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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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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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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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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…
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DIGGING DEEP: Esteemed Bert Sugar Dead, Unesteemed Margarito Undead
By Ivan G. Goldman Bert Sugar was a great promoter of world-famous Bert Sugar, yet unlike so many cleverly marketed commodities that lack substance (sugary beers, crippling athletic shoes,…
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Oh God, Manny Pacquiao May Fight Marquez Again
by Charles Jay Manny Pacquiao may have had another dream last night. In this one, the multiple-division champion and #1 fighter in the world (or #1A, as it were) has…
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Yuriorkis Gamboa Could Be The One Suffering “Untold Damage”
Gamboa Could Be The One Suffering "Untold Damage" by Charles Jay The next time you hear a sob story about how a fighter wound up down and out because he…
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Jackie Kallen on Boxing: Kelly Pavlik on Comeback Trail
By Jackie Kallen Everyone pulls for the underdog and loves a successful comeback. So, for that reason alone, I am hoping that Kelly Pavlik has an easy night on March…
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Spin of “Saint Manny ” Pacquiao Carries a Wallop
by Charles Jay Yes, it's working already. Arturo Bastes, a bishop in Sorsogon, may be the first to utter it. "Many saints were called crazy," said the bishop, in an…
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Can Miguel Cotto execute his plan against Mayweather?
By Kirk Jackson Three division champion Miguel Cotto 37-2 (30 KO’s) recently revealed a little bit his game plan against his next opponent, undefeated five division champion Floyd Mayweather 42-0…
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Power Shots: James “Lights Out” Toney and Tyson Fury Keep Talking
By Johnny Walker [This is the first of what will be a regular feature of news tidbits and opinion focusing on the most abused – often unjustly, in this writer’s…