at Barclays Cent...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - It was the perfect ending to the first chapter of Mick Conlan’s professional boxing career and he agreed. Fighting at home in Belfast in front of a packed house at Falls Park in Au...
Read MoreYou almost have to feel bad for Oscar Valdez. The former featherweight champion came off the deck to stop Adam Lopez in seven rounds last Saturday, kicking off his 130-pound campaign, but since the La...
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