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  1. Wilder is now claiming that Fury tampered with his own shoes
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  2. WEEK 37 Friday Sept 11th Arena Shopping Center, Budapest, Hungary,Balazs Bacskai v Gogi Knezevic - Sport2 Hungary Khimki Basketball Center, Khimki, Russia, Fedor Chudinov v Umar Sadiq - REN TV Sat Sept 12th RCC Boxing Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia, Eduard Skavynskyi v Dzmitry Atrokhau - YouTube Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany, Ali Kiydin v Yakup Saglam - Bild+ Ruda Slaska, Poland, Remigiusz Woz v Tomasz Gromadzki - Polsat Sport Fight BT Sport Studio, Stratford, London, UK Anthony Yarde v Dec Spelman - ESPN+ and BT Sports UK The Bubble, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Egidijus Kavaliauskas v Mikael Zewski - ESPN+ Mexico, Carlos Molina v Hector Zepeda - FITE.tv Sun Sept 13th Hangar 34, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK "Back to Business UK" - FITE.tv & FightStream PPV
    3 points
  3. Yard was gassed and when you're gassed on that level the wind from a good miss might put you down
    3 points
  4. We lost an icon in the sport of boxing today.
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  5. Looks a right fat bastard - surely never gonna make it back down to 147-150 ?
    3 points
  6. WEEK 42 Thursday Oct 18 Indio, California, USA (ESPN2 USA) 'Golden Boy on ESPN' Jason Quigley vs Freddy Hernandez 10 rounds, NABF Middleweight Title No ucard Friday Oct 19 Buenos Aires, Argentina (Argentina DeporTV) Romaon Lovera vs TBA 6 rounds, middleweights + ucard Salta, Argentina (Argentina TyC Sports) Marcela Acuna vs Mayerlin Rivas 10X2 IBF World Female Super Bantamweight Title + ucard Santiago de Chile, Chile (Chile CDO) Christian Olivares vs Patricio Carrion 10 rounds, vacant Chilean Lightweight Title + ucard Bangkok, Thailand (Thailand Canal 7) Tewa Kiram vs Manyi Issa 12 rounds, super welterweights No ucard California, USA (TBP WEB-DL ?) Anthony Franco vs Antonio Hernandez 4 rounds, middleweights + ucard Saturday Oct 20 Buenos Aires, Argentina (Argentina TyC Sports) Luis Cusolito vs Julian Aristule 10 rounds, interim Argentina (FAB) Super Bantamweight Title + ucard Liege, Belgium (Australian epicentre.tv) Bilal Laggoune vs Tamas Lodi 10 rounds, cruiserweights + ucard Bouche-du-Rhone, France (France Canal+) Arsen Goulamirian vs Mark Flanagan 12 rounds, WBA World Cruiserweight Title + ucard Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico (Mexico Televisa) Francisco Rodriguez Jr vs Hernan Marquez 12 rounds, WBC Latino Silver Super Flyweight Title + ucard Essex, England (BT Sports UK) Gary Corcoran vs Johnny Garton 12 rounds, vacant BBBofC British Welterweight Title Anthony Yarde vs Walter Sequeira 10 rounds, light heavyweights Nathan Gorman vs TBA heavyweights + ucard Nottingham, England Ekow Essuman vs Andy Keates 10 rounds, vacant BBBofC English Welterweight Title + ucard Florida, USA (DAZN & Poland TVP Sports) Emmanuel Rodriguez vs Jason Moloney 12 rounds, IBF World Bantamweight Title Yuniel Dorticos vs Mateusz Masternak 12 rounds, cruiserweights + ucard Massachussetts, USA (DAZN) Tevin Farmer vs James Tennyson 12 rounds, IBF World Super Featherweight Title Demetrius Andrade vs Walter Kautondokwa 12 rounds, vacant WBO World Middleweight Title Kid Galahad vs Toka Kahn Clary 12 rounds, featherweights Katie Taylor vs Cindy Serrano 10X2 IBF World Female Lightweight Title, WBA World Female Lightweight Title + ucard Nevada, USA (Boxnation UK & ESPN+) Ryota Murata vs Rob Brant 12 rounds, WBA World Middleweight Title Maxim Dadashev vs Antonio DeMarco 10 rounds, super lightweights Sunday Oct 21 East London, E.Cape, South Africa (SA Super Sports) Azinga Fuzile vs Malcolm Klassen 12 rounds, IBF Continental Africa Super Featherweight Title + ucard
    3 points
  7. experience , timing , balance and footwork can be a beautiful combination
    3 points
  8. As Conor McGregor prepares for the biggest fight of his life just one month away as he faces Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match on Aug. 26 in Las Vegas, he’s moved his camp to Las Vegas where he’s been working with several new training partners. Retired boxing champion and Showtime color commentator Paulie Malignaggi joined the ranks of McGregor’s team last week when he showed up to offer the UFC champion some sparring rounds after a critical assessment of his chances to beat Mayweather in a boxing match. http://www.mmaweekly.com/paulie-malignaggi-critical-of-conor-mcgregors-knockout-power-for-boxing
    3 points
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  10. Good read. I myself think power and chins we all posses. But to me it is the timing of the punch landed, and also the timing of the punch received that produces the desired effects.
    3 points
  11. 1. Changed shout box height for you shout masters to have more room. 2. Changed the "Like button" option, to rep points buttons positive and or negative 3. Added new smilies
    3 points
  12. http://www.hornboxing.com/ This is a link to an amateur boxing competition happening in the Woodlands, TX (near Houston). It is run by Randy Horn who recently won the Ringside World Championship! Just wanted to throw this up so that if anyone is in the area, they can attend.
    2 points
  13. WEEK 6 Wednesday 31st January Arena Telesucesos, Quito, Ecuador- Pedro Villegas v Jose Antonio Jimenez- Telesucesos Whitesands Events Center, Plant City, Florida, USA- Leo v Plania- Pro Box TV Friday 2nd February Boby Centrum, Brno, Czech Republic- Patrik Balaz v Milan Ganoska- Play Live PPV Japan- Hoshi v Kadama- Boxing Raise Club Unión Eléctrica, Cordoba, Argentina- Romero v Mejia- TyC Sports Canada- Clayton v Pennington- PPV Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA- Sylve vFalcao- DAZN Red Owl Boxing Arena, Houston, Texas, USA- Toler v Panin Mexico- Martinez v Valencia- Box Azteca Saturday 3rd February Denmark- Bank v Landaeta- Sport Live TV Japan- Goki Kobayashi v Yuri Kanaya- U Next Santa Fe, Argentina- Reyes v Ajito- TyC Sports Canada- Byard v Alvarez- Fite TV PPV London, England- Azeez v Buatsi- Sky Sports Las Vegas, Nevada, USA- C Benn v Dobson- DAZN
    2 points
  14. WEEK 15 Thursday 6th April Sofia Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria- Yosif Panov v Victoriano Antonio Santillan- Fite + Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, USA- Angel Acosta v Angelino Cordova- Dazn Friday 7th April Taiwan- Yu Che Li v Daisuke Sugita- PPV Moscow, Russia- Ivan Burakas v Vadim Lubsanov- Boets Tyne and Wear, UK- Stephen Robinson- FightZone Cache Creek Casino, Brooks, California, USA- Shinard Bunch vs Bryan Flores- ShoBox Saturday 8th April Tokyo, Japan- Kenshiro Teraji vs Anthony Olascuaga- ESPN + New Jersey, USA- Shakur Stevenson vs Shuichiro Yoshino- ESPN (+) & Sky Sports San Antonio, Texas, USA- Jesse Rodriguez vs Cristian Gonzalez- Dazn Argentina- Claudio Gabriel Daneff v Axel Emanuel Isla- TyC Sports Carson, California, USA- Sebastian Fundora vs Brian Mendoza- Showtime Monaco- Joe Callea v Jeremy Bernardin- Fight Nation
    2 points
  15. Agence France-Presse (AFP) Former boxing referee Carlos Padilla has admitted cheating to help fellow Filipino Manny Pacquiao defeat Australian Nedal "Skinny" Hussein in a fight more than two decades ago. Pacquiao was 21 and a rising star when he went 10 rounds against Hussein for the WBC International super-bantamweight title near the Philippine capital Manila in 2000. But in a stunning confession, Padilla -- known for refereeing the "Thrilla in Manila" between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975 -- said he helped Pacquiao secure victory by "prolonging" the standard 10-count when the Filipino was knocked down and left dazed in the fourth round. "I am a Filipino and everybody is Filipino watching the fight, so I prolong the count. I know how to do it," Padilla, who was recently inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, said in an interview posted on the World Boxing Council's YouTube page. "When he get up I said to him 'hey are you okay?' -- and that's prolonging the fight," a smiling Padilla said. Pacquiao later headbutted Hussein, leaving the Australian with a cut above his left eye. But Padilla classified the head clash as a "punch". Pacquiao won by a technical knockout after the doctor stopped the fight due to Hussein's bleeding. "I declare it a punch but it's (a headbutt)," Padilla said, which allowed the fight to continue. "As a referee, that's the best way to do -- let the doctor stop the fight but they know that it's my fault." Hussein, who was coached by Australian former world champion Jeff Fenech, said on Instagram that Padilla's admission was a "travesty and a true injustice". "They should be held accountable for the sport we love," Hussein said in a post addressed to World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman. Pacquiao did not immediately respond to AFP's requests for comment.
    2 points
  16. i saw the video....Pac's eyes were crossed while he was on his knees on the canvas.
    2 points
  17. Any boxing commentator male or female that only knows current name boxers should not be in that position at all, because most times they are just saying what is already known. I also believe they should not commentate on the actual fight being conducted. Most of the time they just talk nonsense and comment on their favorite boxer of the the two. Kate don't know shit about boxing no matter what accent she uses.
    2 points
  18. WEEK 48 WED 25 Nov Castleton Banquet & Conference Center, Windham, New Hampshire, USA, Matthew Tinker v Leandro Silva - YouTube FRI 27 Nov City Hall Ground, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, Wanheng Menayothin vs Petch CP Freshmart Thailand CH 7 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Tian Fick v Joshua Pretorius - SEI Sport TV Lazio, Italy, Michael Magnesi v Patrick Kinigamazi - YouTube/Sportitalia Lagos, Nigeria, Habeeb Oladeji v Tunde Olojede - Super Sport Variety 3 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France, Tony Yoka v Christian Hammer - Canal+ & Boxnation Hollywood, Florida, USA, Daniel Jacobs vs Gabriel Rosado - DAZN SAT 28 Nov Westminster, London, UK, Daniel Dubois vs Joe Joyce - ESPN+ & BT Sports Staples Center, LA, California, Mike Tyson v Roy Jones + Undercard - Fite.tv PPV & BT Sports Box Office 2 Eatons Hill, Queensland, Australia, Waylon Law vs Justin Frost II - Epicentre TV PPV Bangalore, India, Sabari J v Rakesh Krishnan - Fite.tv - Free to air Argentina – Daneff-Kucharski – TyC Sports Argentina – Taborda-Buonarrigo – DirecTV
    2 points
  19. Just read that, man the excuses he must have a whole wheelbarrow full of them.
    2 points
  20. Looking like the Wilder fight definitely aint gonna happen next for Tyson, who should be next up??
    2 points
  21. WEEK 40 Wednesday 30 Sept UK – iFL TV & ESPN+ – Davies-McKenna Friday 2 Oct Japan – ??? – Ogawa-Nishitani Poland – ??? – Jezewski-Prochazka USA Telemundo – 12AM ET – Boxeo Telemundo – Flores-Contreras Malta - Schembri-Emilov -- Fite.tv Saturday 3 Oct LA, Ca, USA, Mark Magsayo vs Rigoberto Hermosillo FS1 -- 20:00PM E/T Japan – ??? – Matsunaga-Shimizu Thailand – Workpoint 23 -- Apichet-Adoian Belgium – – FightNight Live $5 - Djeko vs TBA USA – ESPN+ – ? time – Zepeda-Baranchyk Sunday 4th Oct USA – DAZN & Sky Sports UK – 13:00 – Buatsi-Calic
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  23. Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/Sports/boxing/ferrari-driver-injured-in-dallas-crash-is-welterweight-boxing-champion-errol-spence-jr/ar-AAIzz4C?ocid=st
    2 points
  24. my son and I got to arena about 6 Julian's stablemate was getting ready to fight off tv , Stephen Fulton . Rock was out there to watch him so i went over introduced myself as blackrican23 he hopped up and gave me hug and stuff then me and my son sat there with him watching his boy and shooting the shit like half hour . i said to him how impressed I was at his calmness before such a big fight , he looked me dead in the eye and said , I am about to do this , gave me goose bumps. very gracious to my son , my daughter never been to any sporting event let alone boxing , was amazed how humble and nice he was she is a fan now , she going to his next fight God willing . Julian looks way different in the ring than in normal clothes , when I hugged him he felt frail like I could feel all the bones in his back , his wrists and hands are small and frail almost, but shirt off his lats and abs make him look muscular watching tv replay hurd looked much bigger , not so much in person
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  25. WEEK 51 Tuesday Dec 18 Russia (Boets – 19:00) Amirkhanyan vs Baysangurov __________________________________________________ ___________________ Friday Dec 21 San Juan, Argentina (Argentina TyC Sports 'Boxeo de Primera') Leonela Yudica vs Yairineth Altuve 10X2 female flyweight + ucard __________________________________________________ ___________________ Saturday Dec 22 Buenos Aires, Argentina (Argentina TyC Sports 'Boxeo de Primera') Adrian Veron vs Leandro Rojo 10 rounds, South American Super Welterweight Title + ucard Calvados, France (France L'Equipe) Aboulaye Diane vs Amine Boucetta 8 rounds, cruiserweights + ucard Frankfurt, Germany Firat Arslan vs TBA 10 rounds, cruiserweight + ucard Tijuana, Mexico (Mexico Azteca) Jose Quirino vs Renoel Pael 10 rounds, super flyweight Radom, Poland (Polsat Sports) Robert Parzeczewski vs Dariusz Sek 10 rounds, Republic of Poland Light Heavyweight Title + ucard Manchester Arena, Manchester, England (BT Sports Box Office PPV, USA ESPN+) Josh Warrington vs Carl Frampton 12 rounds, IBF World Featherweight Title Mark Heffron vs Liam Williams 12 rounds, vacant BBBofC British Middleweight Title Nathan Gorman vs Razvan Cojanu 10 rounds, heavyweights + ucard 02 Arena, Greenwich, London, England (Sky Box Office PPV) Dillian Whyte vs Dereck Chisora #2 12 rounds, heavyweights Joshua Buatsi vs Renold Quinlan 10 rounds, WBA International Light Heavyweight Title + ucard Brooklyn, NY, USA (USA FOX, Poland TVP Sport) Jermell Charlo vs Tony Harrison 12 rounds, WBC World Super Welterweight Title Jermall Charlo vs Matt Korobov 12 rounds, interim WBC World Middleweight Title + ucard Mexico (Televisa – 10:30PM CT) Unknown...
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  26. The Contender, the show that jump-started the careers of future titleholders like Ishe Smith and Sergio Mora, is returning to television. The boxing reality series will come back in the fall with a new, 12-episode season on EPIX, it was announced Monday. Sixteen fighters will battle it out for a six-figure prize, and more importantly, to grab recognition in an attempt to springboard their careers. “Boxing belongs on premium pay television and there is no better home for The Contenderthan EPIX,” said series producer Mark Burnett, a guru of reality TV responsible for shows like Shark Tank and The Apprentice. “We will tell stories of the fighters, the families and their difficult journeys in the emotionally compelling Contender style so that viewers get to vicariously walk a mile in the boxers’ shoes.” The weight class of the fighters wasn’t revealed, but the athletes will be divided into two teams to train, with a “renowned boxing coach” overseeing each squad. The show debuted in 2005 on NBC and ran each of the next three years, with the network home moving to ESPN for Seasons 2 and 3 before it culminated on Versus (now NBCSN). This is the first time the show will be on premium cable, which should add a new element with far less censorship. “The Contender has launched the careers of many fighters, with some Contenders taking world titles,” said Michael Wright, President of EPIX, a network that once televise boxing matches like Alexander Povetkin-Marco Huck and David Haye-Dereck Chisora. “But this new iteration of the series will also showcase the heart, spirit and dramatic personal stories of these fighters as they fight in and out of the ring to realize their dreams. “This is not only real boxing, but real, raw human storytelling from the best unscripted television production team in the world.”
    2 points
  27. NOBODY IN THE WORLD KNOWS BOXING MORE THAN ME
    2 points
  28. Weak... The attitude anyway. I saw him (Davis) on Instagram talking about the people he thought were with him turning their backs ... To lose a belt and potentially be fined over 2lbs is big shit. Making weight is HARD sometimes..esp if it's not a weight you can easily maintain but at this level.. I expect guys to make weight by the time they step on the scale. smh Hmm.... lol
    2 points
  29. Make it a double booking - AJ would KO the pair of them on the same night. And still not break sweat.
    2 points
  30. Meanwhile while the big fights are going down... Hmmm? This just happened. Hoping it's 'Alternative News ' lol.
    2 points
  31. That is possibly the best argument put forward I have seen over this subject and in many aspects echoes my own thoughts - quality piece of writing that!!
    2 points
  32. It was bad ass to be able to watch these fights without the mad spam of some of the other methods of getting fight streams... but I think that Granados outworked Broner, Just saying. :-)
    2 points
  33. For my short boxing life I have heard nothing but idea that women's boxing short lived prime fizzled out in the 90's after Leila Ali was finished. In 2012 after the first women's boxing team went to the olympics some things began to change. There were no easy sponsorships for these athletes after the games, Even after Claressa Shields brought home gold the first time. Athletes like Heather Hardy, Melissa Hernandez, Shelly Vincent, and local CA fighters like Melissa Mc Morrow still are largely unknown. 2016 has been a little different. Finally some televised fights in the USA. And now Claressa is making her Pro Debut. We are also having an all female pro card in CA 12/3 CA Female Pro Card by the trainer/promoter that hosts Beautiful Brawlers every year (A massively expanding and well known amateur card that hosts girls from all over USA and several other countries).Beautiful Brawlers I thought this article on this topic sums it up well; The rise of women's boxing from Espn: "Women's boxing has long lived in the shadows of the sport. It's a cycle that begins and ends with television networks, a cycle that stems from a perception that the quality of female talent is thin. Yet, without the ability to sell women's fights on televised cards, the signing and developing of female fighters is rendered an unprofitable business for promoters. The opportunity for women to make a living fighting thus becomes virtually impossible ... and the cycle continues. "I'm a little embarrassed we haven't gotten to it sooner," said Stephen Espinoza, executive vice president and general manager of Showtime Sports, about the network's plans to put women's fights back on its air. "We aim to rectify that very quickly -- and not on a one-off basis but on a meaningful regular basis as well." While Showtime still hasn't promoted a fight since 2001, it plans to do so, and women's boxing will be televised Saturday, when Claressa Shields makes her professional debut on Saturday in a four-round super middleweight bout against Franchon Crews. It will air on ESPN3 on the "freeview" undercard of Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward's pay-per-view fight on HBO. Coupled with the previous strides made in 2016, it appears that a new era of women's boxing is dawning. Claressa Shields has dubbed this era as the "reintroduction to women's boxing." The era took a giant step forward on Aug. 21 when Shields became the first American fighter, male or female, to defend an Olympic gold medal. That same day, Heather Hardy and Shelly Vincent became the first women to be featured on a Premier Boxing Champions nationally televised undercard. Now, that era is primed to move ahead even further. Well aware of her role in what could be the surge needed to finally carry women's boxing from out of the shadows, Shields is preparing to make her professional debut on Saturday. Shields chose to begin her professional career rather than stay an amateur (and have the guarantee of eligibility to return to the Olympics in 2020) in part because of the potential the timing presented. At 21 years old, amid what already feels like a revolution in women's boxing, Shields is primed to take up the baton and carry the sport over the line it has come so close to crossing so many times. "I don't want to let this flame burn out that we have right now," Shields said. "You have to seize the moment and take advantage of it. "I'm not doing it for the money. I'm doing it for women's boxing." Sara Naomi Lewkowicz for ESPN Heather Hardy sits in a car and cries when she finds out the news that Claressa Shields had won her second gold medal. Shields has marinated on this concept of being the change for some time. It was a primary reason behind her decision and a seed that was planted before she won her second gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, when she had a conversation with Hardy about the two fighters' mutual hope for the future of their sport and the respect it deserves. The way Hardy understood it, Shields' turning pro would send a message: This is what women do. Women fight. Women box. "We weren't just thinking about each other making millions of dollars; we were thinking about the other women coming up behind us," Shields said. "This is a new era, and that's no disrespect to Christy Martin or Lucia Rijker or Laila [Ali]. But the women of this generation are just different. And me? I'm one-of-a-kind. You only get one of me every century." New York-born and bred, Hardy used to dream about becoming a Yankee. As a child she would even envision herself running out of the bullpen at Yankee Stadium. She watched every game. She knew every stat. But little girls didn't play baseball. More from espnW.com Shields turns pro for 'legacy' Shields dominates en route to gold-medal repeat "I remember feeling like I was sorry I liked it," she said. "I was sorry I was a girl." Later in life, Hardy adopted a new dream: becoming a professional boxer. But as she transitioned out of the amateurs, she was confronted with a harsh reality: Women don't make much money fighting. "A bunch of the girls who are pro [told me], 'Just know this isn't a life for you; this is a hobby because you'll never make any money off of it,'" Hardy said. "And 20 years later, I have that same feeling. I'm sorry I'm a girl." Nick Laham for ESPN Lou DiBella congratulates boxer Amanda Serrano after her win during a fight at Barclays Center in July. Hardy was the first woman to be signed to a long-term promotional contract with Lou DiBella's company, DiBella Entertainment. DiBella, one of New York's premier boxing promoters, has been one of the main actors at the forefront of the current revolution. In addition to Hardy, DiBella has signed deals with other prominent women fighters, including WBO featherweight champion Amanda Serrano and Hardy's last opponent, Vincent. While DiBella said he doesn't make money off their fights, the fact that he puts on shows in New York and throughout New England means Hardy and the other female fighters in his stable who are from the area sell enough tickets to cover a "good portion" of the costs of their bouts. DiBella, who admits he was once hardened to the idea of women in the ring when he was an HBO executive, has said that promoting his female fighters has become a cause for him. "I admire their dedication. I admire their spirit to want to bring about change," DiBella said. "I'd say a number of these women right now are not only out there as fighters; they're out there as trailblazers, as advocates. They're trying to change the status quo, to be agents of change, so that other women coming forward in the sport in the future have an easier road and an opportunity to make a living the same way men do." The difference between the money that male and female fighters can make fighting doesn't necessarily stem from a gap in fight purses -- in fact, according to DiBella, male and female fighters on the same card will generally make similar money for the same level of fight. The difference, then, is the fact that televised fights come with much bigger purses, and without opportunities to fight on televised cards, women simply don't have the option for bigger paydays. As DiBella put it, it's a wage "ceiling." "While male fighters are going after that $100,000 payday -- the $50,000, $150,000 or $1 million payday -- those paydays don't exist for women because television has been closed to them," DiBella said. Female fighters with untelevised bouts thus become more reliant on whatever percentage of ticket sales they get, which can often mean more aggressive promotion of their own fights, spreading the word and hanging up posters to try to sell tickets. Sara Naomi Lewkowicz for ESPN Heather Hardy and Shelly Vincent fought on national television in August. Hardy, a single mother, has considered taking MMA fights to help pay the bills, a proposition that recently became even more real when DiBella had to cancel the cards he had scheduled in New York through the end of the year because of a new provision that requires promoters in the state to secure $1 million of insurance per fighter in the event one suffers a traumatic brain injury. Unfortunately for Hardy, one of those events DiBella had to cancel was a show at Barclays Center on Dec. 16 that Hardy was supposed to fight on. "As much as I'd like to discourage her as a promoter from [moving to MMA], I'm not going to because she has to do what she has to do to maximize her revenue streams, to take advantage of her popularity and to try to make a living for her and her daughter," DiBella said. "I can't fault her for needing a supplemental income." Cooper Neill for ESPN Claressa Shields hasn't officially signed with any promoter ahead of her pro debut on Saturday. It's worth noting that while DiBella has signed some of the best female talent in the United States, his stable is missing the biggest star in Shields, who told ESPN in September before announcing her pro debut that the only company she wanted to sign with was Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions. However, Shields' agent said she has yet to make any decisions regarding a promoter as of this week. DiBella's investment could turn out to be a gamble that pays off if the status quo changes. The current pool of female talent is ripe for a chance at the big time, with fighters on the rise from coast to coast. Even across the pond, where women's boxing is already more prominently televised, 13-year Irish amateur and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor has too decided to turn professional. "The skill level and talent base is all there," Espinoza said. "It's just a matter of providing the opportunity." Espinoza wants Showtime to provide that opportunity. The five-year executive said that putting female fights back on the network's airwaves has been on its to-do list for some time, and that he hopes to get one on a card in the first quarter of 2017. Espinoza and DiBella have elevated conversations even further, with "pretty extensive" discussions about the prospect of an all-female card sometime next year. DiBella said that that type of card would ideally feature a Hardy-Vincent rematch, possibly even for a world title, if Hardy ends up fighting for one in March, as DiBella suggested she might. An all-women's card is certainly an ambitious goal, considering it likely would require the cooperation of various promoters, but Espinoza doesn't consider it insurmountable. "If we can be the unifying force to bring this aboard, we'd be happy to," he said Edward Diller/Icon Sportswire Stephen Espinoza was hired as executive vice president and general manager of Showtime Sports in November 2011. The concept of elevating women's presence in combat sports by making opportunities possible isn't new for Showtime. Ronda Rousey fought her final three Strikeforce fights before signing with Dana White and the UFC in 2012, and those bouts aired on Showtime. Other female mixed martial arts stars such as Gina Carano, Cris "Cyborg" Justino and Miesha Tate also came up through Strikeforce before making the same jump. "When you look at the business opportunity, which has been demonstrated in MMA, you can't really argue that the market isn't ready or the audience isn't ready," Espinoza said. The momentum that peaked in August, with Shields' Olympic win and Hardy and Vincent's televised bout, is palpable and has continued to pick up steam. For women in the sport, it's a fight for their livelihood and for equality in the ring, present and future. "If my daughter wanted to box, I would never be like, 'Yeah, you should work for that,'" Vincent said. "Before I would've said, 'No, you're never going to get anywhere. They're never going to accept you. You're never going to make any money.' "But now I would say there is hope, there is a light at the end of the tunnel." That light is primed to grow brighter again on Saturday, when Shields steps into the ring at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. "Just tell everybody this is the reintroduction to women's boxing," Shields said. "Thank me later."
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  34. Roussey is yesterdays news tbh Jedrzejczk has come through and has every bit the potential to go past Ronda!!
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  35. haha the old implications that a boxer must be taking drugs because he is in fine shape...forget the 6 hours a day in the gymn
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  36. I saw this new doc on Vimeo. This guy showed loyalty to his country and payed a price for sure. I wondered who this fighter was..... and then I see him fighting a baby Amir Khan
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  37. here you go seli yesterday you were asking me about Sunday afternoon boxing and I told you in the 80's it was common http://www.thesweetscience.com/feature-articles/26869-boxing-staple-tv-programming-sundays
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  38. ward said he's a mix of roy jones, hopkins, and floyd. FUCK ME, WHAT A BORING ASS MOTHERFUCKER
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  39. Fuck me I built my reputation on emoticons...without them the content of my posts mean absolutely fuck all (sad looking smilie not added to ensure this gets fucking posted with a laughing one next to it)
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