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Lost in the Funhouse: Victor Ortiz W12 Andre Berto

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A sharp and focused Victor Ortiz thrashed Andre Berto in a savage—if slightly one-sided—bout, on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort & Casino, scoring a unanimous decision over 12 grisly rounds in a fight that featured multiple knockdowns. Final scores were 114-111, 115-110, and an imprecise 114-112. With the loss, the parallel universe career of Andre Berto gets its first does of reality in years. Somehow Berto, who is more Quiznos than caviar, became a meal ticket for Al Haymon and Lou DiBella, despite the fact that Berto has long been little more than a figment of the feverish HBO imagination. From The Cruelest Sport

Hard Case: Juan Manuel Lopez-Orlando Salido Preview

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Juan Manuel Lopez has used a lethal right hook to overwhelm the vast majority of his opponents. Lopez’ hook—now considered one of the more dominant weapons in boxing—felled respectable names like Bernabe Concepcion, Steven Luevano, and Gerry Penalosa, and eventually submerged legendary action figure but shopworn Rafael Marquez in the biggest bout of the 27-year-old’s career. Saturday night at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, he’ll be facing a hardened veteran who has proven to be difficult to overwhelm. By Michael Nelson of The Cruelest Sport.

Just a reminder to get your selections in for this week's pick'em game. New players are always...

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Just a reminder to get your selections in for this week's pick'em game. New players are always welcome to join in the fun - and since we are only two weeks into another season, there's still plenty of time to catch up to the leaders. Click here to play!

press conference highlights between paul mccloskey and amir khan.

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press conference highlights between paul mccloskey and amir khan.

In a special Video The fine folks at Hatton TV caught up with Amir Khan and Paul McCloskey as the...

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In a special Video The fine folks at Hatton TV caught up with Amir Khan and Paul McCloskey as the two get ready to do battle this Saturday in England.

Why Against Why: Andre Berto-Victor Ortiz Preview

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Two of the biggest enigmas in boxing—Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz—face off on Saturday night at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, in a bout that ought to be held at the Overlook Hotel or, perhaps, in the broom closet of an odditorium. Both men are prime examples of modern boxing hocus pocus, where a largely unremarkable form of abracadabra is achieved simply by fooling increasingly gullible television network executives and the readers of leastsideboxing.com. From The Cruelest Sport

James Kirkland talks to fight correspondent Marcos Villegas about Berto vs. Ortiz, the possibility...

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James Kirkland talks to fight correspondent Marcos Villegas about Berto vs. Ortiz, the possibility of fighting Alfredo Angulo and Pacquiao vs. Mosley.

HBO's Bob Papa, Max Kellerman and Roy Jones Jr. with a look ahead at Saturday's double-header. The...

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HBO's Bob Papa, Max Kellerman and Roy Jones Jr. with a look ahead at Saturday's double-header. The video confirms that the Berto-Ortiz fight, airing live, will go first on the HBO card, followed by the tape delay replay of Khan-McCloskey. This means you will be able to see both Berto-Ortiz and Showtime's Lopez-Salido main event live on Saturday, though you'll probably miss a chunk of the Showtime main event, and it would mean you'd have to catch Khan-McCloskey live in the afternoon. But, you know, you can do it, and that's what our schedule will be: Khan-McCloskey full card from the UK, Berto-Ortiz on HBO, and then moving over to the Showtime card.

AFTERMATH: Maidana-Morales, Ishida-Kirkland, Guerrero-Katsidis, Justifying Sadism, & Weekend "Upsets"

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Erik Morales, who shocked just about everybody by pushing Marcos Maidana to the edge in losing a majority decision over 12 frenetic rounds at the MGM Grand on Saturday night, has been the subject of so many platitudes, truisms, and clichés over the last few days that a sort of "El Terrible" fatigue has begun to set in. Although Maidana, who ran roughshod over Morales early and late, appeared to deserve the close decision, sentimentality has given Morales a lopsided edge on the scorecards of the public. From The Cruelest Sport