Browsing Tag Erislandy Lara

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  The Last Word

  It was three years ago today that boxing finally got the rematch it needed: Golovkin vs Canelo II. The word ‘finally’  here is a loaded one, with various ...

  On September 15, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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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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  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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  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