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Pavlik-Hopkins: You've got to accentuate the positives
He's not Chris Mannix, but Bart Barry has a fine column over at Sportsline.com that really takes the cake for junk coverage of this past weekend's Hopkins over Pavlik stunner. Some excerpts for your enjoyment, and mine. Before we begin our obligatory allusions to all-time greats, before we take...
It's a small quibble, but Kevin Iole asked...
Really, Big Kev's mailbag isn't so bad this week. In fact he's pretty spot-on, I think. But he did wonder about something, and I think I have some answers. When asked by a reader whether or not Shane Mosley would fight Antonio Margarito if he beat Ricard Mayorga on September 27, Iole said...
Chris Mannix strikes again!
Next to Chris Mannix and his Sports Illustrated "Inside Boxing" column, Kevin Iole seems like Bert Sugar. He's at it again, with more factually inaccurate crap and just plain ol' crap that got past the SI editors once more. See for yourself. According to Quintana, Marquez has shifted his...
More on Chris Mannix and his SI column
I'll admit that I only read the first bit of Chris Mannix's newest boxing column at Sports Illustrated, but that part about Diaz's jab landing 400 times out of his 296 punches made me read on after I was done with that Katsidis post below. Holy Lord, Kevin Iole has been topped ten times...
Stealing Iole: Episode 6
More fun with the Y! Expert of boxing AND mixed martial arts. I also want to note Kevin's recent Wladimir Klitschko article was really good, and that I pretty much agree 100%. Wladimir is a hell of a talent and it's a shame his talent is overlooked by the era. I think Wlad would have had a good...
Stealing Iole: Episode 4
This is a blockbuster. Francisco Lorenzo’s actions at the end of his fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center with Humberto Soto on Saturday were cowardly, revolting and disgusting. That means little, though, because he did the one thing he was required to do to claim the interim WBC...
Stealing Kevin Iole: Episode 3
Couple of good ones this week. PACQUIAO NOT NO. 1 Why do you think your group of analysts and experts have Pacquiao at No. 1 even though he has essentially lost to Juan Manuel Marquez twice? Manny hasn’t been himself for two years now, yet he still gets ranked high in the pound-for-pound....
Stealing Kevin Iole: Episode 2
I'm not going to do full Iole mailbags all the time. Actually it'll be rare. Again, I don't hate Kevin Iole or anything like that. He's occasionally VERY VERY hilariously off-base, but for the most part I don't get offended by him. He's a fan, and I like that. He does occasionally throw out a...
Stealing Kevin Iole: Episode 1
I'm not trying to make any bones about this: I'm stealing Kevin Iole's hard work and talking about his opinions. Iole takes a lot of heat from both boxing and MMA fans for his fight opinions, but there's something I like about him. I often disagree with him, but I think he comes off like the type...
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