Bob Hanna
31 articles · SouthCoastToday.com
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Inside Boxing: Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley bout makes quite the statement
My apologies to Floyd Mayweather. You may recall I took him to task a few weeks ago for ducking Manny Pacquiao and seeking a soft opponent in his place. At the time,…
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Pacquiao, Roach dominate boxing for another year
The year belonged to Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach — again. Together they have formed one of the most successful trainer-fighter teams in ring history, right up there with Louis-Blackburn, Ali-Dundee, Durham-Frazier,…
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Inside Boxing: Suddenly, it’s ‘Money’ who needs the big fight
Floyd "Money" Mayweather really has no choice now. Prior to the Miguel Cotto-Manny Pacquiao fight, there was considerable doubt a Pacquiao-Mayweather showdown would ever happen. The modest Pacman felt, and still feels,…
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Inside Boxing: Manny Pacquiao’s story just keeps getting better
You won't see it around here, but Manny Pacquiao has already gained a distinction few boxers ever reach — he's made the cover of Time magazine, albeit the Asian edition. While he…
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Don’t sleep on Marquez against Mayweather
The cocky one looks too big, too strong and too fast for the quiet one, but there have been bigger upsets than what a victory by Juan Manuel Marquez over Floyd Mayweather…
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Inside Boxing: Edwin Valero pounding way up the charts
Now that he has signed up with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, we should finally get a look at Edwin Valero, who just may be the most exciting fighter on the planet.…
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Inside Boxing: Plenty of power-packed matchups coming
Friday Night Fights returns to ESPN2 this Friday with two 2004 Olympic gold medalists from Cuba who you may be seeing a lot more of in 2009. The headliner is undefeated featherweight…
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Pacquiao’s story dominated boxing in 2k8
It was a year that saw the probable departure of at least two old familiar faces and the welcoming of a distinctly new one. Make no mistake, Manny Pacquiao is now The…
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INSIDE BOXING: Only question now is where Pacquiao goes from here
Exit Oscar "Golden Boy" De La Hoya. Enter Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao. If you thought Pacquiao was big (market-wise) before, he's huge now. Already the consensus No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, he's arguably the…
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De La Hoya still assembling the post-Floyd pieces
The fallout from Floyd Mayweather's unexpected (and second) retirement has Oscar De La Hoya and HBO still scrambling to fill the void. One credible report has Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr.…
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INSIDE BOXING: Cinco de Mayo big for De La Hoya, Mayweather
If you believe boxing historian Bert Sugar, it's the biggest non-heavyweight fight since Leonard-Duran. If you believe Floyd Mayweather, it's the biggest fight in the history of boxing. But that's Floyd being…
