Browsing Tag Miguel Cotto
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The Top Twelve 1
Top 12 All-Time Most Controversial Fights
No sport has courted as much scandal and public outrage as boxing. From dives and fixed fights, to outrageous decisions, not to mention the shady stuff behind closed ...
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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 ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Welterweight Fights
No matter how you break it down, Errol Spence vs Danny Garcia has one major thing going for it: it’s one of the best matches that can currently ...
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Plaster of Torrance (Part Two)
Plaster of Torrance: Unwrapping the Meaning of Antonio Margarito, Part Two. Excerpted from The Bittersweet Science. There are times when boxing matches resemble more a bullfight than they ...
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Plaster Of Torrance (Part One)
Last week we marked the anniversary of the legendary first battle between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. To pay further tribute to this remarkable fight, we would like ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Mexico vs Puerto Rico Fights
The phrase “hot Latin blood,” coined to describe the alleged fiery temperament of Spanish speakers on the planet, goes back well into the 19th century. So maybe it ...
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July 26, 2008: Cotto vs Margarito I
Few championship fights in recent history have been marred by a controversy as serious as that which attended Cotto vs Margarito I. A spectacular bout won in the ...
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Cotto vs Martinez: King Of New York
With pro sports in a deep freeze due to the coronavirus pandemic, now is a good time to re-feature some great articles from the recent past. Here is ...
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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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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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The Fighter Of The Decade, Part Three
Whether or not he deserves consideration as “TBE,” when all is said and done, Floyd Mayweather Jr. definitely deserves consideration as one of the very best pugilists, pound-for-pound, of the ...
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The Bittersweet Science
“The more you know about boxing, the more you discover that you never truly know what’s going on,” write editors Carlo Rotella and Michael Ezra in their introduction ...
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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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How Many Title Defenses Does GGG Have? It’s Complicated
In the wake of Gennady Golovkin’s return to knockout form last May, there was much fanfare regarding his purported achievement of matching Bernard Hopkins’ record of 20 consecutive ...
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2017: The Nominees
One thing we know for certain: 2017 was, in many ways, a very good year for professional boxing. Compared to recent years when significant matches were few and ...
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Winning Isn’t Everything: Cotto Exits With Class
On Saturday night in Madison Square Garden, Miguel Cotto proved the truth of the old cliché, winning isn’t everything. After being soundly beaten by the younger, faster Sadam ...
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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 ...
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Battle For The Soul Of Mexican Boxing
If you place a large map of Mexico on your wall and then try to put your finger exactly on its center, your index will land very close ...
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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. ...
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Miguel Cotto: An Appreciation
I haven’t always been an enthusiastic supporter of the proud Puerto Rican champion they call “Junito,” but if tonight proves to be his final fight — a distinct ...
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Mayweather vs McGregor: Back To Reality
According to retired MMA journeyman Brendan Schaub, there exists “no chance” of Floyd Mayweather knocking out Conor McGregor. This reasoning requires the kind of suspension of common sense ...
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Canelo vs Golovkin: Beyond a Punch
Hardcore fight fans have been calling for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to stop with all the “mamadas” and get into the ring with Gennady Golovkin ever since he defeated ...
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No One Should Cry For El Chacal
Guillermo Rigondeaux is a fighter either too good for his own good, or one whose ego is too big for his own benefit. There is a fascinating divide ...
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Hit The Road, Andre
In November boxing got a rare treat: a showdown between two of the very best fighters in the sport, pound-for-pound. And while Kovalev vs Ward didn’t exactly remind ...
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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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Cunning Canelo Too Much For Beefy?
Alvarez vs Smith: This weekend we have a match-up which, when you sit back and give it a long, hard look, is nothing short of confounding. In fact, ...
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No Quick Recovery
Okay boxing fans, let’s step back and look at things objectively. First and foremost, many of our number are very unhappy with the state of our sport right now. ...
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Canelo vs Khan: Not A Superfight
When Amir Khan’s bout with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was announced, the reaction among the world’s fight media was, almost universally, one of welcome surprise. Few had anticipated a ...
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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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Are Fans Losing Patience With Canelo?
Brutal and dangerous though it may be, boxing is still a sport, both at heart and in practice. So when a prominent pugilist decides the competitive nature that ...
