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What Oscar De La Hoya Has Meant for Boxing
Scott Christ underscores what a unique and celebrated figure DLH's been: What he leaves behind even more than just a good ring career (39-6, 30 KO) is an unparalleled record as a drawing card. No o...
K.J. Noons Drops Unanimous Decision in Boxing Return
In getting-what-you-asked-for news, former EliteXC Lightweight Champion K.J. Noons (8-2) dropped a six-round unanimous decision to tough Detroit middleweight James Countryman (14-1) in Cincinnati, OH....
Quote of the Day: Teddy Atlas Can't Face Facts
"You brought up a good point about us -- we don't even talk about it enough. The sport does not market itself. There's no one there to do that. So you get the perception that mixed martial arts is r...
Seven Months Later, Oscar Diaz Leaves Hospital
After his own corner exercised poor risk management in urging their fighter to continue, Oscar Diaz had to have surgery to relieve swelling in his brain and was in a coma while breathing through a res...
How to Translate Pure Boxing Into Boxing for Mixed Martial Arts
Marcus Davis talks about some of the key differences: “One is the way you stand,” Davis said. “The way everyone stands so upright and staggered. You need to square your hips to d...
Roy Jones Jr. Plans Boxing/MMA Event for March 21
Seth Petruzelli, Bobby Lashley, and other mixed martial artists are scheduled to fight on the undercard of Roy Jones' next bout against Omar Sheika. AOL Fanhouse has the details: Combinin...
UFC Understands Importance of Lobbying
There is legislation pending in Congress that could grant the federal government oversight of boxing and it turns out the UFC has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to ensure such regulation, if i...
The Truth About Andrei Arlovski Challenging for a Boxing Championship
I pointed this out on weoweoweo's fanpost yesterday but as more sites are picking up the story I think it's very important to point a few facts out. Andrei's well respected boxing coach Freddie Roach...
Quote of the Day: Dana White, The Omnicompetent
"The reason I could see what was ahead for EliteXC was because nobody in this (freaking) planet knows this business better than I do. I built this (successful) business. Not from the ground up fro...
Fight of the Month: Steve Cunningham vs Tomasz Adamek
There are still some big MMA shows to go this month. But any fight is going to have a hell of a time topping last night's boxing war between Steve Cunningham and Tomasz Adamek. This was a ...
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