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Fight Report: Canelo vs Khan
As Matt O’Brien stated on this website, Canelo vs Khan was no “superfight.” And as Rafael Garcia asserted, there was virtually no demand for this match and almost ...
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A Question No One Asked
Canelo Alvarez and Amir Khan meet tonight at the Strip’s brand new T-Mobile Arena for a contest that on the surface looks like a can’t miss Vegas extravaganza. ...
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#MayPac One Year Later
“Well, that happened.” That was my friend’s reaction to ‘the biggest fight in boxing history.’ The statement, made moments after the final bell, unintentionally but very concisely reflected ...
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Pacquiao Impressive In Farewell Fight
It was supposed to be a legend’s last fight. It was insanely and stupidly politicized. And it was a bout many weren’t excited about. Still, Manny Pacquiao got ...
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PacBradley III: The Fight City Picks
We’re mere hours away from what just might be the final fight of Manny Pacquiao’s amazing career. While few were calling for a third meeting between The Pacman ...
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#CaneloKhan: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
The boxing kingpin of the post-#MayPac era, and the fighter to whom HBO and Golden Boy Promotions have entrusted their minting operations, has finally announced his first engagement ...
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The Mercenary and The Believer
Try as hard as you can and you’ll still fail to find a professional boxer who embodies the definition of “mercenary” better than Miguel Cotto does. While by ...
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Going All-In: Bradley vs Rios
Timothy Bradley and Brandon Rios are, by almost any measure, highly successful pugilists. They know seven-figure paydays and what it feels like to fight in glitzy venues in ...
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One Night In Vegas
It was inevitable that somewhere in ESPN’s acclaimed 30 for 30 series there would be a film on Mike Tyson. But instead of a conventional documentary on Tyson’s life, which ...
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Twitter Ain’t Impressed
TMZ broke the news weeks ago, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the various stakeholders of his September 12 PPV match announced only today that he will, indeed, officially ...
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Mayweather vs Pacquiao: The Fight City Picks
The weigh-in is behind us and so is all the hype. In roughly 24 hours, after more than five years of waiting and wondering and hoping, the match ...
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The True Significance of #MayPac
A fight that needs no introduction or build-up and has been in gestation for over five long years will finally hear its opening bell this Saturday night. It ...
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Who Did It Better? Part 3
With just days to go before May 2, Mayweather vs Pacquiao is upon us, and as part of our coverage of this megafight, Eliott and Rafa have performed ...
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Mayweather vs Pacquiao: How To Fix It
You know what’s the definition of cruelty? It’s when you get screwed even when you’re getting what you want. With that in mind, The Cruelest Sport is more ...
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Floyd vs Cotto II For May 2? For Real?
Here we are in the dying moments of 2014 and the battle for next year’s coveted May 2 date keeps getting weirder by the day. Rumors swirl that ...
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The Timothy Bradley Way
Just a few years ago the super-lightweight division was populated by talented young prospects who many believed represented the future of boxing. Four of them will see action ...
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Fight Report: Mayweather vs Maidana II
The Event Mayweather vs Maidana II, dubbed ‘Mayhem’ for the fireworks it would supposedly provide, took place last night at the MGM Grand. It was a rematch of ...
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Mayhem or Bust
Despite all the marketing dollars that a Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight naturally generates, there isn’t all that much buzz in the boxing world surrounding this Saturday’s rematch between ...
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An oral (and entirely fictional) history of Mayweather vs Maidana
Brian Kenny – Mayweather vs Maidana is one of those contests in sports you never forget. In all my years of working boxing broadcasts, in terms of drama ...
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Fight Report: Bradley vs Marquez
The Event In a bout staged to determine who the best Top Rank welterweight is at the moment, Timothy Bradley defended his portion of the championship against Juan ...
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Fight Report: Garcia vs Matthysse
The Event The co-main event of the Mayweather vs. Canelo mega-fight featured the fearsome Lucas Matthysse challenging Danny “Swift” Garcia in a bout for junior welterweight supremacy. Despite ...
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Bradley vs Marquez: Something’s rotten in Vegas
In his first match since knocking out Manny Pacquiao last December, Juan Manuel Marquez will return to the ring on October 12 against WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, ...
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Mayweather vs Guerrero: A beautiful monologue in Las Vegas
Last Saturday night at the MGM Grand Floyd Mayweather Jr. overturned all sorts of expectations. Many assumed his meeting with Robert Guerrero represented a stern test of the ...
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Fight Report: Martinez vs Chavez Jr
This year boxing had a particularly busy Mexican Independence weekend, but hardcore fight fans focused on the battle for middleweight supremacy between Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ...
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Quince de Septiembre: Canelo and Maidana shine
About a mile away from the Thomas and Mack Center where Martinez vs. Chavez Jr. took place, the Knockout Kings quadruple-header at the MGM Grand Garden Arena saw ...
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Fight Report: Garcia vs Khan
Last night at the Mandalay Bay of Las Vegas, Amir “King” Khan and Danny “Swift” Garcia met inside the ring for a light welterweight battle that would see ...
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Pacquiao vs Bradley: Chronicle of a Fix Foretold
After a bizarre but largely irrelevant undercard, thousands in attendance and millions watching around the world eagerly awaited the main fight. So, for about 40 minutes after the ...
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Mayweather vs Cotto: A Hell Of A Show
Would it really have been better four years ago? Back in late 2007 there were hopes in the welterweight division about a potential clash between then undefeated Miguel ...
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At the MGM Grand: Juan Manuel Marquez Robbed in Vegas
Juan Manuel ‘Dinamita’ Márquez, who can now legitimately claim to be the greatest Mexican fighter of his generation, made use of every last bit of his skill and ...
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