Vivek Wallace
194 articles · EastSideBoxing.com
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‘Call Em Out Fridays’: Dela Hoya/Pacquiao – Good For The Fighters, Bad For The Sport
Ok, here we go again. On the eve of a great showdown between Juan 'Baby Bull' Diaz and Michael Katsidis, somehow, some way, we find ourselves once again entrapped within a very…
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‘Call Em Out Fridays’: Open Letter To Oscar De La Hoya – Define Your Legacy With Dignity, Not Dollars
Oscar, On a weekly basis I've made it a habit to consistently 'call out' a different fighter or figure in the sport whose actions have created optimal room for judgment and analysis…
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Life In The Welterweight Division: Full Of Stories, But Nothing To ‘Joke’ About
Life is funny. And the more we endulge in this sport of boxing, the funnier it often seems. Last week leading up to the Margarito/Cotto showdown, we learned that famed Puerto Rican…
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‘A Colorblind Blackeye’?: Are Mayweather And Winky ‘Wright’ About Race In Boxing?
Lately, it appears that U.S. politics isn't the only topic that entertains the question of race. In what may quickly become a 'watershed' moment, ignited by arguably one of the sports most…
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Could This Welterweight Sized Performance By Pacquiao Lead To More ‘Money ‘?
If playing pool until midnight and being a constant spectacle among skeptics results in the destruction fight fans saw Saturday night at the hands of Manny Pacquiao, a lot of other fighters…
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‘Call Em Out Fridays’: David Diaz – Will He Seize The Moment, Or Simply Be Caught Up In It?
In this weeks 'Call Em Out Fridays' installment we take a look at a man who stands on the brink of accomplishing something few have. That immeasurable feat is a victory over…
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‘Call Em Out Fridays’: Manny Pacquiao – Will Lack Of Focus Leave Him Exposed?
With slightly over a week before Filipino phenom Manny Pacquiao squares off against WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz, those who eagerly anticipate the fight can't help but to assess the two men…
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‘Call ’em Out Fridays’: Addition By Subtraction?….Do Boxing Promoters Help Or Hinder Fighters?
Every Friday in the 'Call 'em Out Friday' session we bring attention to a new individual in the sport who has failed to carry out the fans expectation or request and blow…
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Call ‘Em Out Friday: Will Lack Of Focus Be The Sudden Demise Of Manny Pacquiao?
Every Friday on my 'Call-Out' segment a new fighter finds himself in the 'fishbowl', as we dissect the pro's and con's as they relate to him and his name in the sport.…
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The Left-Hook Lounge: Vivek Wallace’s Weekly Q&A Mailbag Featuring Dela Hoya, Berto/Clottey, Mosley, Pacquiao, and Much More!
This weeks Left-Hook Lounge Q&A segment covers a very interesting group of topics and fighters. With great ring moments of 2008 already behind us, most of today's questions from some of the…
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‘The Great Debate’: A Look At Boxings Pound For Pound Candidates (Mayweather, Pacquiao, Hopkins, Cotto, Etc)
For years, many around the sport have debated the mythical Pound for Pound topic. Sadly, in an era of boxing where money is the 'squeaky wheel' that commands the 'oil' of attention,…
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Boxing News And Views: The Mayweathers, Cotto, Dela Hoya, Pac-Man, Hatton and Calzaghe
Didn't take too long for the headline fighters of 2007 to bless us with something new to talk about in 2008. Although there have been no mega-fights as of yet, the buzz…
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‘Boxing Bonanza’: Several Marquee Matchups – Calzaghe-Kessler, Holyfield-Ibragimov, Cotto-Mosley and Hatton-Mayweather – Light Up The Sport Of Boxing!
Last Saturday night kicked off one of the best stretches of boxing in quite some time. Although the Pacquiao/Barerra rematch didn't quite live up to the hype in the minds of some,…
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What Lack Of Competition?: Promoters Of The Boxing World, Take Your ‘Trophies’ Off The Shelf!
A few days ago I launched a piece which spoke of the blazin' competition in boxing's welterweight division. Personally, I like to keep my 'earz to the streetz' and live by what…
