Browsing Tag Canelo Alvarez

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  Manny Montreal On Canelo vs Golovkin

  Golovkin vs Canelo. The hangover. What a beautiful fight! But the judges and politics and corruption had to screw up everything! Golovkin won that fight! Here’s Manny’s thoughts ...

  On September 18, 2017 / By Manny Montreal
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  Canelo vs Golovkin Stalemate: Lee Wylie’s Take

  Because of Canelo Alvarez’s defensive craft and ring smarts, Golovkin never came close to scoring a knockout, but because of “GGG’s” pace, pressure, and insane durability (is there ...

  On September 17, 2017 / By Lee Wylie
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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 ...

  On September 15, 2017 / By Gary Elbert
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  Battle For The Soul Of Mexican Boxing

  If you place a large map of Mexico on your wall and then try to put your finger exactly on its center, your index will land very close ...

  On September 14, 2017 / By Rafael García
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  Canelo vs Golovkin: The Fight City Picks

  It’s a match we’ve been waiting for since at least November of 2015 when Saul Alvarez defeated Miguel Cotto to win the lineal middleweight championship of the world. ...

  On September 13, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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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 ...

  On September 12, 2017 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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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 ...

  On August 24, 2017 / By Gary Elbert
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 144

  Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! This week: Congrats to Terence Crawford! Undisputed champion! Manny fed-up with too much praise for Lomachenko! Congrats to Sammy Vargas ...

  On August 23, 2017 / By Manny Montreal
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  Canelo vs Golovkin: Beyond a Punch

  Hardcore fight fans have been calling for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to stop with all the “mamadas” and get into the ring with Gennady Golovkin ever since he defeated ...

  On August 17, 2017 / By Lee Wylie
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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 ...

  On July 11, 2017 / By Sean Crose
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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 ...

  On June 24, 2017 / By Danny Howard
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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. ...

  On May 18, 2017 / By Rafael García
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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 ...

  On May 11, 2017 / By Matt O'Brien
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 129

  Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! This week: Big congrats to Lucas Matthysse! People were writing him off but he stole the show! Congrats also to ...

  On May 9, 2017 / By Manny Montreal
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  Fight Report: Canelo vs Chavez Jr.

  The Event 2017’s Cinco de Mayo boxing card featured the two most recognizable names in Mexican boxing in a super middleweight bout fought at a catchweight of 164.5 ...

  On May 7, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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  Canelo vs Chavez Jr.: A Question of Value

  “Nobody knows what a dollar is, what the word means, what holds the thing up, what it stands in for. And that’s also what my work is about. Look ...

  On May 3, 2017 / By Rafael García
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 128

  Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! Major congrats are in order for Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko, who contested a classic fight in what turned out ...

  On May 2, 2017 / By Manny Montreal
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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 ...

  On April 16, 2017 / By Sherif Dhaimish
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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 ...

  On April 13, 2017 / By Sean Crose
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  Fight Report: Golovkin vs Jacobs

  Gennady Golovkin‘s 23-fight knockout streak and aura of menacing invincibility left him mired in a catch-22 with boxing fans: continue to win in dominant, punishing fashion and hear ...

  On March 19, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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  Golovkin vs Jacobs: The Fight City Picks

  Say what you like, but Gennady Golovkin vs Daniel Jacobs is a legit, elite-level matchup, a clash of two of the very best in the middleweight class. Yes, ...

  On March 16, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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  Can David Lemieux Reinvent Himself?

  It’s easy to forget that former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux is only 28 and firmly in the midst of his athletic prime. The narrative arc of Lemieux’s ...

  On March 9, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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  An Epidemic Of Gutlessness

  “That fight,” says Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the recent celebration for his 40th birthday, “makes a lot of sense.” Interesting statement. The “fight” Floyd refers to is the ...

  On February 27, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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  More Than Main Event Worthy

  On March 11 at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York, former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux and one-time title challenger Curtis Stevens will lock horns in ...

  On January 20, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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  Canelo vs Chavez: Why The Outrage?

  Just imagine for a second how big this fight would have been a few years ago. Julio Caesar Chavez Jr., son of a Mexican boxing icon, going head-to-head ...

  On January 19, 2017 / By Sean Crose
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  Will Eubank Deliver?

  When Chris Eubank Jr. announced that he would face Renold Quinlan for the meretricious IBO super-middleweight title on February 4, he inadvertently provoked a tidal flow of derision. ...

  On January 17, 2017 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Hit The Road, Andre

  In November boxing got a rare treat: a showdown between two of the very best fighters in the sport, pound-for-pound. And while Kovalev vs Ward didn’t exactly remind ...

  On January 10, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 106

  Time again for Manny’s Thoughts! This week: from the aftermath of the Kovalev vs Ward hangover, to high hopes being dashed with a disheartening showing from “Axe Man” ...

  On November 29, 2016 / By Manny Montreal
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 99

  Manny’s back with this week’s Manny’s Thoughts! Check it out: Thanks to my sponsor, Coin Du Metro. Twitter: MannyMtl Facebook: Manny Montreal No copyright infringement intended. All content ...

  On October 11, 2016 / By Manny Montreal
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  His Own Worst Enemy

  I think it’s safe to say that Tyson Fury was not taking his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko as seriously as he should have. As we now all know, ...

  On October 2, 2016 / By Sean Crose