Click the above Image for more Photos Wednesday in the lobby of the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions held a final press conference to promote “Fight of the Year: The Rematch” the Unified Lightweight World Championship fight between Juan Manuel Marquez, 50-5-1 (37), and Juan Diaz, 35-3 …
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Click the above Image for all Photos from the Savannah Boxing Club Often, when people are first introduced to one another they politely say, “It’s a pleasure to meet you.” They may not mean it all the time but once in a while you come across someone that is truly …
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For most people a typical work day starts at 9 a.m. This is not the case for current Unified Lightweight World Champion Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and former Three-Time Lightweight World Champion Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz, who start their days at 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. respectively while they are …
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Jill Diamond: How have you been preparing for the fight? Akondaye Fountain: This has been a long and hard training camp, with the dates changing back and forth I never broke training camp. I had great sparring with top female and male fighters, Valerie Mahfood being one of them, whom …
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The position of trainer in the sport of boxing is perhaps the most crucial piece of the puzzle when it comes to putting together a successful fighter. The best trainers command a great deal of respect for their unique abilities to raise the performance levels of their boxers and as …
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