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Bantamweight Champ Agbeko won’t need popularity if he defeats Mares in Showtime Tournament Finale
Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko the IBF Bantamweight Champion met a small contingent of boxing media Tuesday afternoon in the Bronx at John’s Boxing Gym. The Don King promoted fighter will defend his championship Saturday April 23 live on Showtime against Abner Mares from Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. It is the championship fight of the [...]
The BioFile: Yuri Forman
Status: WBA Super Welterweight champion. His record is 28-0 (8 KO’s). Ht: 5-11 1/2 Wt: 154 DOB: August 5, 1980 In: Belarus Boxing Inspirations: “When I was a kid I think Mike Tyson was inspirational because of his power. I saw his fights when I was a kid. I was inspired to do the same [...]
A Boxer’s Quest
It was finally time for Jose Torres fight. I’d been observing him preparing all evening at Nomads Adventure Quest in South Windsor, Connecticut where the Western New England Golden Gloves were being held. The owners of the Untouchables boxing gym in Springfield, Mass had asked me to come up and take pictures of their fighter. [...]
Kids at Morris Park Looking for Another Gym After Inferno
They came to their second home Wednesday. The professionals who train at the Morris Park Boxing Gym, the prospects preparing for the upcoming Golden Gloves tournament, and the kids who live in the community, stunned to see their gym destroyed by a fire earlier in the day that also left two families homeless.
“We will rebuild [...]
Boxing Notebook
NEW YORK - One of the ugliest incidents in pro boxing history will be recalled and documented on HBO Sports next Saturday August 1. It was the night of June 16, 1983 at Madison Square Garden in New York City and Billy Collins Jr, after his fight with Luis Resto, was never the same.
Collins, undefeated [...]
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