It seems that no sport is held to as high a standard in the realm of film as boxing.  In the last six years alone, Million Dollar Baby won the 2004 Oscar for Best Picture; Cinderella Man picked up three 2005 Oscar nominations of its own; 2006’s Rocky Balboa was a nostalgic trip that grossed [...]

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It was a big day for boxing in Toronto, as the press tour for the December 18th Jean Pascal-Bernard Hopkins light heavyweight world championship fight made its latest stop, with all of the major players in tow.  In addition to Pascal and Hopkins, event co-promoters Oscar De La Hoya and Yvon Michel were in attendance, as [...]

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When news came out early Thursday of yet another withdrawal from the injury-marred Super Six World Boxing Classic, this time Andre Dirrell, speculation immediately focused on how the tournament would recover.  Later in the afternoon, however, it appeared as if Dirrell’s replacement shouldn’t be the focal point. Dirrell’s “injury”, according to uncle and trainer Leon [...]

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Just when you think the heavyweight boxing picture’s hit its low point, it takes another step down.  On Thursday afternoon, Alexander Povetkin, who’d held the IBF’s mandatory challenger position since beating Eddie Chambers in January 2008, officially relinquished his status in pulling out of his scheduled September 11th heavyweight championship shot at Wladimir Klitschko.  Though [...]

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Once again, thanks for sticking with Stealing The Round through the last few weeks.  Though the Mayweather-Pacquiao non-fight has continued to top the sport’s recent headlines, a few fights and outside-the-ring events certainly merit mention, so let’s give them a look: June 26th: On a Top Rank card out of San Antonio, Julio Cesar Chavez [...]

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A heavyweight rematch and a women’s world title bout are headlining Rumble At Rama XII, which goes on Wednesday night at Casino Rama.  None of the fighters, however, was the star of Monday’s press conference, as Ana Julaton’s trainer, Boxing Hall of Fame member Freddie Roach, whose most notable charge is Manny Pacquiao, spoke with [...]

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Yes, there are still three rounds worth of fights to go in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, but the tournament may already have accomplished its goal of declaring a fighter the world’s best super middleweight.  After his Saturday night blanking of Allan Green, it’s pretty tough to argue against bestowing Andre Ward with that [...]

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We’ve only got a pair of truly notable fights this weekend, but they’re both intriguing, as Andre Ward and Allan Green finish off the second set of group stage fights in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, and Rodel Mayol and Omar Nino Romero meet for the second time in a junior flyweight title bout. [...]

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It’s Puerto Rican Day Parade weekend in New York City, which means, as has been a near-annual since 2005, that Miguel Cotto fights at Madison Square Garden, providing us a guaranteed exciting fight.  Sometimes, however, scheduling just doesn’t work out, and, though Cotto did partake in a June fight in New York City again this [...]

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Some interesting Canadian content came to the surface this week, as Steve Molitor’s officially UK-bound to defend his IBF junior featherweight title for the first time of his second reign, while the Super Six World Boxing Classic appears to be making a stop north of the border. As was expected, Orion Sports Management announced in [...]

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