
A Q&A with Peter Nelson: Part one
In Part One of a Q&A with UCNLive’s Steve Kim, HBO Sports’ Peter Nelson discusses 2017 in boxing and the year to come.
In Part One of a Q&A with UCNLive’s Steve Kim, HBO Sports’ Peter Nelson discusses 2017 in boxing and the year to come.
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Although he owns the renowned Summit gym, in Big Bear, California, noted trainer Abel Sanchez isn’t opposed to traveling to warmer climes for sparring.
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We’ve crossed the threshold of the New Year and, as per usual, everyone’s got resolutions – even Top Rank CEO Bob Arum. Steve Kim reports.
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On the heels of a very positive 2017 in boxing, Showtime Sports’ Stephen Espinoza plans on maintaining the momentum in 2018. Steve Kim reports.
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Long a trusted name in promoting fights for the Klitschko Brothers and Gennady Golovkin, Tom Loeffler has now launched his new company, 360 Promotions.
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With ESPN throwing its hat into boxing’s proverbial ring, with HBO and Showtime, will this cause further fracturing within Our Sport? Steve Kim reports.
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As we come closer to bidding 2017 goodbye, Steve Kim looks back on the biggest events boxing had to offer this year.
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Something special could be brewing in the 175-pound division, on March 3, as WBO titlist Sergey Kovalev headlines at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
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We’re not even done with 2017 and it looks like the first three months of 2018, in boxing, might already be squared away, schedule-wise. Steve Kim reports.
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Is the pairing of veteran trainer Joe Goossen and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. kismet? Well, we’re not sure about that but they’re reunited…and it feels so good.
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