The end of the Rocky saga? Stallone says he has serious misgivings about revisiting his finest role

02/10/2016 James Slater

Love them, loathe them or maybe you’re somewhere in between, but all boxing fans have to admit how Sylvester Stallone’s fictitious character, Rocky, and the seven movies “The Italian Stallion” appeared in, captured the spirit of this great sport, helped add to its popularity and even made real life fight fans out of movie-goers.

And for those fans who cannot get enough of Balboa’s antics, it could be time to wave a sad goodbye. For last night, at The Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Stallone said he has gone as far as he can with the character that made his a household name in 1976.

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Jamel Herring beats Luis Eduardo Flores by one-sided decision

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Undefeated 2012 U.S. Olympian Jamel Herring (15-0, 8 KOs) scored a unanimous decision (100-88, 100-88, 99-89) over Colombia’s Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight bout in the main event of Tuesday’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes fight card at Sands Event Center in Bethlehem, PA. Herring, who represented the United States at the 2012 Olympic games after winning the U.S. National Amateur title the same year, commanded the action throughout.

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Andre Ward vs. Sullivan Barrera official for 3/26 on HBO

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Roc Nation Sports is pleased to announce that Two-Time World Champion and top-rated pound-for-pound fighter Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) will return to the ring on Saturday, March 26, to begin his assault on the light heavyweight division when he takes on undefeated and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 KOs) in a 12-round bout at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, California. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT.

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Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua’s next foe should be announced inside 48-hours, says it could be IBF heavyweight champ Charles Martin in April

02/10/201602/09/2016 James Slater

As one would expect, unbeaten British heavyweight star Anthony Joshua has a ton of options available to him, for his next fight, set for April 9th, and the coming months. It is the next step in the pro career of the 2012 Olympic gold medal winner that is of paramount importance right now though. And, in speaking with Sky Sports News HQ today, his promoter went into detail about how hard it is working out who is genuine in their calling out of “A.J” and who is not the real goods.

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Tomasz Adamek vs. Eric Molina on 4/2

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Kraków, Poland: Former light heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion Tomasz “Goral” Adamek (50-4, 30 KOs) returns to native Poland to face Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina (24-3, 18 KOs) in Kraków on Apr. 2 at the Kraków Arena for the IBF International Heavyweight Title. The fight will be telecast live in Poland on pay-per-view as part of Polsat’s Boxing Night series and presented by Polsat, Main Events and Don King Productions.

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Carl Frampton – Scott Quigg conference call transcript for Feb. 27

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Chris DeBlasio

Thank you, operator. I’d like to say good evening, good afternoon, and good morning to those of us on the call joining across time zones across the northern hemisphere here. All of us at SHOWTIME are excited to present a SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL (broadcast), a nice unification fight between Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg for super bantamweight championships. This is the third presentation of SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL where we will partner with a co-production with a UK broadcaster. In this case on Saturday, Feb. 27, the Sky Sports broadcast and coverage of that fight will be shown live on SHO EXTREME.

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Gennady Golovkin-Dominic Wade on April 23rd – a mismatch or will the underdog rise to the ultimate challenge?

02/10/201602/09/2016 James Slater

While the entire boxing world waits and waits for the guaranteed explosion that is a middleweight unification showdown between the unbeaten Gennady Golovkin and the once beaten Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, “GGG” keeps himself busy and also deals with a mandatory defence by taking on Dominic Wade on April 23rd.

Golovkin, 34-0(31) will defend his collection of middleweight belts against Wade, 18-0(12) at The Forum in Inglewood, California. As would be the case with nearly every middleweight out there at the moment, Wade enters the fight as a considerable underdog, with some going as far as to call the fight a big mismatch. But Golovkin, who absolutely craves the big fights, as he has made clear time and again, has to keep busy. While Wade, a 25-year-old from Maryland, deserves credit for stepping up and taking a fight with the most feared man in boxing.

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Chris Arreola-Travis Kauffman fight changed to no-decision due to Arreola testing positive for marijuana

02/09/201602/09/2016 James Slater

The exciting, fan-friendly rumble heavyweights Chris Arreola and Travis Kauffman put on just before Christmas, won by Arreola in a close split decision, has been changed to a no-decision, ESPN.com reports. Arreola, who was knocked down in the battle, tested positive for marijuana in the post-fight drugs test and the result was changed on January 5th – Dan Rafael of ESPN.com says he himself only found out yesterday.

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Luis Ortiz vs Tony Thompson on 3/5

02/08/2016 Golden Boy Promotions

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 8, 2016) – Fresh from a stunning knockout of Bryant “By-By” Jennings and eager to continue his quest to be the best heavyweight in the sport, WBA Interim Heavyweight World Champion Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz (24-0, 21 KOs) will make his first title defense of 2016 when he faces former world title challenger Tony “The Tiger” Thompson (40-6, 27 KOs) in 12-round main event at the DC Armory, in Washington D.C.on Saturday, March 5 and televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark®beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Opening up the live telecast, top contender and 2008 Olympian Sadam “World Kid” Ali (22-0, 13 KOs) will face former WBA Super Lightweight World Champion Jessie Vargas (26-1, 9 KOs) in a 12-round co-main event for the vacant WBO Welterweight World Championship.

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Robert Helenius to face former world title challenger Johann Duhaupas on April 2nd

02/08/2016 James Slater

It seems to be that, if a fighter conducts himself well in a challenge of reigning WBC heavyweight king, he will reap the rewards another big, high profile fight can bring. Eric Molina, who hit and hurt Wilder before being stopped in the 9th-round of a game challenge last June, will travel to Poland to face big name and former two-weight champ Tomasz Adamek on April 2nd, while on the same day, Johann Duhaupas will travel to Finland to fight unbeaten contender Robert Helenius.

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