Browsing All Posts By Patrick Connor
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Cruiserweight Doldrums
Cruiserweights are not always easy to love. They don’t quite hit like the real big men, yet their size means fights can still adopt the violent aspects of ...
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Dynamic Duo: GGG & Gonzalez Triumph
One day we may actually find out what happens when Gennady Golovkin’s chin gets tested, or when someone can manage to avoid constantly walking into his punches. Dominic ...
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Fight Reports 4
Fight Report: Garcia vs Guerrero
Danny Garcia knows this story already. So does boxing, for that matter. Fans again walk away from one of Garcia’s fights underwhelmed, while he walks away with another ...
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2015 Fight of the Year
Fight of the Year Nominations: Krzysztof Glowacki KO11 Marco Huck Lucas Matthysse MD12 Ruslan Provodnikov Sergey Kovalev TKO8 Jean Pascal Ryan Karl TKO5 Ken Alvarez James DeGale W12 ...
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2015 Knockout of the Year
Knockout of the Year Nominations: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez KO3 James Kirkland Randall Bailey KO7 Shusaku Fujinaka Gabriel Bracero KO1 Danny O’Connor Krzysztof Glowacko KO11 Marco Huck Ola Afolabi ...
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2015 Robbery of the Year
Robbery of the Year Nominations: Nicholas Walters D10 Jason Sosa Jean Pascal UD10 Yunieski Gonzalez Johnny Muller W10 Mateusz Masternak Keita Obara D12 Walter Castillo Robert Guerrero SD10 ...
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Better Than Almost: Howard Davis Jr.
The 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal almost didn’t happen. November of 1974 saw over 1,200 iron workers go on strike, demanding wage increases to meet the rising cost ...
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Brian Viloria And A Daunting Task
In the summer of 1999 Brian Viloria was 18-years-old, an experienced amateur boxer, and set to fight in the finals of the World Amateur Boxing Championships. A clear ...
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Top 12 All-Time Craziest Publicity Stunts
As noble and gentlemanly as the sport of boxing can sometimes be, one of the biggest draws in pugilism tends to be the spectacle. There’s just something about ...
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Floyd, The IV And The USADA
It seems boxing fans and media have collectively developed post-traumatic stress disorder from reading about Floyd Mayweather, IV fluids, USADA and the possible fallout of the latest revelations ...
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Fight Reports 1
Violent Splendor: Santa Cruz vs Mares
With Mexican Independence Day just weeks away, two fights served as timely fistic reminders of the violent splendor Mexico regularly contributes to boxing. The man who dared to ...
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Residual Effects: Mares-Santa Cruz Preview
What a difference three years can make. Leo Santa Cruz was calling for a battle against Abner Mares back in November of 2012, immediately after having made the ...
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Stitch Duran: UFC’s Loss Boxing’s Gain
Combat sports are unique, and not solely because when a round begins two people beat each other up intentionally. That contests conclude with actual finality, and (theoretically) determine an unambiguous winner, ...
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Frampton vs Gonzalez: True Grit
When on the floor looking up at a heaving maniac who has youth, physical stature and now momentum on his side, there are two options: concede the loss ...
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The Long Journey Back
The brutal world of pro boxing isn’t necessarily a great place for family bonds to thrive. But the history of the sport is full of father-son relationships, many ...
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Bradley vs Vargas: Prizefighter Purgatory
Whoever won between Timothy Bradley and Jessie Vargas was supposed to have walked away with a fair share of elusive respect, or at least signaled their arrival to ...
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Towards the Light: Bradley vs Vargas
“Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.” –Thomas Hardy ...
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Fight Report: Porter vs Broner
Akron, Ohio can rest easy knowing that their brood, Shawn Porter, overcame a plethora of obstacles to defeat Adrien Broner by unanimous decision on NBC. Broner, a Cincinnati ...
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Broner vs Porter: The Battle For Ohio
“I was not only the coach, I was the jailer. I sat there with a baseball bat. I was only joking, but I told them that if anyone ...
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The Axe Man Cuts Down Another Tree
For the second week in a row, an HBO main event had its shine stolen by weight issues and ‘what if’s.’ Last week it was Miguel Cotto having ...
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Guerrero, PBC Show Unimpressive
In starting quickly and taking the fight straight to Robert Guerrero, welterweight Aaron Martinez surprised NBC viewers, oddsmakers and likely Guerrero himself, fighting far more successfully than most ...
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Roc Nation Head-to-Head With PBC
Nearly halfway through 2015, boxing has already seen a number of developments that may have lasting impacts on the sport. Perhaps most importantly, boxing has returned to network ...
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Will The Cobra Rush In Where Cotto Fears To Tread?
There’s room for all different styles and techniques in boxing. Not everything has to be a blood-stained brawl, or “boxing’s Super Bowl,” or even a highly-cerebral, tactical chess ...
