Andreas Hale
171 articles · FightNews.com
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Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch won’t take place at the Sphere
By Andreas Hale
The ongoing saga of whether a rematch between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will materialize has hit yet another bump in the road. The fight, which was announced in February to…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch status and more boxing storylines
By Andreas Hale
Devin Haney remains one of boxing's top young stars at 27 years old. A three-division titleholder and former undisputed champion at 135 pounds, Haney has yet to fight this year and does…
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Collazo retains titles after surprise stoppage of Vayson
By Andreas Hale
Oscar Collazo (13-0, 10 KOs) retained the WBO and WBA strawweight titles with a 7th round stoppage of Jayson Vayson (14-2-1, 8 KOs) in a stunning turn of events when Vayson's corner…
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Manny Pacquiao is back, but why is he getting a title shot?
By Andreas Hale
Manny Pacquiao returns to the ring for the first time in almost four years July 19 to challenge Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title. The fight was officially announced Saturday in…
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Pacquiao’s boxing success relies on what he’s probably lost
By Andreas Hale
Manny Pacquiao will end a nearly four-year hiatus from the ring to challenge Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title on July 19 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.…
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Fight results: Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Lamont Roach Jr. fight to a draw
By Andreas Hale
Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach Jr. fought to a majority draw on Saturday night in the main event of a boxing card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. With the draw,…
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Is Jake Paul’s young boxing career overly critiqued?
By Andreas Hale
YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul continues his pursuit of one day becoming a boxing world champion when he faces Ryan Bourland (17-2) in the co-main event of Amanda Serrano's homecoming fight against Nina Meinke…
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Errol Spence vs Terence Crawford results: Crawford steamrolls and stops Spence to become undisputed again
By Andreas Hale
LAS VEGAS — He said it was the "Terence Crawford Era." And he proved it with one of the most dominant performances of his stellar career. Not only can Terence Crawford call…
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Juan Francisco Estrada hangs on to win WBC super flyweight title with major decision over Chocolatito Gonzalez
By Andreas Hale
After 36 rounds, we still don't know who the truly better fighter is. Juan Francisco Estrada (44-3) hung on to an early lead despite a late surge from Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez (51-4)…
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From Bear Bryant to Floyd Mayweather: How undefeated Shakur Stevenson creates art ahead of fight vs. Oscar Valdez
By Andreas Hale
Legendary college football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant was credited for the famous line “defense wins championships” and that motto has spread across multiple sports since he uttered those legendary words. For 24-year-old…
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We must put some respect on Terence Crawford’s name after 10th round TKO of Shawn Porter
By Andreas Hale
Just about every single question we had about Terence Crawford was finally answered on Saturday when the reigning WBO welterweight champion became the first fighter to finish “Showtime” Shawn Porter with a…
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It’s time to discuss Canelo Alvarez’s place among boxing’s all-time greats
By Andreas Hale
He’s only 31 years old, and we’re already running out of superlatives for Canelo Alvarez. While we’re running out of superlatives, he’s running out of things to accomplish. Canelo, the reigning pound-for-pound…
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Caleb Plant relishes underdog role entering title fight vs. Canelo Alvarez: “he’s not better than me!”
By Andreas Hale
LAS VEGAS — You can see it all over his face. He’s over it. Caleb Plant is tired of talking about his November 6 fight with Canelo Alvarez to determine the first…
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Tyson Fury outlasts Deontay Wilder in epic fight of the year to retain WBC heavyweight title
By Andreas Hale
LAS VEGAS — The late, great Kobe Bryant once said, "Job's not finished." Well, Tyson Fury finished the job. Emphatically. Fury retained his WBC heavyweight championship with an 11th round knockout against…
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Ranking all of the excuses and conspiracies made by Deontay Wilder after losing to Tyson Fury
By Andreas Hale
There are fighters who make excuses and then there's Deontay Wilder. To be clear, when any fighter loses, it's rare that they don't offer some kind of excuse why they came up…
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Manny Pacquiao is the last of a dying breed
By Andreas Hale
This probably isn’t the way that Manny Pacquiao pictured his prolific career coming to an end. Unlike most fighters, Pacquiao wanted to end his career against the toughest opponent he could find.…
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Canelo bullies, routs Callum Smith to claim WBA (Super), WBC and The Ring 168-pound titles
By Andreas Hale
Boxing's biggest star makes his 2020 debut against perhaps his toughest test to date as WBA (Super) and WBC "Franchise" middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez challenges Callum Smith for the WBA (Super),…
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Anthony Joshua dominates and obliterates Kubrat Pulev with 9th round KO to retain titles
By Andreas Hale
Anthony Joshua makes his highly anticipated return Saturday night when he defends his IBF, WBA (super) and WBO titles against Kubrat Pulev at Wembley's SSE Arena in London in front of 1,000…
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Errol Spence Jr. thoroughly dominates Danny Garcia to retain titles with unanimous decision win
By Andreas Hale
Errol Spence Jr. is out to prove he remains one of the best boxers in the world following a car crash in 2019 that held him out of action for more than…
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Teofimo Lopez Jr. is in the Canelo position against Vasiliy Lomachenko
By Andreas Hale
It’s rare, but we’ve seen this before in boxing, where the young hungry lion faces a seasoned world champion and the overarching narrative is "Youth vs. Experience." There is danger on both…