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UFC on Fox: Historical Significance of Network TV for Heavyweight Title Fight Being Undersold
There's been a line repeated a lot since the announcement of the UFC on Fox deal and decision to put Cain Velasquez's UFC heavyweight title defense against Junior dos Santos on the first broadcast. That line is usually something involving a return to the days when the heavyweight title was decided...
The Ten Best Wins in Boxing Since Duran vs Leonard
Anthony Wilson takes a look back at some of the greatest and most memorable victories in the last 30 years of boxing, since Duran vs Leonard I in 1980, in a special feature piece today for Bad Left Hook. In my debut at Bad Left Hook several months ago, I wrote about Roberto Duran's debut at...
TV and Internet Fight Schedule - Weekend of February 12
After a fairly strong weekend last weekend, this one is much lighter, with only a couple of major cards going on, one of which has lost much of its luster from when it was originally scheduled Friday, February 12 Sky Sports (UK), 5:00 p.m. Eastern, Lenny Daws vs. Jason Cook, Grzegorz Proska vs....
Today in Sports History: November 5th
(Foreman knocks down Moorer. Photo by Al Bello, Getty Images) 11/05/1946 - Connors breaks backboardChuck Connors of the Boston Celtics becomes the first player in professional basketball to shatter a backboard, which does during warmups. Unlike most occurrences of a backboard breaking, which...
Maskaev taking stay-busy fight while waiting for Vitali-Gomez winner
Bad Left Hook was informed tonight that Oleg Maskaev will take a tune-up fight in Saransk, Russia, on March 14, while the former WBC heavyweight titlist waits his turn in line at another shot at the gold. Maskaev's manager, Fred Kesch, noted that if Maskaev (35-6, 26 KO) were to somehow lose to...
Big George calls for Evander to retire
Credit BBC Sport: George Foreman says Evander Holyfield is damaging himself and the sport of boxing by continuing to fight. Holyfield, 46, will eclipse Foreman as the oldest world heavyweight champion if he beats Nikolay Valuev on Saturday. "I hope he'll achieve it and leave boxing alone,"...
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