Mike Plunkett
72 articles · RingsideReport.com
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Manny Pacquiao & the Downfall of HBO Boxing
Recently boxing promoter Rick Glaser posed a key question to a number of diehard fans, asking what HBO needed to do to once again become the king of the heap where boxing…
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Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga & Sergio Martinez vs. Serhiy Dzinziruk Fight Predictions
This weekend promises to be terrific. Three division world champion Miguel Angel Cotto, 35-2, 28 KO?s looks to make the first defense of his WBA Super World light middleweight title against the…
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Light Heavyweight Champion Jean Pascal: Focused on Bernard Hopkins
?Right now I am focused on Bernard Hopkins ? he is the target?. ? Jean Pascal Each summer I make it a point to update fans on the Canadian boxing scene. Going…
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A Night Out at the Circus: A Look Back at Closed Circuit Boxing
I remember the day when boxing was a regular network television occurrence. Catching a glimpse of a mainstream marquee name in action wasn?t something akin to spotting the Loch Ness Monster. Classic…
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The ?Razor? Ruddock Chronicles ? The Early Years
There?s an old axiom about prize fighters. It goes that you should never get too attached to them, never invest too much hope in them or get too caught-up in their careers,…
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Targeting Wladimir Klitschko: Larry ?The Legend? Donald Speaks
?I would love to face Wladimir because most people look at him as being the real true heavyweight champion?. ? Larry Donald It?s amazing how boxing can become the focal point of…
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Former Canadian and Commonwealth Welterweight Champion Donovan Boucher Speaks of his Boxing Career
?It?s been a great ride. I?ve met a lot of people along the way, a lot of interesting people and seen a lot of places?. ? Donovan Boucher Boxing hit a high…
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Timothy Bradley Vs Devon Alexander: The Predictions
This is it fight fans, this weekend?s pivotal light welterweight unification clash between WBO champion Timothy Bradley and WBC kingpin Devon Alexander is not only a fantastic way to kick off boxing…
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The Doomed Comeback of Evander Holyfield
There?s an old, well known adage that tells us ?you can never go home?. Boxing history is replete with a multitude of examples of old warriors, of varying levels of skill and…
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Manny Pacquiao Vs. Roberto Duran Who Wins?
You know a fighter has made it when fight aficionados start pulling out the names of like-sized past greats for the sake of a fantasy fight debate on how matters just might…
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RSR Says Goodbye to Gary Mason: 1962 ? 2011
Like the rest of the boxing world I was shocked and saddened to learn of the untimely demise of England?s Gary Mason. Despite knowing that life is a gift often in the…
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RSR Goes Back to the Days when the Heavyweight Division Ruled Boxing and Talks with former 2-Time Heavyweight Champion Tim Witherspoon
?I prefer not to be called a trainer, I like the world ambassador?. ? ?Terrible? Tim Witherspoon It?s been a quarter of a century since ?Terrible? Tim Witherspoon regained the heavyweight title.…
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RSR Bids a Sad Goodbye to ?Bad? Bennie Briscoe: One of Philly?s Great Warriors
Like the many thousands of fans around the world I was recently saddened to hear of the passing of one of the true Philly greats of a glorious bygone era. The untimely…
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?Fast? Eddie Chambers Speaks about the Comeback to Boxing
?There?s no greater thing for me at this particular time, as far as what is important, and that is being the heavyweight champion of the world; eventually winning it and hopefully unifying…
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Rubber Warrior?s Christmas Wish List: Manny Pacquiao?s Gift
It?s almost hard to believe now that 2010 was one of the slowest and most unsatisfying years of boxing over the last half century. These last two months have been fantastic however,…
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James ?Buster? Douglas: 20 Years After Mike Tyson
?I tell you, it was just one big whirlwind, after beating Tyson; crazy.? ? James ?Buster? Douglas It seems so very long ago, the night James ?Buster? Douglas shocked the world by…
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Amir Khan Vs Marcos Maidana Predictions
This weekend England?s Amir Khan makes the 3rd defense of his WBA World light welterweight bauble against interim champ, Marcos Maidana of Argentina. The long awaited bout has all the required elements…
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Up Close and Personal with IBF Super Bantamweight Champion Steve ?The Canadian Kid? Molitor
?I want whatever fight brings me the most money.? ? Steve Molitor Having watched a couple of celebrated former Olympians shoulder the attention and high expectation of their country back in the…
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All-Time Greatness ? Muhammad Ali & the Five Former Heavyweight Champions
Over the thirty-plus years that I?ve fervently followed the sport of boxing, one of the things I?ve noticed is the misuse of the term ?great?. Indeed, if anything greatness has been all…
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RSR Looks Back at the Colorful Career of ?The Galveston Giant? Jack Johnson
The first African-American heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson dared to crash through the color barrier that saw to the creation of two classes of boxers since the inception of the sport. A gaudy,…
