Category: Boxing
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Monday, September 19th, 2011
Floyd Mayweather Jr. was putting on a masterful performance on Saturday night against Victor Ortiz. Mayweather, the smaller and older fighter was picking apart Ortiz through three rounds when “Vicious” lost his head and then everything changed. Ortiz head-butted “Money” and it caused him to lose a point in the ...
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
You don't have to be a boxing aficionado or even a fan -- which I'm not -- to be intrigued by the recent news about Oscar De La Hoya and his self-professed battle with alcoholism. The Golden Boy has apparently been battling his inner desire to drink and do drugs ...
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Having now listened to four or five Mike Tyson interviews on various stations across the country this past few years, one thing sticks out -- the hosts always absolutely love the experience. Tyson's first ever appearance on XX 1090 in San Diego is no different. Scott & BR, the station's ...
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
It sure is a challenge transcribing nearly an hour of Mike Tyson talking about anything, let alone his take on a wide range of personal and professional topics. But it's always worth it. Iron Mike seems to be good for at least four or five laugh out loud moments recently, ...
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Friday, May 6th, 2011
Manny Pacquiao has accomplished so many things throughout his career and is arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport of boxing. With the exception of getting inside the ropes with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and putting a blemish on his record, there is not much more for him to accomplish ...
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Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Instead of fighting inside the ropes, Jose Canseco is battling with a celebrity boxing promoter from Florida over accusations that he sent his twin brother, Ozzie, to pretend to be him and fight a match in his place. The promoter, Damon Feldman, claims that "Jose" showed up for his scheduled ...
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Last December Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal fought each other and Pascal was awarded a controversial decision. It was a decision that many people disagreed with, including Hopkins. There were enough questions about Pascal’s win that there will be a rematch between the two in May. Since the last fight, ...
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