In and around the MGM Grand
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Antonio Tarver: \”Bernard\’s Experience Will be Too Much in the End.\”
Click for larger image© Sergio Martinez While at the Hopkins-Taylor weigh-in on Friday, Antonio Tarver sat right behind me and was yelling “One more win,” to Oscar de la Hoya. I turned and asked the “Magic Man” for his prediction on tomorrow night’s fight, and Tarver said, “Taylor is a very young, strong, and exciting…
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Writer\’s Predictions: Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor.
If there is going to be a changing of the guard in the middleweight division, it must happen tomorrow night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas when Bernard Hopkins puts every relevant middleweight title at stake against hungry young contender Jermain Taylor. Hopkins has perhaps one fight left after this one, but a loss,…
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Bert Sugar Picks Hopkins.
Click for larger image© Sergio Martinez Fight fans, Bert Sugar spoke to this writer and give his take on what he thinks is going happen tomorrow night. This is a SaddoBoxing.com exclusive. “I think Hopkins will win the fight. I remember Pat Burns at the press conference saying that Jermain Taylor is prepared and knows…
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Jennings Meets Vincent for Vacant British Crown.
English starlet Michael Jennings will be given his final exam tomorrow night in Bolton as he meets veteran hard case Jimmy Vincent for the vacant British welterweight title on the under-card of the much-anticipated Matt Skelton – Danny Williams heavyweight showdown. Jennings is already the reigning English titlist but the man in the opposite corner…
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Foster Gets Betts in Bolton.
WBU featherweight titlist Steve Foster Jr. faces journeyman Jim Betts tomorrow in Bolton in a non-title bout as he gears up for much higher profile contests that are on the horizon for the Manchester area puncher. The son of former Commonwealth light middleweight titlist Steve “The Viking” Foster, Steve Jr. has ripped through the domestic…
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Vitali Will Fight Rahman-Barrett Winner.
World Boxing Council Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko’s next fight will be against the winner of the Aug. 13 Hasim Rahman-Monte Barrett “interim” WBC heavyweight title bout. A letter from the WBC dated July 14 and sent to Klitschko, the management teams of Rahman and Barrett and Don King Productions, said that Klitschko, as WBC champion,…
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WBC Says No to Vitali.
The Board of Governors of the World Boxing Council, presided by doctor Jose Sulaiman, announces from its offices in Mexico City that a final decision has been taken in regards to the heavyweight division, as follows: 1. The WBC requires that Vitali Klitschko make his following defense against the interim champion, winner of the Rahman-Barrett…
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Eastman Relishing Tough Task.
Howard Eastman is unfazed at the prospect of fighting in front of a partisan home crowd when he takes on unbeaten German based Armenian Arthur Abraham in a WBA Intercontinental clash that doubles as a WBC eliminator at the Versicherung Arena in Nuremberg tomorrow night. “I’m actually looking forward to it,†said the Battersea Bomber…
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Hobson\’s Choice: Herbie Hide.
Former two-times WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide has offered to save the day by stepping in to challenge British and Commonwealth Cruiserweight champion Mark Hobson next Friday following the withdrawal of original opponent and mandatory contender David Haye. “Give me that job,†said Hide. “I don’t care about the timeframe; I will come in on…
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Matt Skelton and Danny Williams Set For War.
This week sees something quite big happen in regards to boxing in Britain. Terrestrial television, roughly the equivalent of “Network” TV in America, is returning to the sport here in the UK. This is similar to when NBC started showing boxing in the US a couple of years back; it provides a much larger audience…
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Hopkins Will Guide the Next King.
The definition of the middleweight division will happen tomorrow and the outcome could be shocking and surprising, as all conflict of who is the ruler of this division will finally settle. Bernard Hopkins versus Jermain Taylor is more than a middleweight showdown of experience versus youth. It is a match-up that will signal the making…