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My Non-Holiday Boxing Wishlist
Wishlists are not an uncommon feature in sports writing, but usually they happen around some holiday. "Christmas Wishlist for Boxing" pops up somewhere every year. Me? Late March. I'm a rebel, baby. ...
Winners and Losers: Campbell and Funeka up, Martinez and Cintron down
Boxing isn't always as simple as winning or losing a fight. The court of public opinion can often determine whether a fighter -- skilled or not -- really progresses in the sport to become a star, a s...
Despite many setbacks, HBO triple-header still packs a punch
When Saturday night's HBO Boxing After Dark card was first conceived, it looked very different than the card that will actually take place tomorrow The main event was scheduled to be Gary Shaw's sta...
Mayorga's shakedown plan fails
According to Dan Rafael's latest blog, Ricardo Mayorga is out of his scheduled Feb. 14 fight with Alfredo Angulo -- which was to headline an excellent tripleheader -- not because of weight issues or ...
Campbell talks matchmaking, Don King talks MMA
In an article by Sharon Robb of the Sun-Sentinel, IBF/WBO lightweight titlist Nate Campbell says that matchmaking is a big reason for boxing's alleged woes: "What they are doing now is this round-...
ESPN: "Experts" agree that boxing won't literally stop existing in 2009
Talk about your hard-hitting journalism. Guys like Lou DiBella, Bernard Hopkins, Ross Greenburg, Bob Arum and Don King all agree that boxing will not die in 2009. "I'm an eternal optimist. I don't e...
Tomato Cans: December 17, 2008
One of the best fights being talked about right now is, of course, the lightweight world championship fight in the works pitting Juan Manuel Marquez against challenger Juan Diaz. Latest word is that&...
DiBella wins purse bid for Berto-Collazo
Source: LA Times Promoter Lou DiBella has won a World Boxing Council purse bid for the right to stage welterweight champion Andre Berto's next title defense against New York's Luis Coll...
Old Man Fever: Lennox Lewis talks starting again
We know that Lennox Lewis trains in the gym periodically, though you can cast that out by saying he's just staying in shape. We know that Vitali Klitschko, now returned to the ring, wants to fig...
Mondays with Boxers: October 13, 2008
FLOYD + CHAD, 2GETHER 4EVER "He told me this is a gladiator sport and it can go any way. Floyd said, 'Be yourself, you're the better fighter.'" -- Chad Dawson on receiving a pre-fight call from Floy...
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