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Boxing's Pound for Pound Top Ten: Do They Make 'Em Like They Used To? (Part 1)
Kory Kitchen is back at Bad Left Hook today for part one of what will be a three-part series. In part one, Kory looks back at the 2001 year-end pound-for-pound top ten from RING Magazine. One of the constant remarks heard within boxing circles is "they don't make ‘em like they used to". ...
Pacquiao vs Marquez 3: Manny Pacquiao's Greatest Hits (Video)
The HBO choices: Barrera I (2003), Marquez I (2004), Morales II (2006), Morales III (2006), Marquez II (2008), De La Hoya (2008), Hatton (2009), Cotto (2009), Margarito (2010). Notables left off are two of Pacquiao's last three fights, against Joshua Clottey and Shane Mosley. The reasoning is...
Pacquiao vs Marquez 3: Juan Manuel Marquez's Greatest Hits (Video)
The HBO choices: Pacquiao I (2004), Barrera (2007), Pacquiao II (2008), Diaz I (2009), Mayweather (2009), Katsidis (2010). Fine choices. You have to include the Mayweather fight for significance. As for why they didn't have the Casamayor (2008) fight in here, considering that's where he won the...
Pacquiao vs Marquez: Analyzing the Fight and Boxing's Great Trilogies
Sean Mills joins the Bad Left Hook staff today, looking back at some of history's great boxing trilogies, and where Pacquiao vs Marquez may fit in. Trilogies are special in boxing, or so we are often told. While HBO broadcasters Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant frequently claim that trilogies have a...
Manny Pacquiao - Mr. November
With Manny Pacquiao third meeting against Juan Manuel Marquez coming up next weekend, Anthony Wilson takes a look at the Filipino southpaw's history of November conquests. On November 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao will engage rival Juan Manuel Marquez for a third time. Their...
Ring of Fire: Amir Khan, Saul Alvarez, Cotto-Mayorga and More
Amir Khan 140-pound titlist Khan is slated to return on April 16 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, his first fight in the UK since December 2009, if you're willing to call his 76-second slaughter of Dmitriy Salita a fight. Khan still has no set titlist, but things appear to be shaking out. While most...
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