Browsing Tag Erislandy Lara

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  Barriers To Entry: Why Superfights Are So Difficult To Make

  To say that boxing is not as popular as it once was is to utter an obvious truth to those that know and understand the history. I’m referring ...

  On July 10, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Canelo vs Jacobs: Praying For A Miracle

  There are journalists and there are fans. I periodically write about boxing, but I don’t claim to be a serious reporter and I hope I never do. You ...

  On May 3, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Canelo vs GGG II: The Last Word

  It took our own Mr. Portis a few days to collect his thoughts on last Saturday’s huge fight, and while at first he handed in roughly ten thousand ...

  On September 21, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 152

  Hey, fight freaks! Time again for Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! Congrats this week to Tony Luis, Oleksandr Teslenko and Mohamed Soumaoro! Special shout out to ACB in ...

  On October 17, 2017 / By Manny Montreal
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  Time To Make A Statement

  There is something about Erislandy Lara that causes one to think, even after all this time, that he is still on the cusp of a career-defining moment. With ...

  On October 12, 2017 / By Sheila Oviedo
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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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  The Weekend That Was

  Time for a run-down of the weekend’s major boxing results with a little help from our friends at FightFan.com. On Friday night, Erislandy Lara (24-2-2) reminded everyone he’s ...

  On January 15, 2017 / By Fight Fan.com
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  Can ‘Beefy’ Shock The World?

  Demetrius Andrade. Erislandy Lara. The Charlo brothers. Julian Williams. Saul Canelo Alvarez could have chosen to fight any of these men after giving up the WBC middleweight title ...

  On August 3, 2016 / By Sean Crose
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  Manny’s Thoughts No. 77

  Time for Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! This week on location at the Grant Brothers Gym! Fantastic Eye Of The Tiger Friday the 13th card at The Metropolis! ...

  On May 17, 2016 / By Manny Montreal
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 53

  Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! Boxing, MMA, thoughts and news from Manny Montreal! This week: Big fight in Sorel! Shakeel Phinn vs Guillaume Coudé! Congrats to Shakeel! Thoughts ...

  On November 23, 2015 / By Manny Montreal
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  Manny’s Thoughts! (No. 28)

  Manny Montreal on Boxing, MMA, Combat Sports and Montreal! LAMMQ4! Matthew Rusniak! Grant Brothers Boxing Gym! Jayson Velez! Tony Luis! PBC! Jose Pedraza! HBO! Nicholas Walters! ...

  On June 8, 2015 / By Manny Montreal
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  Mark Your Calendar

  If the month of May was a woman then the first date didn’t go so well. Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao had many of us giddy with excitement ...

  On June 1, 2015 / By Shaun Brown
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  Creating Boxing’s Next Cash Cow

  Mayweather vs Pacquiao signaled a change of order in boxing as the sport will need new stars to supplant these two as its biggest attractions. Who will step ...

  On May 23, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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  The Middleweight Mess

  On the eve of one of the best matches the middleweight division can offer, and yet, despite this, a fight many are not expecting to be particularly competitive, ...

  On February 20, 2015 / By Michael Carbert
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  Creative Punching With Canelo

  Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s reputation took a serious hit after his less-than-impressive effort against Floyd Mayweather in 2013. But the fact remains the young Mexican champion is among boxing’s ...

  On September 15, 2014 / By Lee Wylie
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  The Man Who Would Be King

  By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. – Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I If Bono is right when he sings that “ambition bites the ...

  On April 17, 2014 / By Rafael García