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  Golovkin vs Canelo: The Last Word

  With boxing still profoundly affected by the ongoing pandemic, we will continue to periodically revisit some of our past feature articles. Today we look back to the still ...

  On February 26, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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  Beterbiev vs Gvozdyk: Light Heavyweight Lift Off

  Recent weeks have seen boxing fans spoiled by a deluge of terrific contests between big-name fighters. From the back-and-forth battle between Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter, to ...

  On October 14, 2019 / By Rob Lownie
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  Fight Report: Golovkin vs Derevyanchenko

  After Canelo Alvarez dethroned Gennady Golovkin last year in a career defining win, a trilogy was not on the Mexican’s mind. It might have been on everyone else’s ...

  On October 6, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Fight Report: Golovkin vs Alvarez II

  The Event: One year ago, the world awaited Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s 19th defense of his middleweight title against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. The fight had it all: two pound-for-pound ...

  On September 16, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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  Canelo vs Golovkin II: The Tactical Overview

  It seemed to take forever for Gennady Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to finally get in the ring and try to settle the question of who was the ...

  On August 24, 2018 / By Lee Wylie
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  The Weekend That Was

  Khan vs Lo Greco Amir Khan finally returned to the ring yesterday–following a high-profile KO loss to Canelo Alvarez, a bone-graft surgery on his right hand, and appearances ...

  On April 22, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Cancelled Fights Are Not Tragic

  Late in March, as it became clear that Canelo Alvarez’s positive test for clenbuterol was going to derail his highly anticipated rematch with Gennady Golovkin, boxing fans on ...

  On April 8, 2018 / By James Kinneen
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  Cinco De Mamadas

  “I have not let you down. I respect the sport and I will always be a clean fighter.”    By uttering these words—with a straight, if contrite, face—Saul ...

  On April 5, 2018 / By Rafael García
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  Canelo vs Golovkin II: Stuck In Limbo

  No one saw this coming. Seriously, who really expected to the Nevada State Athletic Commission to temporarily suspend Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, a man widely regarded as the favored ...

  On March 28, 2018 / By Sean Crose
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  Let’s Stop Pretending

  Sports is about passion. It’s what fills the stands and sells the tickets. I’m from West Virginia, and the University Mountaineers football and basketball games can reduce people ...

  On March 22, 2018 / By Jeffrey Fuss
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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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  Canelo vs Golovkin: Lee Wylie’s Pick

  One week from today, we will see arguably the best match-up of the year, which is saying something considering how 2017 has already been a truly excellent one ...

  On September 9, 2017 / By Lee Wylie
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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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  Brook vs Spence: Boxing Moves On

  What a difference a year makes. Truly, in 2016 I was genuinely worried about the state of pro boxing. There were times last year when it just seemed ...

  On February 17, 2017 / By Sean Crose
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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