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CANELO DOMINATES GOLOVKIN TO END TRILOGY

Canelo Alvarez defeats Gennadiy Golovkin via unanimous decision.

USYK DEFEATS JOSHUA AGAIN

Oleksandr Usyk defeats Anthony Joshua via split decision in rematch.

HANEY CROWNED UNDISPUTED

Devin Haney schools George Kambosos Jr. in lopsided unanimous decision win.

BIVOL UPSETS CANELO

Dmitry Bivol shocks Canelo Alvarez for upset unanimous decision win.

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: TANK HOF, SELLOUT OSCAR, AND INSULTING OUR INTELLIGENCE

Hello boxing fans and dedicated haters. Here’s another week’s worth of my bulbous sack, bulging with gooey, salty truth, in your face. Enjoy. This week, we have comments/questions regarding Tank Davis in the Hall of Fame, De La Hoya ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: QUICK (S)HITS

Here’s a bit of this and that from around the world of boxing, in no particular order of importance: In just 8 months, Eddie Hearn has managed to take one of boxing’s hottest rising properties, Jaron “Boots” Ennis, and ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: RETIRING TANK, THE SAUDI TAKEOVER, FROCH ON FIGHTING

Every Thursday, FightHype makes some space among its video content to host boxing’s most NSFW mail bag column-- Mine. In this week’s Sack, I address comments/questions regarding my take on the Saudi takeover of boxing, Carl Froch on ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: SO...HOW'S THAT SELLING OUT WORKING FOR YA?

So...um...American boxing? How’s selling out to the Saudis working out for you so far? I’ll answer that for ya. Not so fucking great. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: RYAN GARCIA, THE SAUDIS, HAPPY BOXING MEMORIES

Welcome to a special Thanksgiving edition of Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack where boxing’s bad guys are forced to gobble, gobble on the gooey, salty, cranberry-infused truth coming straight from my bloated sack of giblets. This week we have ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: HOW SAUDI ARABIAN CONTROL OF BOXING CAN BE BAD

I was speaking to a colleague the other day (one of the few who will still converse with me!) and we were talking about the moral, ethical, economic crisis brought on by the Saudi Arabian takeover of boxing. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: JAKE PAUL, BENAVIDEZ VS. MORRELL, AMANDA SERRANO

Welcome to another Thursday edition of Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack, the only boxing mail bag column not funded by a boxing promoter or a murderous monarchy. This week, we have comments and/or questions regarding Jake Paul, Amanda Serrano, and ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: JAKE PAUL VS. MIKE TYSON, THE POSTMORTEM

I mean, seriously, what did you expect? I would hazard a guess that all of us who were even marginally boxing-savvy knew that there was zero chance Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson would be a satisfying boxing match on any level. We all watched anyway, ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: JAKE PAUL VS. MIKE TYSON, THE SAUDI BOXING PLAN, MORE

Here at FightHype, we make some space for a good, old-fashioned written word money shot from the depths of my bulbous, bulging (mail) sack. So, get ready for some of that infamous Magno-rific gooey, salty, sometimes NSFW truth. This week, we have ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: RING AROUND THE SAUDIS...

“Ring around the Saudis/Pocket full of Riyals/Ashes, Ashes, We all fall down” Last week, the most talked-about story among boxing media hit the open air. Saudi Arabia, spear-headed by point man Turki Alalshikh, purchased Ring ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: INOUE AND THE SAUDIS, TIM TSZYU: THE COMEBACK, AND PBC RIP

Hello and welcome to another Thursday edition of Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack, the only boxing mailbag column penned by a writer blocked by many of your preferred websites and media personalities. This week, we have comments/questions regarding ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: JAKE PAUL, MIKE TYSON, AND THE US BOXING VOID

On November 15, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, there will be a boxing match between a 58-year-old, 19-year retired former champion and an 11-fight novice/social media influencer whose biggest boxing wins have come against non-boxers. The ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: TEOFIMO VS. RYAN, CANELO VS. EUBANK, MORE...

Welcome fight fans to this Halloween edition of Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack where boxing ignorance gets spooked and boxing bad guys are forced to be “goblin’” on a stale king-sized Tootsie Roll of truth. This week, we have ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: NOW THEY'RE JUST MAKING STUFF UP

I’m not too much of a tough guy to admit that, in quiet moments, I can sometimes be wracked with self-doubt. When I’m not busy fighting off waves of bullshit and defending my own site against repeated hacking efforts by people totally ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: PAUL-TYSON, THE CHARLOS, AND MURTAZALIEV

Every Thursday here at FightHype, I pull out my gigantic, bulbous, bulging sack and give truth-minded boxing fans a gander. This week, I shoot ropes of truth all over comments/questions regarding Jake Paul-Mike Tyson, Bakhram Murtazaliev, and the ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: GOODNIGHT, TSZYU...GOOD NIGHT, PBC

Social media has made it real hard to hold on to common sense and maintain any degree of consistency in standards. There’s just a lot of crap hurled about by dummies, lazy thinkers, and agenda-wielding creeps. The public discourse surrounding ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: BETERBIEV-BIVOL, EASTERN BLOC FIGHTERS, SAUDI ARABIA

Every Thursday here at FightHype, boxing fans gather around my bulbous, bulging sack in anticipation of an Ol’ Faithful money shot of gooey, salty truth. This Thursday is no different. So, put your goggles on and cinch up your plastic poncho, ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: BETERBIEV, BIVOL, AND THE CABAL OF EVIL

After the dubious decision was announced (more on that later) and the boxing entities mingled about in the ring as the fighters and the event were being lavished with fawning praise, it kind of hit me just how fucked up this whole situation was. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: BETERBIEV-BIVOL, BENAVIDEZ-MORRELL, TURKI TALK

In this corner of the Universo Pugilistico, it's all about my sack-- my bulging, bulbous, aching sack-- and the gooey, salty truth contained within. So...sit back, close your eyes, pull back your hair, and get ready for this week's money ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: TANK DAVIS TANKS 12/14 PPV

Much to my professional detriment, I’ve never been one to toe a company line. My “side” in any boxing issue has always been the side I see as the truth. And, sometimes, that pisses people off. Actually, it pisses a lot of people ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: DANA WHITE, PBC, DEVIN HANEY

This Thursday, like every Thursday, I ask you to pull up a seat alongside my bulging, bulbous sack and watch me shoot a load of gooey, salty truth right into the faces of boxing’s purveyors of ignorance. This week, we have questions/comments ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: QUICK (S)HITS

This week, there’s a little bit to say about a lot, so here are my Quick (S)hits on what’s tickling my troubled boxing mind. Devin Haney’s lawsuit against Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy is poorly craft and probably unwinnable,  ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: DUBOIS, AJ, TANK, AND THE FUTURE OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION

Every Thursday here at FightHype, we make some space for a money shot of salty, sometimes NSFW truth from the depths of my bulbous, bulging sack. So, pull your hair back and brace yourself. This week, we have comments/questions regarding Daniel ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: RAGE AROUND THE MACHINE

There was a bit of an effort to muddy up a pretty good heavyweight scrap this past Saturday because of the “world title” designation attached to it. Mind you, though, this “muddying up” came only from some in the boxing ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: CANELO-BERLANGA

Hello boxing fans and dedicated haters. Here’s another week’s worth of my bulbous sack, bulging with gooey, salty truth, in your face. Enjoy. This week, we have comments/questions regarding last Saturday’s Canelo Alvarez-Edgar ...... continue reading

MARIO BARRIOS VS ABEL RAMOS ADDED TO PAUL VS. TYSON AND TAYLOR VS. SERRANO 2 UNDERCARD

Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced the addition of an electrifying WBC Welterweight Championship bout, with reigning champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios (29-2, 18 KOs) set to defend his title against Abel Ramos ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: CANELO VS. BERLANGA, THE POSTMORTEM

If there was ever any doubt that boxing is a sport run on star power rather than quality of competition, you just had to look at the energized, sold out T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to affirm that. ...... continue reading

CANELO ALVAREZ DROPS & DOMINATES EDGAR BERLANGA IN UNANIMOUS DECISION WIN

Mexican superstar and pound-for-pound great Canelo Álvarez delivered another virtuoso performance by dropping the previously unbeaten Edgar Berlanga on his way to defending his unified WBC, WBA and WBO Super Middleweight World Championships ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: ALL THINGS CANELO-BERLANGA (PLUS, LARA-GARCIA)

In this Thursday’s pre-Canelo fight Sack, we got mostly Canelo-related questions and comments (along with a side order of Lara-Garcia). So, expect a touch of cinnamon with my salty load of wisdom this week. ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: TALKING TURKI (AND PPV)

It has to be pretty damn tempting to pirate the fuck out of a shit show like this Saturday’s $90 Canelo-Berlanga card. I’m no saint by any stretch of the imagination, and I try not to steal any unauthorized content if at all ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: SAUDI BOXING PLANS, DEONTAY WILDER, MORE...

Hello fight fans and welcome to another Thursday gathered around my bulging sack, waiting on my weekly load of gooey, salty truth. This week, we have questions/comments regarding Saudi boxing plans, Deontay Wilder, and stolen ideas. ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: THE ART OF THE (NON) DEAL

Brian Norman Jr. did the right thing by not grabbing at the Jaron “Boots” Ennis fight, the first million dollar-plus deal offered to him. Norman’s father Brian Sr. and manager Adrian Clark also did right by Norman when they advised ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: THE BETERBIEV-BIVOL/SHAKUR-CORDINA SHOW, THE SAUDIS, MORE...

This boxing world of ours, filled with politics and sloppy promotion-as-news, needs a bull-load of gooey, salty truth shot into its ear hole-- and I’m just the toro to do it. So, step back and watch me wash away the boxing ignorance. This ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: SUGAR DADDY SAUDI NO MORE?

...And here I was, impatiently waiting for the call offering me a big-money gig at that fancy new Super Saudi Boxing News site. I was already practicing my tearful Andy Ruiz-like post-paycheck public statement. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: SHAKUR, WHAT BOXING NEEDS, MORE...

Every Thursday here at FightHype, boxing fans gather around my bulbous, bulging sack in anticipation of an Ol’ Faithful money shot of gooey, salty truth. This Thursday is no different. So, put your goggles on and cinch up your plastic poncho, ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: AMERICAN BOXING SUCKS

These are sad days for America boxing, ladies and gentlemen. Where does one even begin to chronicle the utter suckiness of the domestic boxing product in the United States at the moment? ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: RIP OLYMPIC BOXING, EASTERN EUROS, THE SAUDI BUYOUT, MORE...

This Thursday, like every Thursday, I ask you to pull up a seat alongside my bulging, bulbous sack and watch me shoot a load of gooey, salty truth right into the faces of boxing’s purveyors of ignorance. This ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: DANCE MONKEYS, DANCE!

Sometimes, it feels like I could be screaming at the top of my lungs, on fire, with bees swarming around me and I still wouldn’t be heard. Hell, who am I kidding, I feel like that ALL of the time. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: CANELO-BERLANGA, RIYADH SEASON, CRAWFORD-MADRIMOV

Every Thursday, FightHype makes some space among its video content to host boxing’s most NSFW mail bag column-- Mine. In this week’s Sack, I address comments/questions regarding Riyadh Season, Crawford-Madrimov, and Canelo-Berlanga. ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: BASTING THE TURKI AT BUD'S COMING-OUT PARTY

Truth be told, Terence “Bud” Crawford is my favorite active fighter. And it WAS nice to see him take center stage at his boxing-equivalent quinceañera Saturday night at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, all eyes on him as he ...... continue reading