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Still Plenty of Time For Kelly Pavlik To Get Things Right

?It was my fault.? Despite all the calls for former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik to dump his team after his April loss to Sergio Marti…

Fri, 08 Oct 2010

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Pound for Pound ? Appreciating Ivan Calderon

Just like one of his rapier-like jabs or quickfire combinations can momentarily stun opponents, Ivan Calderon shocked me the last time we sp…

Fri, 27 Aug 2010

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Erik Morales ? Still Leaving It All In The Ring

I insisted this day would never come, but at 42, I?ve become THAT guy. You know the one, a little gray on the temples who looks around, sigh…

Fri, 20 Aug 2010

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Diaz: ?Shoulda Been? Superstar Reaches The Crossroads

20 years from now, we probably won?t even be thinking about Juan Diaz the boxer. We?ll be referring to him as Senator Diaz, Governor Diaz, o…

Sat, 31 Jul 2010

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Diaz: ?Shoulda Been? Superstar Reaches The Crossroads

20 years from now, we probably won?t even be thinking about Juan Diaz the boxer. We?ll be referring to him as Senator Diaz, Governor Diaz, o…

Fri, 30 Jul 2010

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Timothy Bradley: From Hunter to Hunted, and He Likes It

If the world of professional boxing ever has a czar, I?d like to nominate WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley for the position.…

Fri, 09 Jul 2010

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Barrera Not Ready to Say Goodbye, and Neither are We

Nearly 21 years ago, a teenager named Marco Antonio Barrera stepped through the ropes for the first time as a professional with a simple phi…

Fri, 25 Jun 2010

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Miguel Cotto ? A Different Kind of Faith

In the lead-up to Saturday?s junior middleweight title bout at Yankee Stadium between Yuri Foreman and Miguel Cotto, much of the attention h…

Fri, 04 Jun 2010

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Truth, Justice, and The Paulie Malignaggi Way

When you?ve died ? in a figurative sense ? and come back to life, what usually results is a jaded, world-weary knowledge; a thick skin that …

Fri, 14 May 2010

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Shane Mosley ? Doin? Work The Right Way

At Big Bear Lake, Shane Mosley isn?t ?Sugar Shane? ? boxing superstar and future Hall of Famer. He?s just Shane, and after ten years there, …

Fri, 30 Apr 2010

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Shane Mosley: "In This Division, I'm The Best"

Can you picture this? Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is walking down the street and gets called on to join in a pickup game at the loca…

Fri, 19 Feb 2010

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Team Cotto – Composing Their Symphony of Destruction

When it comes to accomplishments in pro boxing, Joe Santiago can’t hold a candle to Freddie Roach. When it’s time to grab a quot…

Fri, 30 Oct 2009

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Farewell to Boxing’s Truest Warrior

LAS VEGAS, July 11 – ‘Warrior’ is the most overused term in boxing today. Arturo Gatti was a warrior. For 16 years, there …

Sun, 12 Jul 2009

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JuanMa Lopez and the Comparison Game

When you?re a Puerto Rican prizefighter, your career is almost immediately intertwined with every other fighter who has hailed from the Cari…

Wed, 24 Jun 2009

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Dinamita! Marquez KOs Diaz in Nine after Unforgettable War

Call it another one for the ?old? guys, as 35-year old Juan Manuel Marquez joined his Golden Boy Promotions stablemates Shane Mosley and Ber…

Mon, 02 Mar 2009

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Yes He Can! Pacquiao Stuns and Stops De La Hoya In Eight

Size didn?t matter at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Saturday night, but speed certainly did, as pound for pound king Manny Pacquia…

Sun, 07 Dec 2008

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Well-Rested or Battle-Tested? The Riddle of Oscar-Pacquiao

Let?s get this out of the way at the start ? Oscar De La Hoya is in the best shape of his life, he?s got the fire back, and he?s coming out …

Wed, 03 Dec 2008

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Superman?s Last Flight? Hardly

On October 2, 2004, the scene in the bowels of Madison Square Garden was almost funeral-like. Just a week removed from his frightening knock…

Wed, 05 Nov 2008

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Pound for Pound? One Man?s View

Nothing gets the blood flowing and the barbs flying like a good ol? debate about the best fighters in the world, pound for pound. And given …

Tue, 21 Oct 2008

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Hall of Fame? Casamayor Can Answer That Question Saturday

Long left out of the conversation when it comes to the best fighters of this era, linear lightweight champion Joel Casamayor was all but wri…

Wed, 10 Sep 2008