Browsing Tag Bernard Hopkins
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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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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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Ali vs Shavers: The Greatest’s Finest Hour
No matter how dismal the fight scene may be at a given time, fans can always cherish and take comfort from the sport’s glorious history. As a measure ...
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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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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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Ringside At Ocean Resorts
The arena at Ocean Resorts Casino is brand new, and I noticed its pristine aesthetic the moment I walked in: red and blue lighting, which matched the Top ...
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Fight Report: Alvarez Upsets Kovalev
The Event: Going into Saturday’s pivotal light-heavyweight affair, many questions loomed regarding Sergey Kovalev’s viability as an elite light-heavyweight following back-to-back losses to Andre Ward in 2016 and ...
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Plaster of Torrance (Part Two)
Plaster of Torrance: Unwrapping the Meaning of Antonio Margarito, Part Two. Excerpted from The Bittersweet Science. There are times when boxing matches resemble more a bullfight than they ...
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Kovalev vs Alvarez: The Fight City Picks
It’s been noted more than a few times on this site in the last couple years, but it’s a fact that bears repeating: you have to go a ...
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Let’s Stop Pretending
Sports is about passion. It’s what fills the stands and sells the tickets. I’m from West Virginia, and the University Mountaineers football and basketball games can reduce people ...
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The Executioner’s Greatest Victories
To state the obvious, fight fans have always been attracted to thunderous power punchers. The sheer violence of a sudden, dramatic knockout is a major part of boxing’s ...
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Kovalev Comeback, Part II
Not that there’s any lack of evidence to help people understand why boxing will most likely never regain the kind of mainstream acceptance that it enjoyed in decades ...
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Winning Isn’t Everything: Cotto Exits With Class
On Saturday night in Madison Square Garden, Miguel Cotto proved the truth of the old cliché, winning isn’t everything. After being soundly beaten by the younger, faster Sadam ...
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Pierre Bernier: A Passion For Boxing
When we hear the term “ring announcer,” HBO’s Michael Buffer and his iconic catch phrase “Let’s get ready to rumble!” is probably the first thing that comes to ...
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Fight Report: Kovalev vs Shabranskyy
The Event Not that long ago, Sergey Kovalev was widely regarded as, pound-for-pound, one of the best boxers in the world. Dominant wins over Nathan Cleverly, Jean Pascal ...
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Undisputed Chaos
The other week saw one of the most compelling match-ups boxing has to offer finally happen: “Supremacy” — Gennady Golovkin vs Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. The significance of this ...
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Top 12 All-Time Biggest Middleweight Fights
A couple years ago, when everyone was getting set for the long-awaited confrontation between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, we put together a list of the “biggest” welterweight ...
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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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Top 12 All-Time Most Cerebral Boxers
It takes more than strength, punching power and great conditioning to become a champion prizefighter. Mastery of footwork, angles, feinting, defense and the ability to adapt to an ...
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The Weekend That Was: Big Wins For Berchelt, Brown & Barrera
Whatever your perspective on the pathetic Mayweather vs McGregor circus, no one can argue that this past week was one for boxing to be proud of. An undefeated ...
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The Bittersweet Science
“The more you know about boxing, the more you discover that you never truly know what’s going on,” write editors Carlo Rotella and Michael Ezra in their introduction ...
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Yvon Michel: “Adonis Has Never Ducked Anyone!”
Adonis Stevenson vs Andrzej Fonfara II. Eleider Alvarez vs Jean Pascal. Two major showdowns with serious implications, both happening on the same card this Saturday night. A world ...
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Top 12 All-Time “Dirtiest” Champions
A comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ringcraft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers who ringed the walls of Troy, or a ...
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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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2016 Knockout Of The Year
Knockout of the Year Nominations: Julius Indongo KO1 Eduard Troyanovsky Thomas Williams Jr. KO2 Edwin Rodriguez Jason Sosa TKO11 Javier Fortuna Adonis Stevenson KO4 Thomas Williams Jr. Joe ...
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2016: The Nominees
Another year is in the books and it’s time to weigh-in on the major accomplishments in boxing for 2016. In many respects this was not a great year ...
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The Last Stand Of Jean Pascal
The brutal image of Jean Pascal‘s indented face after his second stoppage defeat to Sergey Kovalev, which horrifically resembled a Picasso portrait, is one Montreal boxing fans will not ...
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Manny’s Thoughts! No. 109
Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! Boxing, MMA, thoughts and news from Manny Montreal! This week LIVE from Donnybrook Boxing Gym! Home of Shakeel Phinn! First up, congrats to ...
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The Weekend That Was
Some significant outcomes in the sport of pugilism over the last 48 hours. Here are the highlights, with a lowlight or two as well. First up, Hopkins vs ...
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Hopkins vs Smith: Video Picks
Tonight is, supposedly, the absolutely final chapter in the long saga which is the professional boxing career of Bernard Hopkins. Those who have followed that career with some ...
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