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Sergio Martinez, Julio Cesar Chavez – One Bad-Ass Match-Up
By Ivan G. Goldman Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez match up like a tiger and a grizzly. Anything can happen and maybe it will when they face off September…
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Did Cameroonian Boxers “Tank” to Make a Quick Getaway?
by Charles Jay Five Cameroon boxers who competed in the Olympics have defected to the United Kingdom, where they say they want to continue their boxing careers All of the…
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Best Boxer in the Olympics? Here’s My Choice
by Charles Jay Serik Sapiyev was the choice as the best boxer on the men's side in the Olympics, which got him the coveted and prestigious Val Barker Trophy. It…
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Klitschko Brothers, 102-5 (91KOs), Set for September Defense
By Ivan Goldman The Klitschko brothers, now age 41 and 36, keep fighting and winning, but Americans pretty much stopped paying attention. It’s an odd situation. True, they’re not Americans,…
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Jackie Kallen: Michael Dokes Passes Away, Another Boxing Loss
By Jackie Kallen It has been a bad year so far for boxing deaths. LeRoy Neiman, Bert Sugar, Bill Miller, and now former heavyweight champ Michael Dokes. "Dynamite" Dokes lost…
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Jackie Kallen: What is happening to amateur boxing in the US?
By Jackie Kallen It was exciting to see women's boxing for the first time in the Olympics. And it was a proud moment for American athletes when Clarissa Shields got…
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Manny Pacquiao Camp Narrows Choices; Floyd Mayweather on Down-Low
By Ivan G. Goldman It’s the marketplace that dictates match-ups, and right now, notes boxing impresario Bob Arum, the market is pushing Manny Pacquiao toward a rematch with Miguel Cotto…
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Who’s Next for Manny Pacquiao & Floyd Mayweather?
By Ivan G. Goldman We need to start looking at Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao as welterweight Klitschkos. That is, let’s assume they won’t fight each other and go on…
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Robert Guerrero vs Adrien Broner Would Be Great Boxing Theater
By: Sergio L. Martinez Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero moved up two weight classes and took on the Turkish powerhouse Selcuk “Mini Tyson” Aydin on Showtime recently in an effort to…
Is Tomasz Adamek Pushing His Luck At Heavyweight?
by Johnny Walker Top heavyweight contender Tomasz "Goral" Adamek, though an all-action fighter in the ring, is not known for his thrilling press conferences, so the news that his latest…
Boxing vs. MMA: Action vs. Reaction
By Barry Lindenman One can easily make the argument that MMA & boxing are either very similar or very different. Without going into the individual characteristics that one can argue…
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Philip H. Anselmo: The Seth Mitchell Interview
INTERVIEW WITH SETH MITCHELL- BY PHILIP H. ANSELMO Philip Anselmo-“Hello Seth! So tell me big guy, you come from a football background eh?” Seth Mitchell- “Yes sir.” PA- “What position…
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Will Floyd Mayweather, Free on Friday, Look up Manny Pacquiao?
By Ivan G. Goldman Floyd Mayweather gets out of the can Friday. Assuming he doesn’t march over to his ex-girlfriend’s house and slap her around again, we can once again…
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Jackie Kallen: White Collar Boxing
By Jackie Kallen What could be more entertaining than seeing two attorneys duke it out? Or how about a surgeon fighting a dentist or a corporate CEO facing off against…
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May the Farce Not Be with Olympic Boxing Scoring
By Ivan G. Goldman So far the biggest news to come out of Olympic boxing, which begins this weekend in London, England, has been CNBC’s unceremonious dumping of steroids-tainted analyst…