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How Low Can You Really Go in Boxing?

Usyk-Dubois Bout Raises the Question of What Actually Counts for a Low Blow and/or Who Determines as Much   This past Saturday, unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk retained his titles with a ninth-round knockout of the Daniel (Dynamite) Dubois in Wroclaw, Poland.  Prior to Usyk’s knockdowns of...

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What Counts for a 10 Count?

Lubin-Arias KO Controversy Begs the Question of What a True Count-Out Actually Involves and/or Requires This past weekend, super-welterweight contender Erickson (The Hammer) Lubin returned to action after 14 months out of the ring against Luis (Cuba) Arias on Showtime at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota....

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KO VICTIMS SAY THE DARNEDEST THINGS

[In Wake of the Recent Controversy Surrounding Deontay Wilder’s Post-Fight In-Ring Remarks to Tyson Fury Following Their Epic Third Bout, a Look Back at This Article on Post-Fight Verbal Gaffes and Their Potential Legal/Regulatory Implications, Originally Posted by Paul S. Haberman on 8 Count News.com...

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Ali Act: The Disclosures Disclosed

A Quick Look at What Ali Act Disclosures Actually Consist of Professional boxing is rife with claims by its fighters and their management that promoters are routinely less than transparent as to the revenues and expenses that arise from a given fight card. Interestingly, despite such...

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Who is it That Should Protect You at All Times?

  [In the wake of the controversial end to this weekend's bout between Andre Dirrell and Jose Uzcategui, a repost of an article which I originally posted on September 19, 2011 on 8 Count News.com following Mayweather-Ortiz] Is Boxing’s Oldest Adage Under Fire Following Floyd Mayweather’s Controversial...

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