Kevin Iole
1,466 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Canelo Alvarez should publicly prove he isn’t a cheater before Gennady Golovkin rematch
By Kevin Iole
I want to believe Canelo Alvarez. I want to believe he made a stupid mistake and ate a steak without knowing where it came from when he knew he was subject to…
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Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Juan Francisco Estrada make compelling case for overlooked class
By Kevin Iole
It was boxing?s not-so-hidden secret for year. If you wanted to see the most action on a regular basis, you?d watch the divisions from 122 pounds and under. Those are the fighters…
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Former Senator Harry Reid’s lifelong passion for sweet science lands him in Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame
By Kevin Iole
Harry Reid, once the second-most powerful man in the United States behind only President Barack Obama, has had a lifelong love affair with boxing. The former Senate Majority Leader from Nevada grew…
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Utter mismatches continue to hurt boxing
By Kevin Iole
Boxing in the modern era exists in this odd space in the American sporting landscape, where most of the time, people are predicting its imminent demise. But when one of its iconic…
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Conversation with Kevin: Terence Crawford expects to fight both Keith Thurman, Errol Spence
By Kevin Iole
Terence Crawford is one of the elite fighters in the world. After scoring stoppage wins over Felix Diaz and Julius Indongo in 2017 to raise his record to 32-0 with 23 knockouts,…
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Errol Spence serves notice to loaded welterweight division with dominant TKO of Lamont Peterson
By Kevin Iole
The welterweight division is arguably boxing?s best. It is loaded with talent, including several men who have a claim as the sport?s mythical pound-for-pound king. Errol Spence Jr. staked his claim as…
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Candidates abound, but one boxer stands out as 2017 Yahoo Sports Boxing Fighter of the Year
By Kevin Iole
Boxing had a great year in 2017, with numerous outstanding individual performances and many great fights for fans to enjoy. Some years, it is plainly obvious by September who the male boxing…
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Vasyl Lomachenko calls himself ‘No-Mas-chenko’, makes Guillermo Rigondeaux quit on his stool after sixth round
By Kevin Iole
For years, Guillermo Rigondeaux, his promoters, his manager and his trainers have complained about a lack of respect, about difficulty getting on television and how given a chance, he?d prove himself to…
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How quitting boxing to dance made Vasyl Lomachenko a better fighter
By Kevin Iole
There are plenty of comparisons to be made between Floyd Mayweather, the longtime pound-for-pound king of boxing who retired in August after a professional career that included a 50-0 record and nearly…
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Miguel Cotto can’t conjure up the magic one last time, ends career with loss to Sadam Ali
By Kevin Iole
All that is left for Miguel Cotto now is a stop in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y. Cotto ended his legendary career Saturday at Madison Square Garden in…
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Cotto vs. Ali: The divorce of Miguel and Evangelista Cotto lingers on
By Kevin Iole
Miguel Cotto will make the short walk from the locker room to the ring at New York?s Madison Square Garden on Saturday for his WBO super welterweight title bout with Sadam Ali…
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Miguel Cotto is the epitome of what every boxer should strive to be
By Kevin Iole
There was never a fight in which Miguel Cotto entered the ring unprepared. There was never one in which Cotto didn?t fight as hard as he possibly could. There wasn?t an opponent…
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How picking peppers led Jose Ramirez to life of social activism
By Kevin Iole
Jose Ramirez is a bright young man with a deep interest in community service. In his 25 years, he?s done more for his hometown and its people than those who have lived…
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Why heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder still isn’t a star
By Kevin Iole
There is a heavyweight title fight on Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn that promises to be moderately entertaining. The unbeaten Deontay Wilder will defend his WBC championship against Bermane Stiverne…
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Why the World Boxing Super Series hasn’t gained traction in the U.S. … yet
By Kevin Iole
Imagine, for a moment, that someone came to you and said they planned to put on a tournament featuring the eight best welterweight boxers in the world. He?d have them fight each…
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Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin fight to controversial split draw in thriller
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? It wasn?t anywhere close to Hagler-Hearns, and it?s probably not the Fight of the Year, but Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez gave the sell-out crowd of 22,358 at T-Mobile…
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Dual gold medalists Vasyl Lomachenko, Guillermo Rigondeaux to meet, make history Dec. 9 in New York
By Kevin Iole
For the first time in professional boxing history, men who have each won two Olympic gold medals will fight each other as pros. Vasyl Lomachenko, the WBO super featherweight champion and a…
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Why Canelo Alvarez’s time is now
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? He was 20 years old, an age when most young men are enjoying college life. But Saul Alvarez was, as he has been during most of his professional life,…
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Why GGG-Canelo has the makings of an instant classic
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? It?s not fair to compare Saturday?s middleweight title bout between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez at T-Mobile Arena to the 1985 classic between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns…
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GGG with a broadside: ‘I am not Chavez Jr. and Canelo is no Danny Jacobs’
By Kevin Iole
For nearly all of his career, middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has exuded a quiet confidence. He was good, and he knew it, but he never explicitly would say it. He never demeaned…