- Yesterday
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
B hop is also often looked down upon as a draw. Here are his numbers, some good, some bad:Pavlik - 190kwinky - 305ktarver - 350ktaylor II - 410ktaylor I - 370koscar - 1milliontrinidad - 475k
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Often Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather is somewhat downplayed as a draw. Perhaps he doesn't draw viewers that are proportional to his skill, but take a look at his ppv numbers:Hatton - 850kDe La Hoya - 2.1…
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- November 15th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Between the rounds of the Calzaghe-Jones replay, Larry Merchant interviews Jeff Lacy. Lacy says that he learned some of Jermain's techniques from watching his fights with Pavlik, mainly that he throws…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
David Haye passed his first test at heavyweight with flying colors.As our own Uatu predicted, opponent Monte Barrett was able to pick himself up off the mat more than once. But after getting knocked d…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
It's time for the BoxingWatchers to snap into action again. Tonight we'll turn our eyes toward Tennessee, where Jermain Taylor and Jeff Lacy will put aside their friendship for a bout with serious car…
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- November 14th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The BoxingWatchers are a pretty tight-knit group, because we're all family. We're also all located (most of the time) in the same U.S. state, making it hard for us to see every fight we'd like to writ…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The Franchise says...Much has been made about the fact that Jermain Taylor and Jeff Lacy, who will face each other Saturday night in Nashville, are buddies dating back from the time when they roomed t…
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- November 13th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
This is one fight where any outcome is possible. Nothing would surprise Uatu. Why? Because you should not sleep on Monte Barrett. This guy can bring it.Two Gunz has incredible heart. Although he has b…
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- November 12th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
There's been something of a mini-renaissance for older boxers during the last few months. At age 43, Bernard Hopkins took apart the much younger Kelly Pavlik. Roy Jones Jr. nearly had one final big mo…
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- November 11th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Just out of curiousity, Uatu took a look at http://www.docsports.com/ to check out the betting odds on Saturday's Jermain Taylor - Jeff Lacy fight on HBO. Usually, Uatu likes to take underdogs at a go…
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- November 9th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
In a fight we were unable to cover here at BoxingWatchers.com, Arthur Abraham successfully defended his IBF middleweight title Saturday with a sixth-round TKO of Raul Marquez at the Jako Arena in Bamb…
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- November 8th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The undercard is over and Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr. are getting ready to head to the ring. The tale of the tape has them basically even in height, weight and reach. Calzaghe is three years younge…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The last fight on the undercard is Zab Judah vs Ernest Johnson. This is Judah's first fight since his loss to Joshua Clottey. Johnson is 18-2 with 7 KOs. Judah is 36-6 with 25 KOs.Rd 1: Johnson sta…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The first fight on the undercard is Dmitriy Salita vs. Derrick Campos in the junior welterweight class. Salita has the better speed and is the most active. Salita has a noticable reach advantage and…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Economy got you down? The BoxingWatchers hear you, and we're here to help!We know that as a boxing fan, you'd love to be at Madison Square Garden tonight to watch the fight that's billed as the Battle…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The Franchise says...As my brother Uatu noted during his weigh-in report, these two look just about even from a physical standpoint. One suspects Jones will be the harder puncher, as he's shown more K…
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- November 7th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Uatu will be performing his Watchers duty today as he watches the weigh-in for the Jones, Jr. Calzaghe fight on hbo.com and on ESPNEWS. A full report will be forthcoming.This is no comment on their pr…
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- November 4th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
It looks like fans of Kelly Pavlik won't have to wait too long to see how he bounces back from his defeat at the hands of Bernard Hopkins. The Ghost's faithful followers won't have to travel too far t…
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- November 3rd, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Joe Calzaghe Birthplace: Hammersmith, EnglandHeight: 5' 11"Reach: 73"Current Titles Held: Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight (175 lbs.)Former Titles Held: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO Super Middleweight (168 lbs.)…
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- November 1st, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
There is a somewhat lengthy delay here between fights [Editor's note: Possibly because of problems with the ring?]. Some interviews are shown with Warren Sapp and Tracey Ullman, plus some previews of…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Uatu is bringing you the Showtime-televised action, live from his mother's basement. Unlike ShoBox, this is being shown in HD.These fights are being put on in the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. This…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
It's a bit of a milestone today, as it was exactly one year ago that BW (as we refer to it in text messages) came to life with our very first post, The Manifesto. Since then we've done round by round…
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- October 31st, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Uatu says...Mijares has slowly been making his way up pound for pound lists from many writers, including making the "Next 7" in the BoxingWatchers Boxer Power Rankings. ESPN has Mijares at 9 pound for…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
It's that time again: time for the rankings that even cause discord among the BoxingWatchers themselves. For the uninitiated, this isn't a pound-for-pound list (thus no Bernard Hopkins or Joe Calzaghe…
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- October 25th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
It looks like the fall boxing schedule will be missing its last interesting piece.ESPN's Dan Rafael is reporting that undefeated heavyweight challenger Alexander Povetkin has withdrawn from his Dec. 1…
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- October 24th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The Bell Centre in Montreal is sold out tonight for tonight's IBF super middleweight title fight.Steve Farhood ranks Bute No. 2 and Andrade No. 3 in the super middleweight class. He has Mikkel Kessler…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
From the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.Based on the black bars on the side of the screen, this is not in HD.Clavette is fighting in his first ten rounder.Ronald Hearns coming into the ring with his…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Uatu will be manning his post in his mother's basement to bring you live updates on the Lucian Bute-Librado Andrade fight. Uatu is the worst live blogger of the three BoxingWatchers, so he will be pr…
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- October 20th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Didn't see that one coming.It wasn't the outcome of Saturday night's meeting between Bernard Hopkins and Kelly Pavlik that was the big surprise. I thought it would be a hard-fought win for Pavlik, clo…
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- October 18th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
After a lackluster final undercard fight, we are finally ready for the main event. Before the fighters make their way to the ring, Bunny Sigler sings the national anthem to background music. We are…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The wait is over for Kelly Pavlik and Bernard Hopkins - or at least almost over, as we have three undercard fights to get through first. Marco Antonio Rubio and Steven Luevano are two of the fighters…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
You know we wouldn't miss this one. There's plenty of intrigue in store at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City tonight as Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik takes on Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins. Wish we could…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The Franchise says...If boxing really is a sport where anything can happen, Saturday's fight between Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik and Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins looms as the best recent example. Un…
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- October 15th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Kelly "The Ghost" PavlikBirthplace: Youngstown, OHHeight: 6'2"Reach: 75"Current Titles Held: WBC, WBO, Ring Magazine Middleweight (160 lbs.)Professional Record: 34-0, 30 KO'sRecord in World Title Figh…
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- October 14th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Uatu has just seen that a profile will be done on the Ghost on tonight's E:60. He will report on how it goes down.No surprise here, but it looks like it will focus on his relationship with Youngstown.…
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- October 13th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Sometimes the intrigue in boxing is all in the build-up to the fights and not so apparent in the fights themselves. That was definitely true this past weekend, when two championship bouts with interes…
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- October 11th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The Palms in Las Vegas is the site for the light heavyweight championship bout between Antonio Tarver and Chad Dawson. It's an intriguing match-up between an aging champion and a young lion made even…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The O2 World Arena in Berlin, Germany is home to the WBC heavyweight title fight between Samuel Peter and Vitali Klitschko. We're watching this one several hours after the fact in the United States on…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Showtime offers up a pair of championship outs tonight, with one live and the other tape-delayed. Since the BoxingWatchers don't have access to a live feed of the Samuel Peter-Vitali Klitschko fight w…
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- October 8th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Showtime serves up a twin bill of championship fights this Saturday with light heavyweights Antonio Tarver and Chad Dawson fighting live in Las Vegas while heavyweights Samuel Peter and Vital Klitschk…
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- October 7th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Just for the heck of it Uatu thought he would check out the odds for Saturday's fights because they are both intriguing match-ups.from sportsbook.comDawson -265Tarver +225Vitali -170Peter +140Uatu lik…
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- October 4th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Gamboa vs. Ramirez was a wide swinging, fast paced affair. Ramirez dominated the first round and scored a knock down with a quick right hook - though when we saw the replay, Gamboa was actually hit w…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Nate Campbell is one of the best and most exciting fighters in the world regardless of weight and one of the BoxingWatchers' favorite fighters. So Uatu is going to look at this news with a glass half-…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Fightnews.com is reporting that Arthur Abraham is out with the flu and the fight is being moved to November 8th. Bummer.It's always a little fishy when something like this goes down. But on the other…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Welcome to another edition of our pseudo-scientific boxer rankings. Though Uatu has distanced himself from this list in favor of his own (and perhaps he'll grace us with another update soon) this is a…
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- September 27th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The main event of the night is Shane Mosley versus Ricardo Mayorga. Both fighters are veterans. Mosley is known as the better technical boxer. Mayorga is much more wild and throws wide, hard punche…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The first fight of tonight's HBO doubleheader is Andre Berto versus Steve Forbes. The rising star Berto is 25 years old and undefeated. Forbes is better known as a sparring partner and is coming off…
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
Two favorites of the BoxingWatchers take to the ring tonight on HBO. The main event is a battle of well-known fighters as "Sugar" Shane Mosley faces "El Matador" Ricardo Mayorga. Don't sleep on the co…
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- September 26th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The Franchise says...Has it really been five years since Ricardo Mayorga stunned the boxing world with a knockout victory of Vernon Forrest? He's been living off that win, a narrow decision in the rem…
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- September 25th, 2008
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ntylwalk7 has posted a new entry on: BoxingWatchers.com
The main event of the Fight Night on Versus card from San Jacinto, California pits Paul "The Punisher" Williams against Andy Kolle. The undercard was devoid of much drama, and though it doesn't appear…
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