Browsing Tag Carl Frampton
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Herring vs Frampton: In The Eyes Of The Jackal
In her 1986 treatise, On Boxing, renowned author Joyce Carol Oates writes that “the boxer meets an opponent who is a dream-distortion of himself in the sense that ...
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The Sting Of The Scorpion
Regardless of anyone’s opinions of the state of boxing in the 21st century, there’s no denying that with some seventeen different weight divisions, four major sanctioning bodies, and ...
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February Fights
After a busy few months at the end of 2020 during which many top fighters answered the bell, 2021 has been off to a slow start. Thankfully February ...
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Dark Trade
My earliest memory of boxing is a poster for Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks from back in 1988, the big heavyweight superfight that lasted exactly 91 seconds. The poster ...
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Davis vs Santa Cruz: The Tall Order
I really like Leo Santa Cruz, not just as a boxer, a four-division champion at that, but as a man. Nicknamed “El Terremoto,” Santa Cruz is a very ...
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The Weekend That Was Podcast
Let us get you up to date on all the weekend boxing results as Alden Chodash and Jeffrey Fuss recap the major action happening in front of rows ...
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Sonny Conto: “I’m For Real!”
Sonny Conto is three fights and just four rounds into his professional career, yet he’s already a Philadelphia phenomenon. Indeed, Conto has received more than his share of ...
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Frampton vs Warrington: A Clash Of Armies
That a pair of potential Fights of the Year candidates — Frampton vs Warrington and Chisora vs Whyte — are taking place on the same night, on separate ...
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The Weekend That Was
From Belfast to Atlantic City, the boxing world got a sample of talent from all levels of the scale. The most noteworthy event, while not the most crowd-pleasing ...
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The Weekend That Was
Terence Crawford demonstrated again what a superb talent he is as, with power, strength and skill, he methodically broke down and dispatched Jeff Horn in the ninth round ...
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New Breeds: Boxing’s Weirdest Fans
Some call them “fanagers.” Others just call them annoying. I’ve always referred to them as boxing’s “new breed of fan.” No matter, it all means the same thing. ...
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2017: The Nominees
One thing we know for certain: 2017 was, in many ways, a very good year for professional boxing. Compared to recent years when significant matches were few and ...
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Boxing Gods, We Want Some More!
As diehard fight fans, every so often we take a long and thoughtful look at the assemblage of talent in the boxing world, all the top contenders and ...
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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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Frampton vs Santa Cruz II: The Picks
There was a time when immediate rematches between championship fighters were commonplace, but in recent years they’ve become a rather rare occurrence. So it’s refreshing to see Carl ...
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Frampton vs Santa Cruz: Act Two
Okay, now that it’s clear the chances of Carl Frampton or Leo Santa Cruz ever facing one Guillermo Rigondeaux are getting slimmer and slimmer (if they haven’t evaporated ...
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2016 Fight Of The Year
2016 Fight Of The Year Nominations: Carl Frampton W12 Leo Santa Cruz: Healthy contingents of both Irish and Mexican fight fans created a raucous atmosphere as Frampton and ...
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2016 Fighter Of The Year
Fighter of the Year Nominations: Carl Frampton Terence Crawford Manny Pacquiao Roman Gonzalez Joe Smith Jr. Vasyl Lomachenko Winner: Joe Smith Jr. Plain and simple, no single fighter ...
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2016 Performance Of The Year
Performance of the Year Nominations: Carl Frampton W12 Leo Santa Cruz Errol Spence TKO5 Chris Algieri Vasyl Lomachenko RTD7 Nicholas Walters Jermall Charlo TKO5 Julian Williams Oleksandr Usyk ...
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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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Fight Report: Frampton vs Santa Cruz
Northern Ireland took over the Barclays Center on Saturday night to lift their countryman Carl ”The Jackal” Frampton to an upset win over Leo ”El Terremoto” Santa Cruz. ...
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Frampton vs Santa Cruz: The Fight City Picks
No doubt, all of us fight freaks were hoping to see one or both of these guys take on the other “Jackal,” Guillermo Rigondeaux, but we got the next ...
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The Jackal Is A Live Dog
Following two less-than-scintillating performances in his most recent bouts, Carl Frampton goes into his featherweight title fight against defending champion Leo Santa Cruz on Saturday night as a ...
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Top Men: Connor’s Take
This week Patrick Connor flies solo on Top Men Boxing Radio with plenty to reflect upon and discuss. Last weekend’s HBO double-header merits some attention. Gennady Golovkin, who humbled ...
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Frampton vs Quigg: Not As Advertised
The crowd was electric. Absolutely, positively electric. Here was the excitement so badly missing from fights in Las Vegas. For thousands upon thousands of people were packed into ...
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Lee Wylie On Frampton vs Quigg
While the match is not nearly as momentous on this side of the Atlantic, the fact remains that for serious boxing fans, Carl Frampton vs Scott Quigg is ...
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Time To Make A Statement
On paper, it had looked like a better-than-average Showtime boxing card, with an intriguing heavyweight match-up along with a rematch of one of last year’s best fights, plus ...
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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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Violent Splendor: Santa Cruz vs Mares
With Mexican Independence Day just weeks away, two fights served as timely fistic reminders of the violent splendor Mexico regularly contributes to boxing. The man who dared to ...
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Residual Effects: Mares-Santa Cruz Preview
What a difference three years can make. Leo Santa Cruz was calling for a battle against Abner Mares back in November of 2012, immediately after having made the ...
