Kevin Iole
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Deontay Wilder violently knocks out Artur Szpilka with vicious right hand
By Kevin Iole
The right hand that Deontay Wilder knocked Artur Szpilka out with on Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to retain the WBC title is the very reason that boxing fans for…
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2015 Yahoo Sports Fighter of the Year: Gennady Golovkin
By Kevin Iole
Choosing one boxer as the Fighter of the Year is a thankless task. There are tens of thousands of fighters who step between the ropes to compete each year. Some years, there…
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Manny Pacquiao disappoints with opponent choice
By Kevin Iole
It's been several days since promoter Bob Arum announced Manny Pacquiao's head-scratching decision to fight Timothy Bradley for a third time on April 9 in Las Vegas. Bradley is a quality fighter…
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Howard Davis, most outstanding boxer at 1976 Olympics, dead at 59
By Kevin Iole
Howard Davis Jr., who was voted the most outstanding fighter at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal in a year in which the U.S. may have fielded its greatest team ever, died Wednesday…
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Out of custody, heavyweight Ike Ibeabuchi plans comeback at 43
By Kevin Iole
Ike Ibeabuchi was once one of boxing's greatest championship prospects, a massive heavyweight with quickness and incredible punching power. The Nigerian was 20-0 with 15 knockouts while competing from 1994 through March…
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Luis Ortiz has a chance to make a heavyweight statement on HBO
By Kevin Iole
Wladimir Klitschko's shocking loss to Tyson Fury last month sprung the door wide open on the heavyweight division. Fury is the man in the division by virtue of his win over Klitschko,…
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Marc Ratner’s election to Boxing Hall of Fame a win for ethics, integrity
By Kevin Iole
Riddick Bowe defeated Evander Holyfield to win the undisputed heavyweight championship at the Thomas & Mack Center on Nov. 13, 1992, in Las Vegas in what remains one of the great heavyweight…
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Slugger Nicholas ‘The Axeman’ Walters planning a big 2016
By Kevin Iole
Big fights, Nicholas ?The Axeman? Walters says. Nothing else but big fights. ?You know,? the former featherweight champion said, ?I just want to be involved in the biggest fights that are out…
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Decision to push Canelo-GGG bout to the fall misguided, disappointing
By Kevin Iole
It's a sad day in boxing. The WBC on Monday came to a compromise and said it would allow Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin to each take an interim bout before facing…
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Felix Verdejo well on the way to boxing stardom
By Kevin Iole
Vasyl Lomachenko won 396 of the 397 amateur bouts he fought, as well as gold medals in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. He's hailed by many as among the greatest amateur boxers…
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UFC making statement with its biggest week
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? The UFC?s biggest year is going to conclude with its biggest week. The highly anticipated grudge match for the featherweight title between champion Jose Aldo and interim champ Conor…
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Daniel Jacobs pummels Peter Quillin, keeps belt with first-round TKO
By Kevin Iole
The knockout percentage favored Daniel Jacobs, but nearly everyone conceded the power edge to Peter Quillin Saturday in their bout for the WBA middleweight title in a bout at the Barclays Center…
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Hometown venues give developing boxers a big boost
By Kevin Iole
A new trend is developing in boxing, borne of necessity, that offers hope for the development of stars. Top Rank is among the promoters to start booking fighters into their hometowns, particularly…
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Peter Quillin still not fully accepted by boxing fans
By Kevin Iole
Peter Quillin is the kind of fighter generally beloved by boxing fans. He's an aggressive, entertaining presence with knockout power and just a porous enough defense to make each of his fights…
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Tyson Fury making it chic to talk about heavyweights again
By Kevin Iole
With his acerbic tongue, braggadocios bent and frequently bizarre views, Tyson Fury isn't necessarily going to be a hugely popular heavyweight champion. This, after all, is a guy who referred to Wladimir…
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Peter Nelson lands top job at HBO Sports
By Kevin Iole
Peter Nelson completed a meteoric rise through the HBO Sports department on Tuesday when he was named its executive vice president, landing the department's top spot. He will not have the title…
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Mark Taffet resigns as senior VP of HBO Sports
By Kevin Iole
A massive overhaul at HBO Sports continued Tuesday when Mark Taffet announced his resignation as its senior vice president, effective at the end of the year. Taffet?s departure comes quickly on the…
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Will Premier Boxing Champions survive?
By Kevin Iole
In its first eight months of existence, the Premier Boxing Champions spent millions of dollars and made boxing more available via network and basic cable TV than it had been in well…
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Canelo Alvarez beats Miguel Cotto, setting stage for Gennady Golovkin fight
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Miguel Cotto was one of the great fighters in the world over the last decade-and-a-half, much of the time while Canelo Alvarez was learning the trade. On Saturday before…
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Miguel Cotto?s history suggests you can?t count him out
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? It?s impossible to measure a boxer the way scouts grade an NFL draft prospect. A fighter?s time in the 40 is irrelevant. So, too, is his bench press. All…