Category: Boxing
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Yesterday was the 70th birthday of the great Muhammad Ali and many people took time to reflect on his career. Full disclosure, I’m only 28-years-old so unfortunately I don’t have many as memories of Muhammad Ali as I would like. What I do know about him has been learned from ...
Posted in Boxing, Mike Tyson | 3 Comments »
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
It seems like it started a few years ago. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao have gone back and forth and the two best boxers in the world have kept fight fans on the edge of their seats waiting to see if the two will finally figure out a solution ...
Posted in Boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao | 4 Comments »
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
In some ways, Mike Tyson is a new man. He's out there singing songs and working with birds since appearing in The Hangover. Or, perhaps with how random and crazy those things are, he's kind of just the same old guy. Trust me: Read on and scratch your head at ...
Posted in Boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Mike Tyson, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
On November 13th in Las Vegas Manny Pacquiao showed the boxing world that he was beatable. Yet much like the previous fights between Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, the third fight between the two fighters ended with some controversy. Pacman was awarded a majority decision over Marquez and it was ...
Posted in Boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao | 5 Comments »
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
The last few times we've gone through the painstaking challenge of first being able to just understand what Mike Tyson is saying, and then transcribing it, the conversation was much more light hearted and easy-going. In the wake of Smokin' Joe Frazier's death this week, Tyson is a bit more ...
Posted in Boxing, Mike Tyson | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
The sport of Boxing lost a great fighter and a great man on Monday when Joe Frazier lost his fight against liver cancer at the age of 67. Frazier’s accomplishments in the ring speak for themselves and he was one of the greatest fighters of all time. Because he fought ...
Posted in Boxing | 2 Comments »
Friday, November 4th, 2011
Just about a week ahead of Manny Pacquiao’s third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez, Floyd Mayweather has broken his silence and has intimated that he may be willing to fight Manny Pacquiao. Who knows what Mayweather’s motivation is this time? The two sides have squabbled over a number of issues ...
Posted in Boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao | 2 Comments »
Friday, November 4th, 2011
Next weekend Manny Pacquiao will get in the ring with Juan Manuel Marquez for the third time. If this fight is anything like the first two, it looks to be a great way to cap off the trilogy and finally settle the score between these two fighters. The first two ...
Posted in Boxing, Manny Pacquiao | 5 Comments »
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Every time Bernard Hopkins steps into the ring people ask if it is the last time they will see the Executioner. People keep waiting for one of the younger fighters to knock him into retirement. Yet it just hasn’t happened. Hopkins has had a tremendous career in the fight game ...
Posted in Bernard Hopkins, Boxing | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
If you were asleep on the boxing world this weekend, consider yourself both lucky and unlucky. The fact that you didn't purchase the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz makes you lucky; then again, perhaps the comedic gold that came in the post-fight interviews was worth the price of ...
Posted in Boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao | 25 Comments »
