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Margarito Gets Outworked, Beaten Up, and Stopped?Wins Unanimous Decision

Margarito?s frailer than frail comeback continues and he hopes to parlay this win into a big money rubber match with Miguel Cotto later this…

Mon, 04 Sep 2017

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Antonio Margarito is a Faker, a Fraud, and a Villain

I can?t help myself when it comes to Margarito, a guy who brought disgrace to himself, to his heritage as a Mexican fighter, and to the spor…

Fri, 01 Sep 2017

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How Top Rank Can ?Save? Boxing on TV

Can Bob Arum, who has never shown an ability to play nice with others for too long, put aside greed and ego for a more pragmatic approach to…

Thu, 31 Aug 2017

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Mayweather-McGregor: The Postmortem

Fights like Mayweather-McGregor happen because there?s a market for big-time prizefighting in America, yet a dearth of big-time prizefighter…

Tue, 29 Aug 2017

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Things to Ponder While Pretending To Ignore Mayweather-McGregor

Boxing is for us, and one million of our closest fans?ONLY one million?and they have to be the RIGHT kinds of fans? We get it?You?re a ?real…

Fri, 25 Aug 2017

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Could McGregor Lose His Mind And Kick The Ref? Bet On It

Well, if McGregor goes bonkers and kicks referee Robert Byrd, you could make a small fortune at +20,000 odds? The Floyd Mayweather-Conor McG…

Tue, 22 Aug 2017

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Ignorance is Bliss for Mayweather-McGregor

Some days you go to the circus for the death-defying trapeze artists and sometimes you just go for the clowns. It really is okay to like bot…

Mon, 21 Aug 2017

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The Changing Face of 175: Who?s Coming for Andre Ward?

Will the next wave of light heavyweights pull Ward from his throne or will ?SOG? leave the division behind before anyone can best him? Every…

Fri, 18 Aug 2017

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Either Malignaggi Got Played or We?re All Getting Played

Was Paulie part of the hustle or did he get caught up in it? For me, that?s the only real question about all of this silliness? First of all…

Tue, 15 Aug 2017

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What to do with Danny Garcia

Since the disappointingly passive loss to Thurman, Garcia has all but disappeared from the boxing landscape? I guess ?retirement? would be t…

Sun, 13 Aug 2017

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Clarifications on Mayweather vs. McGregor

It?s up to guys like Hauser with his unique grasp on combat (!) and even more keen grasp on ethics (!!) to put everything into perspective? …

Thu, 03 Aug 2017

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Timothy Bradley to Retire: Goodbye and Good Riddance?

With the exception of his Fight of the Year brawl with Ruslan Provodnikov in 2013, Bradley has never really made for compelling TV? Word has…

Tue, 01 Aug 2017

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Boxing Needs To Return To Same-Day Weigh-Ins

The primary danger to the fighter is in the increased vulnerability of the brain, slow to rebuild its jelly-like protective layer due to deh…

Fri, 28 Jul 2017

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Canelo-Golovkin Promotion Will Sink Sales, Not Mayweather-McGregor

No non-boxing fan is clamoring for Canelo-Golovkin and none, unfortunately, are being sold on it. That?s not Mayweather?s or McGregor?s faul…

Wed, 26 Jul 2017

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Broner vs. Garcia: A Good Kind of Nonsense

In some ways, Broner-Garcia is just as nonsensical as Mayweather-McGregor?maybe even more so? On the surface, this Saturday?s Adrien Broner …

Mon, 24 Jul 2017

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Golovkin vs. Canelo: Early Thoughts

It remains to be seen how Alvarez fights when backed against the wall, possibly bloody and swollen and buzzed from big shots? Saul ?Canelo? …

Sat, 22 Jul 2017

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Donald Trump and Boxing: The Art of the Double-Deal

?Mike Tyson has asked me and I have agreed, to serve jointly, with regard to future decisions about Mike Tyson?s career,? Trump told the New…

Wed, 19 Jul 2017

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An Orgy for the Old and Outraged

Boxing has become the old man on the block, standing in his pajamas on his front porch, shaking his fist at those noisy kids next door? Wow,…

Tue, 18 Jul 2017

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Mayweather-McGregor: From Farce to Fight?

Jaded boxing fans will get a glimpse of what is so appealing to the rest of the world about these gigantic personalities clashing in the rin…

Fri, 14 Jul 2017

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Words for Wilfred

This is a companion piece to the article I recently wrote at FightHype.com. Give that one a read after reading this? (Writer?s Note: This is…

Thu, 13 Jul 2017