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Down goes another compelling matchup. Jérôme Abiteboul, who promotes unbeaten heavyweight contender Tony Yoka, announced today that “La Conquete’s” January 15th clash with Martin Bakole has been postponed indefinitely due to France’s Omicron restrictions limiting events to 2,000 spectators. Per Abiteboul, more than 5,000 tickets had been sold, rendering a more limited audience “not economically
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Boxing saw a new wave of pay-per-view offerings again in 2021, and the sport will kick off 2022 with yet another one, as Premier Boxing Champions and FOX are sticking a five-fight heavyweight event headlined by Luis Ortiz vs Charles Martin behind a $39.99 paywall. As we mentioned Sunday, whenever a major promotional outfit like
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Premier Boxing Champions returns for a special Christmas night event from Newark, featuring welterweight prospect Vito Mielnicki Jr and middleweight prospect Joey Spencer in showcase bouts, with Mielnicki in the main event at home in New Jersey. Our coverage will begin with the prelims on FS1 at 6 pm ET, and continue with the main
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Saturday, January 1 PPV, 8:00 pm ET, Luis Ortiz vs Charles Martin. 2022 kicks off right, as Premier Boxing Champions present a pay-per-view they are admitting isn’t worthy of pay-per-view by way of pricing it at $39.99, which once upon a time when some of us were more youthful and relevant was actually a premium
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Last month, the WBC ordered #1 welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr. to face #3 David Avanesyan in a final eliminator, only for Ortiz manager Rick Mirigian to turn the fight down. Now, Mike Coppinger reports that Ortiz and unbeaten Michael McKinson have “agreed to a deal” to meet early next year in a DAZN main event.
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