By Ivan G. Goldman The way is clear for the Godfather of Boxing to make a match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in the coming year, but if he marches down that road he may have to go to the mattresses on other deals he’d like to put together. …
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By Briggs Seekins Floyd Mayweather has a favorite line he often falls back on to defend his standing as boxing’s all-time, pound-for-pound great: “Women lie, men lie, numbers don’t lie.” It’s a clever retort at first glance but hardly the triumphant piece of rhetoric that Floyd and his fans imagine …
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By Tyson Bruce After Adrien Broner’s implosion last weekend at the clubbing fists of Marcos Maidana, the boxing public was left wondering whom, if not Broner, is the next savior of boxing? Of course that title was self appointed by Broner, but the vast majority of the media bought into …
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By Sean Crose Let’s get this right out of the way – Brandon Rios does not come across as a likable guy. He claims he likes hitting people in the face better than having sex. He associates with people who mock the sick. He’s proven to be less than gracious …
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By Robbie Bannatyne By In the immediate aftermath of Marcos Maidana’s stunning victory over Adrien Broner he was quizzed on the possibility of fighting in his native Argentina. Then, suddenly, after months have elapsed without as much as the mere mention of his name in the boxing press Lucas Matthysse’s …
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By Sean Crose It looks like it’s about that time, fight fans. We were all hoping against hope that the long dreamed of Mayweather-Pacquiao Super Bout could somehow, someway, come to fruition. Yet it’s time to push that dream aside. Barring a highly unlikely course of events, the match will …
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By Ivan G. Goldman About three years ago HBO analyst Max Kellerman had the temerity to raise the subject of secretive fight impresario Al Haymon on camera. Haymon, Kellerman noted, “seems to wield influence out of proportion with others in boxing.” Max observed that somehow Haymon’s fighters manage to fight …
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By Sean Crose So now the Marcos Maidana camp is being investigated for some suspicious happenings that occurred during Maidana’s dazzling upset of Adrien “The Problem” Broner last Saturday night at the Alamo Dome. There’s a video out, in case you don’t know, showing, some say, Maidana receiving a pill …
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By Tyson Bruce The State of the Heavyweights: Best Puncher: Wladimir Klitschko Best Boxer: Wladimir Klitschko Most Protected: Deontay Wilder Is he still around: Oliver McCall Matchmaker’s Dream: Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder Best Kept Secret: Lucas Brown Deserves a title shot: Kubrat Pulev Most fun to watch: Tomasz Adamek …
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By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of December 10th to December 17th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Patrick Nielsen Back in Action on February 15th Following a hugely successful debut show, the Nordic …
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