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Shane Mosley and Canelo Alvarez: Good Time To Go Out for Popcorn
By Ivan G. Goldman There’s a pivotal scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid when Etta tells Sundance, “I'll do anything you ask of me, except one thing: I…
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Sergio Martinez Interview: Reflections Going Forward
By Hans Olson “A fight with Chavez would be very important and very successful,” said Sergio Martinez to Boxing Insider a week removed from his triumph over Matthew Macklin at…
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Jackie Kallen On Boxing: The Hebrew Hammer
By Jackie Kallen Being a Jewish fighter was not so unusual or special back when Benny Leonard, Barney Ross and Maxie Rosenbloom were competing. But in recent years, the only…
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Kimbo Slice’s Last Win: Real or Phony?
by Charles Jay Sometimes fans have no idea when the fix is in. When I used to do commentary on fights - admittedly affairs that were shown mostly in third-world…
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Zab Judah Needs to Fight Danny Garcia
By Kirk Jackson TKO victory over undefeated junior welterweight prospect Vernon Paris. The victory puts Judah in a position to challenge the winner of the Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson…
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How Hector Lopez Gave Sammy Fuentes a Watermelon Head and Still Lost — a Boxing Story
By Ivan G. Goldman In many cases it’s not anything inside the ropes that hurts a fighter’s career. It’s something out there, in his life. Lots of trainers will tell…
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Lightweights Lundy & Williams on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights
Lightweights “Hammerin’” Hank Lundy (21-1-1, 11 KOs) and “Dangerous” Dannie Williams (21-1, 17 KOs) will meet in the 10-round main event on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra…
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Manny Pacquiao is Now Completely Out of Hand
by Charles Jay I don't know enough about Manny Pacquiao's tax situation or his earnings to tell you whether or not he is "cheating" the Philippine government out of their…
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“Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto” Behind-The-Scenes Press Tour Video
Puerto Rico New York Los Angeles Boxing fans can now go behind the scenes of the "Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto" press tour as a three-part video series produced chronicles…
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CNN Broadcasts HBO Reality Series 24/7 Mayweather/Cotto
CNN Broadcasts HBO® Reality Series 24/Mayweather/Cotto Four-Part Boxing Special Airs at Midnight ET/PT on CNN/U.S. beginning Saturday, April 14 HBO's Emmy-Award®-winning reality series '24/7' is returning to CNN, which will…
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Bert Sugar Tribute Poem: Mr. Hat & Cigar
By Dr.M.Lee(Doc)Stanley Sr. He always had the hat, most time it was straw. And let me add another fact, in his mouth a cigar he'd gnaw. His entrance always grandeur,…
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ESPN Pays Tribute to Boxing Writer Bert Sugar on ESPN Classic
ESPN will pay special tribute to iconic boxing writer and sports historian Bert Sugar today on ESPN Classic with fifteen hours of programming beginning at 3 p.m. ET. Sugar passed…
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Philip H Anselmo: Remembering Bert Sugar
BY PHILIP H. ANSELMO Randolph “Bert” Sugar is so gracefully engrained in the minds of boxing folk and boxing fans and other would-be historians that can only aspire to be…
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Jackie Kallen on Boxing: Bye, Bert Sugar
By Jackie Kallen Bye, Bert. R.I.P. I hope the first thing you do in heaven is light up one of your big, fat, smelly cigars and put on your ever-present…
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WBC Right to Trash, Crash Vitali Klitschko- David Haye
by Charles Jay I'm sure there is some kind of additional hidden agenda on their part, but I am glad that the World Boxing Council (WBC) is going to refuse…