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Why did it take a UFC champion to rejuvenate boxing? MMA News Opinion 

Why did it take a UFC champion to rejuvenate boxing?

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Although boxing is still the world’s number one combat sport, bit by bit mixed martial arts has been creeping up on its legacy and converting fans. There are still pugilist purists who take pride in the rich history of their sport and have no interest in any sort of hybrid fighting, but even those people have had the world of... Read More
Top boxing betting tips you should be aware of MMA News Opinion 

Top boxing betting tips you should be aware of

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We know that you are a big MMA fan rather than a boxing junkie but you must have heard about the upcoming bout between a boxing legend and a UFC superstar? Boxing betting, although not as popular as it once was, still gets a lot of action when it comes to well-publicised and high profile fights like Mayweather vs. McGregor,... Read More
Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin Tickets on Sale – MyMMANews.com MMA News 

Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin Tickets on Sale – MyMMANews.com

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Get your tickets to one of hottest boxing events of the year. The much-anticipated middleweight title fight between boxing greats Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez will take place on the Las Vegas Strip. Promoter Oscar De La Hoya announced that the T-Mobile Arena on the Strip won out in bidding over AT&T Stadium in Texas. The fight – scheduled for... Read More
Lennox Lewis: Mayweather vs. McGregor is ridiculous, no use in watching MMA News 

Lennox Lewis: Mayweather vs. McGregor is ridiculous, no use in watching

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Lennox Lewis is one of the greatest boxers to have ever competed in the sport. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, having also held the lineal heavyweight title, and remains the last undisputed heavyweight champion. He fought some of the very best to include Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson. The International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee is not a... Read More
UFC Vet Tim Hague in critical condition from injuries sustained in boxing match MMA News Video 

UFC Vet Tim Hague in critical condition from injuries sustained in boxing match

Eric Kowal , 1 Comment
Another sad story involving a UFC veteran today. Tim Hague was competing in a boxing contest against Adam Braidwood last night in Canada when he was knocked out. Early reports today stated that Hague was declared technically brain dead by doctors and had passed away but according to the fighter’s sister, he is still alive, but in critical condition. The... Read More
Boxer, Israel Vázquez, to lose right eye after surgery in coming months MMA News 

Boxer, Israel Vázquez, to lose right eye after surgery in coming months

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Israel Vázquez boxed professionally from 1995 to 2010 and was a three-time super bantamweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2004 to 2005; and the WBC, Ring magazine and lineal titles twice from 2005 to 2008. The retired 39-year old Mexican fighter who amassed a 44-5 professional boxing record will lose his right eye in the coming months... Read More
Female boxers to have option of three-minute rounds in New Jersey MMA News 

Female boxers to have option of three-minute rounds in New Jersey

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Earlier this week the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board stated that female boxers competing in the Garden State will now have the option of three-minute rounds vice two-minutes. Larry Hazzard, commissioner of the NJSACB told ESPN, “It was tradition. We were in lockstep with everyone else. Everyone has done two-minute rounds, but the important consideration here is that we... Read More