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#PacNelo Is Coming

“Boxing is a business” is the phrase fighters, promoters, managers, and even fight fans use to justify about 85% of the matches that we get to see on ...
On April 15, 2016 / By Rafael García
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Pacquiao Off His Pedestal

Comparing disfavorably a significant subset of the human population to animals is not a good way to win friends, especially when the one speaking had for so long ...
On March 1, 2016 / By Rafael García
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Dinamita’s Last Stand?

It’s been almost two years since Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez stepped into a boxing ring and got paid for it. The last occasion in which that happened ...
On February 13, 2016 / By Rafael García
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#CaneloKhan: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

The boxing kingpin of the post-#MayPac era, and the fighter to whom HBO and Golden Boy Promotions have entrusted their minting operations, has finally announced his first engagement ...
On February 3, 2016 / By Rafael García
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The Mercenary and The Believer

Try as hard as you can and you’ll still fail to find a professional boxer who embodies the definition of “mercenary” better than Miguel Cotto does. While by ...
On November 19, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Going All-In: Bradley vs Rios

Timothy Bradley and Brandon Rios are, by almost any measure, highly successful pugilists. They know seven-figure paydays and what it feels like to fight in glitzy venues in ...
On November 7, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Regarding Mismatches

Remember when you were a kid and you’d be all alone in your room because your parents wouldn’t let you go outside and then you’d hear all your ...
On October 22, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Don’t Buy It!

September 12 is mere hours away and the boxing world is just thrilled out of its mind in anticipation of… okay, scratch that. There’s so little buzz surrounding Mayweather ...
On September 11, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Rivalry or Obsession?

No matter how you look at it, the second half of the career of Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez has been defined by his rivalry with Filipino legend ...
On August 29, 2015 / By Rafael García
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A History of Violence – On Pacquiao vs Marquez IV

The polymath Nassim Taleb submits that a system in which volatility is suppressed is an ideal catalyst for mayhem. Such a setting will behave as a ticking bomb, ...
On August 29, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Erik Morales: First Mexican to Win 4 in 4

In celebration of #MexicanStyle week we bring you Rafael’s write up of Erik “Terrible” Morales’ historic title-winning effort of September 17, 2011, when he defeated Pablo Cesar Cano ...
On August 28, 2015 / By Rafael García
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#CottoCanelo: Twitter Shows Its Love

A fight years in the making has finally come to fruition, as it was announced today that lineal middleweight champ Miguel Cotto will fight Mexico’s wunderkind Saul “Canelo” ...
On August 13, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Twitter Ain’t Impressed

TMZ broke the news weeks ago, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the various stakeholders of his September 12 PPV match announced only today that he will, indeed, officially ...
On August 5, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Something from Nothing: the Unlikely Rise of GGG

There’s something about Gennady Golovkin that not only inspires a sense of wonder in his ever-growing following, but was actually instrumental in amassing such following in the first ...
On July 29, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Golovkin vs Lemieux is on!

After days of speculation, it is now official that WBA middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin will face IBF beltholder David Lemieux in what promises to be a thrilling and violent spectacle. The ...
On July 26, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Thurman vs Collazo: What’s The Point?

The most difficult challenge one encounters when trying to write about a PBC card is resisting the temptation to discuss all the associated politics and machinations. This Saturday’s welterweight ...
On July 10, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Cut Time

In Cut Time: An Education at the Fights, Carlo Rotella expounds deeply on a thesis boxing fans have heard before; namely, that the fight game serves as a ...
On July 5, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Canelo vs Kirkland: Estamos muy contentos!

“Estamos muy contentos!,” is an expression Canelo Alvarez keeps at hand in his bag of media-friendly phrases, saying it over and over in interviews and press conferences. It ...
On May 11, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Canelo vs Kirkland: Reasons to Watch

If you’re tired of forking out for PPVs in which the number of pre-fight hype shows and “documentaries” dwarfs the number of punches thrown in the ring, you’re in ...
On May 8, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Mayweather vs Pacquiao: We Waited Five Long Years For That?

The MGM Grand Garden Arena was filled with celebrities who paid exorbitant prices–thousands of dollars for a nosebleed seat–to witness the so-called Fight of the Century. Jay-Z and ...
On May 3, 2015 / By Rafael García
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#MayPac for Newbies

Have you been invited to a Mayweather vs Pacquiao viewing party? Are you nervous because you know squat about boxing and you’ll have to pretend otherwise in front ...
On May 2, 2015 / By Rafael García
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The True Significance of #MayPac

A fight that needs no introduction or build-up and has been in gestation for over five long years will finally hear its opening bell this Saturday night. It ...
On April 30, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Who Did It Better? Part 3

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 have performed ...
On April 28, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Mayweather vs Pacquiao: How To Fix It

You know what’s the definition of cruelty? It’s when you get screwed even when you’re getting what you want. With that in mind, The Cruelest Sport is more ...
On April 26, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Who Did It Better? Part 1

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 will perform a ...
On April 23, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Waiting on His Majesty

There are two schools of thought regarding Miguel Cotto’s recent career moves. The first one counts among its adherents most of his remaining fans, and holds that the Boricua’s ...
On April 21, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting

Chavez Jr vs Fonfara Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions takes a break this week, but that doesn’t mean fight fans will have Saturday night off. In fact, boxing aficionados ...
On April 17, 2015 / By Rafael García
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Saturday Night

The Good Rafael Garcia: The best thing about last night, in my eyes, was the fact there was a little bit of everything for fight fans. The non-title fight ...
On April 13, 2015 / By Rafael García
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You Say You Want A Revolution?

Is Al Haymon good or bad for boxing? It’s a question that vexes fight fans, one with no easy or apparent answer. The guy gobbles up fight dates ...
On April 7, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Translating Adonis

Ring TV‘s Anson Wainwright recently sat down for a Q&A with lineal light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson in anticipation of Saturday’s bout with Sakio Bika. Now it’s well ...
On April 3, 2015 / By Rafael García

The Fight City

Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.

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