<b>ADAMEK-GRANT</b>Dear Doug,Why the heck is this on PPV? I don't even think Michael Grant deserves the fight, but PPV? ESPN2, maybe, but PPV… NO WAY!I guess Marquez/Diaz II was not the start of a trend of quality PPV cards.And why is Adamek stepping down from Arreola to Grant? …

by Elie Seckbach
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FanHouse got an opportunity to speak with the team members of former world boxing champion James Toney’s team as the fighter heads into an Aug. …

by Elie Seckbach
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The Sacramento Kings have a one-of-a-kind camaraderie, rare for a professional team, so it’s no surprise that Jason Thompson is in Israel these …

Former Cuban amateur stars Erislandy Lara and Yordanis Despaigne won separate bouts in dominating, but different fashion on an ESPN2-televised card Wednesday night from Monroe, La.Lara (13-0, 7 knockouts), a slick southpaw junior middleweight prospect, blasted journeyman Willie Lee in the first round of the scheduled 10-round main event of …

Antonio Margarito was denied a professional boxing license by the California State Athletic Commission on Wednesday. The commission voted 5-1 in favor of rejecting the former welterweight titleholder's application to reinstate the license that was revoked last year after he and his former trainer Javier Capetillo were found guilty of …

by Elie Seckbach
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The Miami Heat just signed Patrick Beverly to a two-year deal worth just over $1 million. Beverley played in Ukraine during …

by Elie Seckbach
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California lightweight (135 pounds) prospect Vicente Escobedo (22-2, 14 knockouts) talks to FanHouse upcoming fights such as WBO welterweight (147 pounds) king Manny Pacquiao against …

Junior welterweight prospect Frankie Gomez is off the August 26 <i>Fight Night Club</i> due to an illness.Gomez (5-0, 5 knockouts), a former amateur star from East Los Angeles, was in the scheduled co-main event against Raul Tovar. Gomez will be replaced by another amateur star, 2008 U.S. Olympian Gary Russell …

by Elie Seckbach
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FanHouse caught up to former heavyweight champion boxer, James Toney, while training at M-1 Global Training Center in Chatsworth, Calif., for his Aug. 28 clash …

by Elie Seckbach
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FanHouse caught up to actor Danny Trejo is an avid boxing fan who was ringside on when heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (29-2, 25 knockouts) of …

by Elie Seckbach
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FanHouse caught up to actor Danny Trejo is an avid boxing fan who was ringside on when heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (29-2, 25 knockouts) of …

by Elie Seckbach
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Welterweight (147 pounds) prospect Rashad Holloway (11-1-2, five KOs) has sparred with both WBO welterweight king Manny …

Miguel Vazquez out-classes Korean banger Ji-Hoon Kim over 12 rounds to earn a vacant lightweight title in the main event of a Fox Sports Net-televised card from Laredo, Texas, on Saturday.Vazquez (26-3, 12 KOs), who turned heads by out-pointing then-undefeated Breidis Prescott last year, won by scores of 119-109, 120-108 …

Junior lightweight prospect Eloy Perez dominated Derrick Camps to a fifth-round technical stoppage in the co-feature to a Telefutura-televised card from Pico Rivera, Calif., on Friday.Perez (18-0-2, 5 knockouts), of Salinas, Calif., controlled the fight with a crisp, educated jab and blocked and counter punched well whenever Campos (20-9, 11 …

Chris Arreola got back on the winning track with a lopsided decision victory over Manuel Quezada in the 12-round main event of an ESPN2-televised card from Ontario, Calif., on Friday, but he didn’t do much to change his image as an underachieving heavyweight contender. Arreola (29-2, 26 knockouts) beat Quezada …

by Elie Seckbach
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Watch four-time Trainer of the Year, Freddie Roach, working the mits with middleweight (160 pounds) prospect, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. …

by Elie Seckbach
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Next season Matt Barnes will be banging and crashing the boards wearing the purple and gold, a move Lakers fans love. But …

<object width='640' height='480'><param name='movie' value='http://images.ringtv.com/7.0.2/swf/video.swf?sa=1&si=7&i=276'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://images.ringtv.com/7.0.2/swf/video.swf?sa=1&si=7&i=276' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='640' height='480'></embed></object><b>FRIDAY</b> <b>CHRIS ARREOLA vs. MANUEL QUEZADA</b><b>Rounds / weight class:</b> 12 rounds / heavyweights<b>Location:</b> Ontario, Calif.<b>Television:</b> ESPN2<b>The backdrop:</b> Arreola (28-2, 25 KOs) lost to Vitali Klitschko and Tomasz Adamek within the past 11 months but his most-difficult foe might be …

by Elie Seckbach
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NBA star Ron Artest of the Los Angeles Lakers also trains in boxing and is a huge fan of …

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3_Yff8MCuT4&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3_Yff8MCuT4&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Sometimes in boxing a victory doesn’t advance the winner and a loss isn’t necessarily a step back for the loser — at least not where ratings are concerned. Junior welterweight contenders Devon Alexander and Andreas Kotelnik …

by Elie Seckbach
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There’s no player in the NBA like Ron Artest. Ron, who is fresh off his championship season with the Los Angeles Lakers, …

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There’s no player in the NBA like Ron Artest. Ron, who is fresh off his championship season with the Los Angeles Lakers, …

by Elie Seckbach
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Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls is excited about being part of Team USA, even if …

Jay Larkin, the former head of Showtime Boxing, has died after a three-year battle with brain cancer.Larkin helped found the network’s boxing program in 1986 and, after becoming senior vice president and executive producer, was in charge of it for more than a decade. He was fired in 2005.He oversaw …