Kevin Iole
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Canelo Alvarez still trying to shake off bad day at the office
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Imagine that on your biggest day at work, things go horribly, inexplicably and devastatingly wrong. You've promised your bosses and your co-workers a masterpiece, and the final product is…
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Business of boxing makes mess of Cotto-Alvarez promotion
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Oscar De La Hoya, who knows as much about selling pay-per-view as just about anyone on the planet, predicted last week that the card at the Mandalay Bay Events…
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Freddie Roach: ‘We will be the first to knock out Alvarez’
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Freddie Roach got rolling Monday, running through a list of reasons why he believes Miguel Cotto will knock out Canelo Alvarez and retain the middleweight title on Saturday when…
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Cotto trainer Freddie Roach: ‘We will be the first to knock out Alvarez’
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Freddie Roach got rolling Monday, running through a list of reasons why he believes Miguel Cotto will knock out Canelo Alvarez and retain the middleweight title on Saturday when…
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Freddie Roach taunts Teddy Atlas, says Pacman would fight Bradley ‘tomorrow’
By Kevin Iole
Freddie Roach is getting WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto ready for a big fight, but it appears as if the Hall of Fame trainer is angling for a fight himself. Roach, who…
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FBI involved in search for title belts stolen from Boxing Hall of Fame
By Kevin Iole
Six irreplaceable championship belts have been stolen from the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y., and the FBI's Antiquities division has joined in the effort to recover the precious artifacts.…
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De La Hoya to Mayweather: You were boring and took the easy way out
By Kevin Iole
It's no secret that there is no love lost between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr., the two biggest draws of their generation. But De La Hoya, the 1992 Olympic…
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Oscar De La Hoya, Jay-Z wager $100K on outcome of Cotto-Canelo
By Kevin Iole
Oscar De La Hoya is a boxing Hall of Famer and has been involved in the sport in one manner or another for more than 30 years. The CEO of Golden Boy…
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Why a Japanese middleweight prospect is so strongly linked to Brazil
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Bob Arum?s eyes danced with delight as he discussed the possibility of 2012 Olympic middleweight gold medalist Ryoto Murata of Japan meeting silver medalist Esquiva Falcao of Brazil next…
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Timothy Bradley keeps WBO welterweight title after stoppage of Brandon Rios
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Highly touted featherweight Vasyl Lomachenko toyed with outmanned challenger Romulo Koasicha in their title fight Saturday in the opener of an HBO doubleheader at the Thomas & Mack Center.…
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Timothy Bradley, Brandon Rios meet for title after making massive changes
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? It was eerily similar, listening to Brandon Rios and Timothy Bradley loosen the cap on their emotions, confess to past transgressions, vow to improve and discuss a radically new…
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Why Top Rank?s future is no sure thing
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? It was only 10 years ago, though it seems like a lifetime, that Top Rank boasted a star-studded roster that seemed like the boxing equivalent of the ?27 Yankees.…
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Ken Hershman pulls a shocker, resigns as president of HBO Sports
By Kevin Iole
Ratings were up significantly, the future schedule is loaded and there are developing stars galore, but none of that could stop Ken Hershman on Friday from announcing his resignation, effective at the…
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Gennady Golovkin’s PPV debut hits 150,000 sales, turns a pro
By Kevin Iole
Gennady Golovkin easily took care of business inside the ring at Madison Square Garden on Saturday when he routed David Lemieux in their middleweight title unification bout. It wasn't as easy on…
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Floyd Mayweather shows the spoils of successful 19-year career
By Kevin Iole
Floyd Mayweather is gone, but the retired boxing superstar isn't going to let you forget him just yet. A little more than a month after he announced his retirement from the sport…
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Why Terence Crawford is the charitable champion
By Kevin Iole
Promoter Bob Arum calls Terence Crawford ?the American equivalent of Manny Pacquiao,? and he wasn?t necessarily talking about in the boxing ring. There is a chance, perhaps a very good chance, that…
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Gennady Golovkin stakes claim as king in ‘new era of boxing’
By Kevin Iole
NEW YORK ? If what happened Saturday at Madison Square Garden is what promoter Oscar De La Hoya called beforehand ?the new era of boxing,? sign me up. After flyweight superstar Roman…
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Roman Gonzalez fully embracing teachings of late, great Alexis Arguello
By Kevin Iole
NEW YORK ? Roman Gonzalez beamed as a question was being translated for him from English to Spanish about whether he?d seen either of the fights between Alexis Arguello and Aaron Pryor.…
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Trainer who was a 9/11 firefighter paying heavy price after heroic duty
By Kevin Iole
NEW YORK ? Joe Higgins has a rule that he has stuck to throughout his career as a trainer: He never takes on a fighter in the pros that he didn?t work…
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David Lemieux may need more than power against Gennady Golovkin
By Kevin Iole
The lure of Saturday?s middleweight title unification fight in New York between Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux is power. The two have combined to go 67-2 with 61 knockouts in their professional…