Frank Walsh
27 articles · OTR Boxing Radio
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Boxing News of the week: Kell Brook vs. Amir Khan, Errol Spence future, Degale unification and more!
By Frank Walsh
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook and domestic rival Amir Khan continue to trade barbs over social media. Heading into highly anticipated clash with Saul Canelo Alvarez for the WBC middleweight title, Khan…
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Anthony Joshua vs Charles Martin: Road to the heavyweight title
By Frank Walsh
Boxing?s heavyweight title has always lured both a casual and hardcore audience to arenas and television screens alike. Muhammad Ali, ?Smokin? Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson are among heavyweight greats etched in…
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Brandon Rios demolishes Mike Alvarado, makes him quit in three rounds. Where was this ?Bam Bam? Rios against Pacquiao?
By Frank Walsh
A trilogy (from Greek τρι- tri-, ?three? and -λογία -logia) is a set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or…
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Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado 3: Will this be a trilogy fight worth remembering?
By Frank Walsh
?For both of us it?s do or die. If I lose this fight I may just call it a day as a fighter. I?ve been at this a long time.? In or…
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Deontay Wilder dismantles Bermane Stiverne, becomes the first American heavyweight champion since Shannon Briggs
By Frank Walsh
Bermane Stiverne, the first Haitian born heavyweight champion after knocking out Chris Arreola in May of last year, walked into the MGM Grand Garden Arena as the 22nd WBC heavyweight champion. In…
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Amir Khan vs. Devon Alexander: Royal Battle winner might find himself in the next Mayweather sweepstakes
By Frank Walsh
Amir Khan has endured a somewhat turbulent two plus years in the sport. Suffering a brutal knockout at the hands of 140lb kingpin Danny Garcia in 2012, Khan opted for a change…
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MAYWEATHER VS. PACQUIAO: THE ROAD TO THE BIGGEST FIGHT IN BOXING HISTORY
By Frank Walsh
?The fight the world has been waiting to see, the fight that the world wants to see,? a statement from the WBC began. ?The WBC fully supports the promotion of this fight…
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With Manny Pacquiao?s dominant performance over Algieri, will we finally see a Floyd Mayweather bout?
By Frank Walsh
Manny Pacquiao notched up an emphatic one sided victory over the challenger to his WBO welterweight title, Chris Algieri, at the Cotai Arena in Macao. Algieri had secured the bout against the…
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Floyd Mayweather looks to end any doubt and close the Marcos Maidana chapter this Saturday
By Frank Walsh
On May 3rd of this year, the MGM Grand Garden Arena played host to thirty-six minutes of in ring action between Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana. When the final bell had rung,…
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Leonard Ellerbe: ?Anyone that steps into the ring with Floyd Mayweather is bringing their A plus game. This is the opportunity of a life time!?
By Frank Walsh
Throughout Floyd Mayweather?s 18 year professional boxing career, he has reached dizzying heights inside and outside the ring. Well publicized rifts in camp shine a spotlight on what appears a turbulent lifestyle…
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Gennady Golovkin vs. Miguel Cotto: The Super fight that should be made in boxing
By Frank Walsh
The most prolific puncher of the current generation, Gennady Golovkin, took center stage on Saturday night to coldly dismantle the capable Daniel Geale. The result and manner of victory a formality in…
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Miguel Cotto destroys Martinez to claim the middleweight title, sets up potential rematches with Pacquiao & Mayweather
By Frank Walsh
With a build up drenched in a shower of tension and apparent disrespectful demands, Miguel Cotto walked into Madison Square Garden to face Argentine boxer-puncher, Sergio Martinez. Cotto?s $7 million purse dwarfed…
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Does Manny Pacquiao have the style to do what Maidana did to Mayweather, only better?
By Frank Walsh
On Saturday night Floyd Mayweather walked out of the MGM grand casino as the unified 147lb and 154lb champion, notching up a 46th straight career victory. Whilst Mayweather emerged victorious, the routine…
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Amir Khan dominates Collazo but is unlikely to get Mayweather next. Manny Pacquiao fight in the future?
By Frank Walsh
Amir Khan was scheduled to meet Luis Collazo in a crossroads fight for both men. Their paths may differ, but both men came into this bout knowing nothing less than victory would…
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Marcos Maidana willing to give Floyd Mayweather Jr. a rematch after pulling near upset
By Frank Walsh
Floyd Mayweather Jr. stepped through the ropes for the 46th time as a professional tonight, to face Argentine slugger and WBA welterweight champion, Marcos ?El Chino? Maidana. This would be Mayweather?s third…
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Mayweather closes in on his 46th win. Will Maidana pose a threat to his perfect record?
By Frank Walsh
Three days from now, Argentine slugger Marcos ?El Chino? Maidana will walk the walk forty four men have taken before him. Jose Luis Castillo has shared the ring with him twice, but…
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Thurman gets TKO victory over Diaz, Matthysse wins thrilling war with Molina.
By Frank Walsh
Last December Keith Thurman again proved that he merely needs ?One Time? to finish a fight, when he stopped Jesus Soto Karass in the ninth round. With 20 stoppages in 23 fights,…
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Tony Thompson edges Odlanier Solis to get back in title contention
By Frank Walsh
Tony ?The Tiger? Thompson began 2013 with a roar but ended the year with a whimper. Heading into the first bout with the highly touted British heavyweight David Price, Thompson looked to…
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Danny Garcia one step closer to Mayweather bout with controversial win. Wilder steamrolls Scott
By Frank Walsh
Former Olympic bronze medalist, Deontay ?The Bronze Bomber? Wilder, has left a trail of destruction since his professional debut. Living up to his moniker, 31 men have crumbled to the canvas in…
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Tony Bellew scores KO victory in cruiserweight debut, Kell Brook stakes his claim to a welterweight title
By Frank Walsh
Kell Brook has faced a testing couple of years in and outside of the ring. Injuries and setbacks have been on the menu consistently for ?Special K?. Having redeemed himself against Carson…