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Return Of The Rebel
“I love boxing. I love hitting people. I love hurting people.” So says Mike ‘ The Rebel ‘ Perez in a recent promotional video for his World Boxing ...
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Saunders vs Monroe: The Other Middleweight Title Fight
Two long years have elapsed since Billy Joe Saunders last had a fight of substance. That was when he took a close decision over Andy Lee to win ...
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At Long Last
Since Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao trolled the sporting world to the tune of six hundred million dollars two years ago, boxing fans have craved a superfight. A ...
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The Trials Of Chocolatito
Last March the boxing world was in collective shock when the mighty Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, boxing’s consensus #1 pound-for-pound fighter, was left bloodied and narrowly defeated at the ...
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Miguel Cotto: An Appreciation
I haven’t always been an enthusiastic supporter of the proud Puerto Rican champion they call “Junito,” but if tonight proves to be his final fight — a distinct ...
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Waiting For The End
Something that will always stick in my mind: a high school classmate of mine, someone I hadn’t spoken to in years, contacted me on Facebook a few years ...
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Mayweather vs McGregor: Back To Reality
According to retired MMA journeyman Brendan Schaub, there exists “no chance” of Floyd Mayweather knocking out Conor McGregor. This reasoning requires the kind of suspension of common sense ...
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Crawford Defeats Indongo: Case Closed
As it was with the infamous knockout streak which defined Gennady Golovkin’s prime, the failure to revel in the present with Terence Crawford is tempting. Last night, Crawford ...
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Wilder vs Miller: The Time Is Now!
Try as I might, I just can’t keep a straight face when I read “world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.” Believe me, it’s been tough to give him the ...
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Naoya Inoue: The Monster Invades America
The light shines an iridescent blue inside the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Dressed in blood red trunks and black gloves, a youthful looking challenger enters the ring. ...
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Adrien Broner: About Business And Little Else
I don’t know Adrien Broner personally but I’ve seen and heard enough to know that I don’t particularly like him. But chances are, despite any ill feelings that ...
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No One Should Cry For El Chacal
Guillermo Rigondeaux is a fighter either too good for his own good, or one whose ego is too big for his own benefit. There is a fascinating divide ...
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The Big Mouth Factor
I’m not going to bullshit you. I’m going to tell it like it is. I don’t hold back. I don’t pull my punches. Here’s what I think. This ...
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Welcome To The Circus
There is no reason for Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor to be fighting each other. No reason at all. The mere idea of matching the semi-retired Mayweather and ...
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The Appealing Ruthlessness Of Andre Ward
The central premise of this article — that Andre ‘S.O.G’ Ward is a smarter, more obdurate fighter than Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev, meaner, dirtier, surpassingly vicious, constituted by sturdier ...
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Broner vs Garcia: Reckoning Or Resurgence?
Upon hearing the news that Adrien Broner and Mikey Garcia are set to clash on July 29, the realization dawned on me: the reckoning of “The Problem” is at ...
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Ward vs Stevenson: The Time Is Now
Over the weekend, Andre Ward put an emphatic stamp of victory on his rivalry with Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev, stopping the Russian puncher in round eight and handing him ...
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Next Step to Stardom: Spence vs Khan
Errol Spence Jr. is now a world champion, becoming one under circumstances not common to this generation of fighters. He took on the most talented welterweight in the ...
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The Curious Case Of King Artur
There’s that old tale about Androcles, the slave who fled his master and then pulled the stinging thorn from the lion’s paw. Both were later captured and the ...
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Canelo vs Golovkin: Four Steps To Make It The Event Of The Year
Louis C. K. has a good bit about how words are neither good nor bad, but just happen to become good or bad depending on how people use them. ...
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Ward Skips HBO’s Face Off: Prima Donna Or Gamesmanship?
It’s fair to say that Andre Ward is not every fight fan’s cup of tea. In fact, it would be more accurate to say the reaction his name ...
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Klitschko vs Joshua: A Fascinating Duel
Abnormally tall, muscular and dangerous, it can be argued that Anthony Joshua is the upgraded version of the man he must face on Saturday night, Wladimir Klitschko. But ...
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Porter Defeats Berto: Time For Thurman vs Porter II
Multiple cuts and myriad head clashes couldn’t discourage Shawn Porter’s relentless onslaught against Andre Berto, resulting in a ninth-round stoppage win for “Showtime” that should lead to an anticipated ...
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The Khan Conundrum
At the Athens Olympics in 2004, the British boxing team consisted of a single pugilist: Amir Khan. The Bolton-born lad was alight with a Northern-English charm. He nonchalantly ...
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Canelo vs Chavez: Junior Grows Up
Okay, I admit it: I’ve always had something of a soft spot for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Yes, I know, he’s acted like a punk sometimes, but to ...
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Underdogs, The Real Deal, And Me
“I shook up the world!” Famous words uttered by “The Greatest” that not only came to define Muhammad Ali himself, but also the victory of the underdog. Back ...
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Powerless Before A Myth
Judging by the reaction to his win over Daniel Jacobs this past Saturday night, one might think Gennady Golovkin had failed in his obligation to boxing fans. Rather ...
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The Greatness Of Gonzalez
Allegedly, 60% of Roman Gonzalez is plain water, just like the rest of us. It begs the question: does that leave enough room in his compact 5’3″ frame ...
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Crossroads for Yamanaka
By notching defense number 12 of his WBC bantamweight title earlier this month against little known Mexican Carlos Carlson, Shinsuke Yamanaka took another step towards equalling countryman Yoko Gushiken’s ...
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Mere Anarchy: The Sad Plight Of The Jackal
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The ...
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