Bob Hanna
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Bob Hanna: After long wait, Terence ?Bud? Crawford getting his chance to shine
By Bob Hanna
Vasyl Lomachenko made his case three weeks ago. Now it?s Terence ?Bud? Crawford?s turn to take center stage and show us why he?s the current top pound-for-pound fighter. Crawford has been kind…
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Bob Hanna: Ray Beltran?s victory was ?do or die?
By Bob Hanna
Last Friday night Ray Beltran, a native of Mexico now residing in Phoenix, Arizona, defeated former world champion Paulus Moses to win the vacant WBO lightweight title in his fourth bid for…
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Bob Hanna: Wilder-Joshua would be best fight in years
By Bob Hanna
Maybe it was those three major fights that were scrapped over an 18-month span because the opponents flunked their pre-fight drug tests, or maybe it was the injuries ? the right hand…
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Bob Hanna: Empty promises have damaged WBC’s credibility
By Bob Hanna
We?ll see now if the WBC is any more diligent about keeping its word, or if it will go back to its old empty promises routine. At its recent 2014 convention the…
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Inside Boxing: Mayweather aging better than Pacquiao
By Bob Hanna
When the big fight was finally signed last week after some five years of negotiations, speculation and playing the blame game, it was greeted with yawns and a lot of ?about time?…
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Inside Boxing: A new generation ready to rule the ring
By Bob Hanna
The old familiar faces are still around, but 2014 saw the start of a changing of the guard that hopefully will brighten your TV viewing in 2015. Ring Magazine did a survey…
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Bob Hanna: Looking ahead to Hopkins-Kovalev
By Bob Hanna
A lot has happened since last we talked, so much so I'm not sure where to begin. How about this: forget the fading Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown. That's history. Even if it's made now,…
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Inside Boxing: The slugger vs. boxer debate continues
By Bob Hanna
Score one for the slugger. You'll recall we featured junior welterweight champ Chris Algieri a few weeks ago to illustrate the boxer-slugger debate, which in that case was won by the boxer,…
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Inside Boxing: Maidana will give Mayweather his money’s worth
By Bob Hanna
Maybe it's just wishful thinking, or maybe I've been swayed by Marcos "Chino" Maidana's confidence, but I have a gut feeling that Chino is going to give Floyd Mayweather his toughest fight…
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Bob Hanna ? Inside Boxing: Pacquiao may not have the power, but he’s learned to win
By Bob Hanna
The headline in the Globe pretty much said it all: "Pacquiao not same, but remains a force." The knockout Manny Pacquiao and his fans wanted wasn't there, but most everything else was.…
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Bob Hanna: It’s time to rank boxing’s Top 10
By Bob Hanna
A lot has changed since our last pound-for-pound Top 10 rankings, so an updated list is in order. One thing that hasn't changed is the man at the top, where Floyd Mayweather's…
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Inside Boxing: Provodnikov proves Bradley right
By Bob Hanna
Timothy Bradley was right. "He's going to be a world champion someday," said Bradley after surviving an early battering and a 12th-round knockdown by Ruslan Provodnikov last March to retain his WBO…
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Bob Hanna: Alvarez over Mayweather: Don’t believe the hype
By Bob Hanna
The drum-beaters at Showtime and its parent company CBS have gone all out in building up Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in what they hope will be the biggest grossing pay-per-view fight in boxing…
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Hanna: Mayweather’s move motivated by money – surprised?
By Bob Hanna
Floyd "Money" Mayweather surprised some of us by accepting Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's challenge for a September 14 showdown ? until we checked the upside ($$$$) of the fight. According to Forbes magazine,…
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Bob Hanna: ‘Money’ Mayweather just got a lot richer
By Bob Hanna
Floyd "Money" Mayweather may not be the most popular fighter in the world, but he is the richest. And he just got a little ? make that a lot ? richer a…
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One punch, many repercussions
By Bob Hanna
Well now, I guess that will shake things up a little in the pugilistic world. I refer to Juan Manuel Marquez's stunning one-punch knockout of everyone's favorite, Manny Pacquiao, whose popularity has…
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Inside Boxing: Camacho needed guidance
By Bob Hanna
How many times have you heard a boxer from a ghetto say, "If it wasn't for (fill in the blank), I probably would have would up in jail or dead?" A lot,…
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Inside Boxing: Who are the best pound-for-pound fighters?
By Bob Hanna
HANNA'S TOP 10 Who does boxing guru Bob Hanna have as the top-10 pound-for-pound fighters? 1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 2. Manny Pacquiao 3. Sergio Martinez 4. Juan Manuel Marquez 5. Andre Ward…
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Bob Hanna’s Inside Boxing: Foxwoods win a step forward for Vazquez
By Bob Hanna
A fourth straight knockout would have looked good on his resume, but Jonathan Vazquez needed a route-going win more than he needed another knockout last Friday night at Foxwoods Casino. "He finished…
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Bob Hanna’s Inside Boxing: All boxing organizations not on same page
By Bob Hanna
The World Boxing Association in its infinite wisdom will reportedly strip Shane Mosley of his title because he and Floyd Mayweather declined to put up the title sanctioning fee for their fight…