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The End Of An Aura
It’s surprising how far and how fast a fighter’s star can fall when a once-fearsome aura is finally burst. It’s just a few short years ago that Sergey ...
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Pacquiao vs Broner: Prelude To MayPac II?
It’s the big showdown in Vegas tonight, Pac vs Broner, but don’t be fooled fight fans. What it’s really all about is Floyd “Money” Mayweather. That’s right, people; ...
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Back To Vegas
This Saturday night, ring legend Manny Pacquiao will hear the opening bell as a pro for the 70th time in his career. He will do so at a ...
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Manny Pacquiao: The True Believer
Manny Pacquiao dances with boxing like a jilted lover. The twists and turns retain their technical grace, but lack the fluidity and passion as when the love was ...
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Adrien Broner: Behind The Smile
“The Problem” actually poses very few these days. But in the last five years, Adrien Broner has been the one looking for a solution. A solution to himself. ...
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The Myth of the Charlo Brothers
This past Saturday the Charlo brothers boasted massive reputations, certainly among the highest and most respected in the sport today. Both unbeaten champions, born one minute apart from one ...
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Fury Only Played The Fool
(Before I get to the matter at hand, something infinitely more important need be said: A shout-out to the wife and family of Adonis Stevenson. As in no ...
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Five Myths About Judging
In the aftermath of the controversial draw verdict for Saturday’s huge heavyweight showdown, attention has once again turned to the ancient question of how boxing matches are scored ...
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Adonis Stevenson: How Did It Happen?
The long and controversial reign of WBC and lineal light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson ended in brutal fashion Saturday, after an onslaught of punches from decorated Ukrainian contender ...
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Five Reasons Why “The Gypsy King” Will Win
Almost three years to the day since he defeated Wladimir Klitschko for the WBA, WBO, IBF and lineal heavyweight titles, Tyson Fury steps through the ropes tonight to ...
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Bivol vs Pascal: Familiar Territory
If there were more fighters like Jean Pascal — ballsy to the point of irrationality, legitimately skilled, and with enough swagger to make you gush and cringe in ...
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What Now, Mr. Groves?
One of the more negative aspects of boxing in the modern age is the way in which defeated fighters are cast aside, while those who have assiduously protected ...
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Floyd vs Tenshin: Enough With The Novelty Fights
Here’s the thing: No one really knows why Floyd Mayweather abruptly made it clear that he would not be facing kickboxing and MMA phenom Tenshin Nasukawa in Japan ...
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More Than Just One Punch
It was on this day in 1994 that the “impossible dream” was fulfilled. At age 45, former heavyweight champion George Foreman became the oldest man to win the ...
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When Trash Talk Backfires
Many times my dad repeated this old saw in my presence: “A wise man keeps his ears open and his mouth shut.” Not that I ever listened or ...
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Joshua vs Povetkin: Worth The Risk?
This Saturday, boxing fans get yet another heavyweight title fight that is not the battle that everyone wants to see. Instead of taking on Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua, ...
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Roy & Floyd: Contrasting Legacies
When James J. Jeffries, heavyweight champion of the world, retired undefeated in 1905, few were in any doubt that they had just seen the greatest heavyweight fighter of ...
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Tactical Limitations?
When our favorite boxers win, we credit their courage, ring-smarts or resilience in the face of adversity, but when they lose we often look for some outside entity ...
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How Many Title Defenses Does GGG Have? It’s Complicated
In the wake of Gennady Golovkin’s return to knockout form last May, there was much fanfare regarding his purported achievement of matching Bernard Hopkins’ record of 20 consecutive ...
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#CaneloGGG2: This Time, It’s Personal!
It’s almost time, finally, for #CaneloGGG2, and so much has happened since the first encounter that it’s hard to believe it took place only a year ago. That ...
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Fury vs Wilder: Money Changes Everything
Some like to say that money would never change them, that if they won the lottery or became a huge overnight success, they would still be the same, ...
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Too Many Belts, Not Enough Champions
Believe it or not, there are a total of 102 recognized ‘world’ championships in existence in professional boxing today. Discounting the 34 champions which may be of an ...
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Fury vs Pianeta: Can The Gypsy King Come All The Way Back?
I just watched the video of the Tyson Fury vs Francesco Pianeta heavyweight fight presser that was held on the 14th in Belfast, Ireland. Belfast’s Windsor Park is ...
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The Wake Of The Storm
When Eleider Alvarez landed a thunderous right hand flush on Sergey Kovalev’s temple in round seven of their engrossing and hard-fought battle this past Saturday night, it was ...
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Dmitry Bivol Is Ready For His Close-Up
Being a boxing fan is a tough gig. Don’t let anyone tell you different. And yes, we know, 2018 has been an impressive year in many respects, but, ...
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Paalam, Freddie
Are legendary trainer Freddie Roach and his Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood on the skids? Star losses, most notably Manny Pacquiao, and other defections of boxers Roach ...
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The PacMan’s Last Hurrah?
Yes, it’s hard to believe, but it’s July of 2018 and, for better or for worse, it’s another Manny Pacquiao “Fight Week.” Pacquiao vs Matthysse. It’s going down, ...
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An Open Letter To Keith Thurman
Hi Keith. Ralph Semien here, long time fight fan and a sincere admirer of your skills and accomplishments, both in and out of the ring. In particular, Keith, ...
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Saucedo vs Zappavigna: Fight Of The Year?
First things first: even as it goes through a current resurgence in popularity, boxing still doesn’t often find itself atop Twitter’s trending list very often. But that’s where ...
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Ralph’s Take
Leo Santa Cruz (34-1-1), Jermell Charlo (30-0) and Terence Crawford (32-0), are all favored to win their fights this Saturday night, but this is boxing, so, as fight ...
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