Browsing Tag Juan Manuel Marquez
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The Top Twelve 3
Top 12 All-Time Greatest Opening Rounds
In boxing, as in most things in life, it’s quality, not quantity. Excitement is the name of the game and the greatest fights are the ones offering the ...
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Boxiana 2
May 20, 2006: Barrera vs Juarez I
In certain respects, Marco Antonio Barrera is not your typical Mexican fighter. When compared to such compatriots as Julio Cesar Chavez, Ruben Olivares, and longtime rival Erik Morales, ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Mexican Boxers
A while back your preferred independent combat sports website had a special week on Mexican pugilists called “Mexican Style” and part of it was a spirited debate regarding ...
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Boxiana 11
April 7, 2001: Hamed vs Barrera
“I’m here training the greatest featherweight of all time.” None other than Emanuel Steward spoke those words, three weeks before Prince Naseem Hamed faced Marco Antonio Barrera in ...
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Boxiana 3
Fight City Legends: The Barbados Demon
The issue of boxers failing to make weight is an ongoing concern, angering many fight fans and rightfully so. Whether it’s Floyd Mayweather intentionally coming in overweight against ...
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Pacquiao vs Marquez IV: A History of Violence
Earlier this month boxing marked the eight year anniversary of one of the most consequential prizefights of recent times, the fourth battle between legendary champions Juan Manuel Marquez ...
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Lee Wylie 2
The Five Ways of Attack
Today is the birthday of the martial arts wizard and pop culture icon, Bruce Lee, a genuine legend and a genius of hand-to-hand combat. So what better way ...
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The Top Twelve 2
Top 12 All-Time Greatest One Punch KOs
Few things in all of sports are as electrifying as the one punch knockout and these are the most consequential and stunning of them all. To make the ...
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The Top Twelve 2
Top 12 All-Time Greatest Rivalries
The best boxing rivalries are about more than a series of action-packed fights. Great rivalries are stories, absorbing narratives that capture the attention of legions of fans and ...
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15 Kinds Of Fight Fan Heartache
As the world of sports and live entertainment ground to a halt this year, boxing fans endured months without any ring action at all, as some excellent scheduled ...
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The Contrasting Legacies Of Roy & Floyd
When James J. Jeffries, heavyweight champion of the world, retired undefeated in 1905, few were in any doubt that they had just seen the greatest heavyweight fighter of ...
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McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent
Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. ...
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The Top Twelve 0
The Twelve Rounds Of Christmas
It’s a timeless Yuletide classic, a tune sung for centuries at this time of year, but now “The Twelve Days Of Christmas” has a special pugnacious and pugilistic ...
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Stuck in Time: Manny, Marquez and Me
“Hard right hand by Marquez and for the first time in four fights Manny Pacquiao has been knocked down!” “Are you fucking kidding me?!” So I screamed at ...
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Top 12 All-Time Worst Cheap Shots
All intentional fouls or blindside hits are cheap, but for this list we define a “cheap shot,” also known as a “sucker punch,” as a blow rendered when ...
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Boxiana 2
Oct. 11, 1992: Lopez vs Lin
Ricardo Lopez’s nickname in Spanish was ‘El Finito,’ which translates as ‘The Fine One.’ Sometimes a boxer’s nickname does not aptly reflect the nature of its bearer, but ...
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The Top Twelve 1
Top 12 All-Time Greatest Pacman Moments
At this point it’s anybody’s guess how much longer ring legend Manny Pacquiao will continue boxing, but what is known is that the Pacman scored a huge win ...
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Pacquiao vs Broner: Prelude To MayPac II?
It’s the big showdown in Vegas tonight, Pac vs Broner, but don’t be fooled fight fans. What it’s really all about is Floyd “Money” Mayweather. That’s right, people; ...
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Back To Vegas
This Saturday night, ring legend Manny Pacquiao will hear the opening bell as a pro for the 70th time in his career. He will do so at a ...
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Who Is The Greatest Mexican Boxer?
Michael Carbert: Several years ago I wrote up a Top 12 Greatest All-Time Mexican Boxers list and to my delight, it inspired some consternation. I’ve wanted to revisit ...
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Columns 2
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 ...
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Adios, Dinamita
Greatness has a soft spot for grit. In the ring, Juan Manuel Marquez had grit in spades. He showed it practically every time he stepped between the ropes. ...
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The Fight City 0
Ten Fights At La Tohu
As per usual for The Fight City, last week we had a major boxing event featuring stand-out performances from contenders and rising young talents, and this week we get ...
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The Haunting Of Dinamita
Boxing continues to be the sport where aging athletes and ex-champions never retire but instead keep holding out for one more dance in the spotlight, not to mention ...
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A Question Of Character
“It’s the mark of a great fighter when he has character plus skill. Because a fighter with character and skill will often rise and beat a better fighter…Character ...
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Pacquiao vs Bradley: A Tactical Overview
While it’s fair to say that the boxing world is not exactly on fire regarding next Saturday’s rubber match between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, what is also ...
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Dinamita’s Last Stand?
It’s been almost two years since Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez stepped into a boxing ring and got paid for it. The last occasion in which that happened ...
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“Bomber” Peden Looks Back
Boxing, like life, is all about seizing the moment, taking full advantage of the opportunities which come your way. After all, it takes just one punch to turn ...
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Bradley vs Rios: Fireworks Alert
When the government issues an alert to the public regarding inclement weather, that’s all it is: an alert, not a guarantee. Similarly, we cannot know for certain that ...
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Boxiana 0
Rivalry or Obsession?
No matter how you look at it, the second half of the career of Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez has been defined by his rivalry with Filipino legend ...
