Boxing Lab Radio: Rios, Alvarado, Nonito 6ET/9PT
BoxingScene.com's audio show, Boxing Lab Radio , returns with another packed show. The show is hosted by BoxingScene correspondants Ernest Gabion, Luis Sandoval and Ryan Burton.
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Video: Daniel Jacobs Discusses His Ring Return, More
Bill Emes catches up with middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs to discuss his long awaited return to the ring after a lengthy layoff due to to injury.
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Video: Garcia-Morales II, Malignaggi-Cano NYC Presser
Bill Emes catches the press conference to announce the first ever boxing event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Hear from Danny Garcia, Erik Morales, Oscar De La Hoya, Paulie Malignaggi, Pablo Cesar Cano, Danny Jacobs, Peter Quillin, Luis Collazo and more.
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Photos: Garcia-Morales, Malignaggi-Cano Mega Gallery
BROOKLYN, New York - The last world title fight in Brooklyn took place on August 5, 1931 when defending Light Heavyweight World Champion Maxie Rosenbloom outpointed Jimmy Slattery over 15 rounds at Ebbets Field. After more than 80 years, Brooklyn's world championship fight scene will be revitalized on Saturday, October 20 with the first boxing event at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event will feature a star-studded line-up including three world championship fights and a lengthy roster of New York City's top pugilists. Photos by Damien Acevedo.
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Garcia-Morales Full Card; Chavez-Martinez Closed Circuit
BROOKLYN, New York - The last world title fight in Brooklyn took place on August 5, 1931 when defending Light Heavyweight World Champion Maxie Rosenbloom outpointed Jimmy Slattery over 15 rounds at Ebbets Field. After more than 80 years, Brooklyn's world championship fight scene will be revitalized on Saturday, October 20 with the first boxing event at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event will feature a star-studded line-up including three world championship fights and a lengthy roster of New York City's top pugilists.
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Daniel Jacobs Eyes Return on October 20th at Barclays
Middleweight contender Danny Jacobs (22-1, 19KOs) advised BoxingScene.com that he's currently in training for a planned ring return in the fall. Jacobs expects to be a part of Golden Boy Promotions' big event on October 20th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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Photos: Mayweather-Cotto - Behind The Scenes at MGM
It was a packed scene at the weigh-in for Saturday night’s ‘Ring Kings’ event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto junior welterweight title fight. Such luminaries as Bernard Hopkins, Erik Morales, Roy Jones Jr., Paulie Malignaggi, Andre Ward, Harold Lederman, Roger Mayweather, Devon Alexander, Zab Judah, and several others were on hand to make for a lively environment.
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Danny Jacobs Recovering Well From Life-Saving Surgery
Danny Jacobs, one of the top young middleweights in the sport, is still dealing with the aftereffects of life-saving surgery he had to remove a cancerous tumor in May, and doesn’t expect to fight again until late 2012, he told BoxingScene.com. Against doctor’s wishes, Jacobs is currently training, and even sparred for the first time since March, against the undefeated pros, Shemuel Pagan and Sadam Ali at Ali's gym in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Jacobs went eight rounds last Wednesday, acquitting himself nicely.
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Danny Jacobs Ring Return Possible For Next Summer
Danny Jacobs, the talented middleweight who suffered a setback when he was stopped in his title fight last year, received another setback when he was diagnosed with a tumorous growth on his spine, according to his trainer, Andre Rozier. After having what Rozier described as life-saving surgery to remove the growth earlier this year, Jacobs is back in the gym working out and may even start sparring in January, according to Jacob’s advisor, Keith Connolly, who reports that Jacobs could be back in the ring next summer. If that happens, it will be a dramatic return for one of the more charismatic and intriguing fighters of the sport.
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Joan Guzman's Weight Issues Over; Jacobs Recovering
Trainer Don Saxby acknowledges the difficult task he has ahead of him with pupil Joan Guzman. Guzman, a 35-year-old former three division champ with an undefeated record of 30-0-1 (17 KO), has been inactive since serving an eight month suspension for testing positive for the banned diuretic Furosemide following his match with Jason Davis in December of last year. Originally a second round stoppage win for Guzman, the bout was changed to a no contest. To further exacerbate the situation, Guzman missed the contracted weight by two and a half pounds, which was Guzman's third such incident since 2008.
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