Browsing Tag Bob Arum
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Fight Report: Crawford vs Lundy
The Event It was a capacity crowd at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York with more than five thousand on hand, mostly Puerto Rican New Yorkers ...
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Is This Really The End Of Pacquiao?
Will the career of of Manny Pacquiao really end this April? That’s what we’ve been told, that his third fight with Timothy Bradley will be his last. But ...
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Rigondeaux Returns
If boxing were an organism, talent would be the marrow strengthening its bones. Beneath the pageantry, in a place untouched by politics and careerism, a firm structure exists without which boxing ...
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Fight Report: Bradley vs Rios
The Event A showdown between two fan-friendly fighters, on paper Bradley vs Rios figured to be a lively and entertaining affair. Rios had rededicated himself to his career ...
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Lomachenko’s Muse
What is art? And how do we evaluate it? Great minds through the centuries have pondered these questions, brooding over the subjective nature of aesthetic judgment. Must art ...
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The Cuban Sphinx Sits and Waits
Sphinx-like and solitary, Guillermo Rigondeaux sits in repose on his desert throne. Despite his bleak environs he has ample supplies and is impressively ornamented. In one sense, Rigondeaux ...
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The Haymon Way
It’s easy to despise Al Haymon, I suppose. The man comes across as rather disinterested in fans and shadowy in his dealings. But sometimes you have to step ...
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Manny Montreal
Manny’s Thoughts! No.36
Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! Boxing, MMA, thoughts and news from Manny Montreal! This week: crowd fights, eye gouging, 60 second KO’s! My stance on boxing’s war against ...
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Enemies at the Gate
This week, Top Rank, the promotional outfit run by Lee Harvey Oswald-era holdover Bob Arum, launched a $100M lawsuit against Al Haymon and his various enterprises. The lawsuit, ...
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Hollow At Its Core
“Fighting Floyd Mayweather is a dose of cold reality.” — Jim Lampley Despite his synonymy with boxing, Floyd Mayweather remains a superstar with whom fans have a tepid engagement. ...
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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 ...
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Macau Mauling: Pacquiao Whips Algieri
There are two key points to make regarding the event staged in Macau, China last night. The first involves extolling the fighting virtues of Manny Pacquiao. Against a ...
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Warriors Gone To Waste
If you walked up to them and asked, no doubt two-division champion Timothy Bradley and former WBO junior welterweight titlist Ruslan Provodnikov would admit that, all things considered, ...
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Canelo Makes his Move
Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Golden Boy Promotions announced yesterday that the 24-year-old super welterweight signed a long-term deal with HBO, which is as big a development ...
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Can Pac vs Garcia Break the Ice?
According to Ring Magazine, Oscar de la Hoya and Bob Arum are scheduled to meet in the coming days to talk concretely about a major development in professional ...
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What Might Have Been
No matter how much time goes by, fight fans still hold a special place in their hearts for the elusive Mayweather vs Pacquiao confrontation that’s induced an equal ...
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Why a Floyd Mayweather Defeat Would Be Good For Boxing
The excitement building for this Saturday’s big fight, “The One,” is reflected in its title. The electricity has been sparked by the general consensus that this is the match, “the ...
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Bradley vs Marquez: Something’s rotten in Vegas
In his first match since knocking out Manny Pacquiao last December, Juan Manuel Marquez will return to the ring on October 12 against WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, ...
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Manny Pacquiao: The Latter Days
Rarely does a fighter’s career arc neatly coincide with the turning pages of the calendar, but looking back at the last four years of the great career of ...
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Fight Report: Pacquiao vs Bradley II
The Event Almost two years in the making, this rematch needed little build-up as it represented unfinished business for both boxers. The result of their first meeting in ...
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Justified Suspicions
Barely two months after one of the most shocking endings to a major fight in recent times, the Marquez vs. Pacquiao rivalry continues to stir emotions and generate ...
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Pacquiao vs Bradley: Chronicle of a Fix Foretold
After a bizarre but largely irrelevant undercard, thousands in attendance and millions watching around the world eagerly awaited the main fight. So, for about 40 minutes after the ...
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Cotto vs Margarito II: This Fight Should Not Be Happening
For two compelling reasons, it should be impossible for me to hold an objective opinion on the Cotto vs Margarito rematch this Saturday night. First, I was born ...
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Pacquiao vs Mosley: Manny Dominates To A Chorus of Boos
What a performance! What a fight! Non-stop action, both men giving it their all, hard punches and vicious exchanges, a dramatic conclusion, blood and tears: it was everything ...
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