Browsing All Posts By Eliott McCormick
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He Howled and Made Horrid Faces
“They howled, and leaped, and spun, and made horrid faces; but what thrilled you was just the thought of their humanity–like yours–the thought of your remote kinship with ...
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Suitable Next Step: Lemieux vs N’Dam
Last December, Montreal’s David Lemieux had his first prizefight outside of Quebec when he went Brooklyn and solved Gabriel Rosado on HBO. It was an abbreviated hero’s journey, ...
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Creating Boxing’s Next Cash Cow: Anthony Joshua
Mayweather-Pacquiao signaled a change of order in boxing as the sport will need new stars to supplant these two as its biggest draw. Who will it be, and, ...
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The Joshua Spree (No. 2)
Welcome to The Joshua Spree, in which we track the progress of heavyweight super prospect Anthony Joshua as he walks the yellow brick road to a title shot ...
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Creating Boxing’s Next Cash Cow
Mayweather vs Pacquiao signaled a change of order in boxing as the sport will need new stars to supplant these two as its biggest attractions. Who will step ...
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Fighters Need to Fight
Fighters need to fight. Television networks need to fill time slots. And this mutually reinforcing relationship is why Gennady Golovkin, boxing’s middleweight garroter, will step into the ring ...
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Creating Boxing’s Next Cash Cow: Gennady Golovkin
Mayweather-Pacquiao signaled a change of order in boxing, as the sport will need new stars to supplant Floyd and Manny as its biggest draws. Who will it be, and ...
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The Widening Gyre: Styles Don’t Always Make Fights
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre/ The falcon cannot hear the falconer.” These lines open William Butler Yeats’ The Second Coming, an incomparably beautiful poem written in ...
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Hollow At Its Core
“Fighting Floyd Mayweather is a dose of cold reality.” — Jim Lampley Despite his synonymy with boxing, Floyd Mayweather remains a superstar with whom fans have a tepid engagement. ...
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Who Did It Better? Part 2
With just days to go before May 2, Mayweather vs Pacquiao is upon us, and as part of our coverage of this megafight, Eliott and Rafa offer a rigorous ...
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Coming (Back) To America: Klitschko vs Jennings Preview
Wladimir Klitschko’s mission to re-conquer America begins Saturday at Madison Square Garden. He will fight Bryant “By-By” Jennings of Philadelphia, a fine cosmetic representative of the heavyweight division, in ...
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The Title That Binds: Lee vs Quillin
Rarely does a fighter seek to regain a title he willingly vacated, but this will be Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin’s task when he faces “Irish” Andy Lee Saturday ...
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For Legacy And Money (Mostly Money)
Montreal’s Adonis Stevenson, the Kronk-schooled southpaw whose pulverizing power is, at times, offset by his patience, faces Sakio Bika tomorrow in Quebec City. It is the second major ...
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How To Make A Pariah Preeminent
This past Saturday during the Pascal vs Kovalev event at the Bell Centre in Montreal, a strange thing happened. On the huge screen above the ring, an elegantly tailored ...
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Pascal vs Kovalev: The Picks
Jean Pascal confronts the most difficult test of his career when he faces Sergey Kovalev at the Bell Centre tonight. It’s a premier match-up in the light heavyweight division ...
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The Crocodile vs The Bull
After Jean Pascal lost the biggest fight of his career — the rematch with Bernard Hopkins at the Bell Center in 2011 — Hopkins told Max Kellerman that ...
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Bosses Sometimes Bore
Adrien Broner boxed smartly, and boringly, in last night’s co-main on Al Haymon’s nascent Premier Boxing Champions series. “The Problem” (30-1) easily outpointed John Molina (27-6), who delivered ...
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Bosses Don’t Take Losses
“Bosses talk to bosses.” This is what Adrien Broner declared during his car ride interview with TMZ’s cackling jackals in January. The fighter had been asked about the ...
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The Champion of Writers
“Foreman now nodded, gave an unexpected smile, and proceeded to make his kind remark about a champ at writing.” – Norman Mailer, meeting George Foreman for the first time. ...
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Can Fury Use Hammer to Crack Heavyweight Safe?
Tyson Fury’s march towards the title shot he’s long politicked for continues this Saturday when he fights Christian Hammer in London. If you’re not German (or even if you ...
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Mayweather-Pacquiao: It Happened
“It happened!” Jim Lampley exclaimed, so incredulously, when an elephant-shaped George Foreman knocked out Michael Moorer to win the heavyweight championship at the age of 45. And while ...
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Riviera Run-Over: Golovkin vs Murray
Monte Carlo, known for its extravagant displays of wealth, will see a different form of pageantry when Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin fights Martin Murray tomorrow. Golovkin is a fighter ...
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Five Questions For Charles Farrell
Charles Farrell is a former boxing manager who once steered Mitch “Blood” Green, Leon Spinks, and Freddie Norwood. He is also the author of “Why I Fixed Fights”, ...
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The Heavyweight Landscape Changes
One week ago, Deontay Wilder became the first American heavyweight champion since Shannon Briggs. For some reason, Briggs is still in boxing, and has spent the last while ...
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Critics Can STFU Cause Someone’s Getting KTFO: Stiverne vs Wilder
Though it’s billed as “Return to Glory”, Saturday does not signify an American heavyweight renaissance. Those of us who tasted the Tyson or Ali eras, and thus have ...
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Roc Nation Stages First Card at MSG
To much fanfare, Jay Z’s Roc Nation held its first ever boxing card last night. Staged at New York’s Madison Square Garden, it was headlined by Dusty Hernandez-Harrison‘s ...
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2014 Knockout Of The Year
Nominated: Carl Froch TKO8 George Groves Marvin Sonsona KO3 Akifumi Shimoda Andy Lee KO5 John Jackson Naoya Inoue KO2 Omar Narvaez Nicholas Walters TKO6 Nonito Donaire Winner: Andy Lee ...
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The Jackal Is Relegated to Japan
On the last day of one of boxing’s lamest years, its master craftsman, Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (14-0), steps into the ring where he’ll seek a upbeat conclusion ...
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Pepsi Center Card Fizzles
Last night at the Pepsi Center in Quebec City, Showtime put on its last fight card of significance for 2014. It wasn’t even that significant, for although several ...
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Amir Khan Is Popular On The Internet
Amir “King” Khan is in vogue this week. He easily beat Devon Alexander last Saturday in a performance which convinced some he’s the man to beat Floyd Mayweather. Is ...
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