Top Rank Boxing is in Limbo, but that Hasn’t Benched Robert Garcia’s Up-and-Comers

It’s old news now, but Top Rank’s deal with ESPN expired and the “Global Sports Leader” chose not to renew. Top Rank and ESPN had a long, although choppy, history. The cable TV goliath began airing Top Rank fights in 1980 with a weekly series on Thursday nights. Back then, ESPN (an acronym for the […]

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