Kevin Iole
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According to report, Manny Pacquiao says talks ongoing for Floyd Mayweather rematch
By Kevin Iole
Sports fans around the world held their breath in anticipation last winter as it became obvious that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao were nearing the finish line for a welterweight title bout…
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How Teddy Atlas was persuaded to train Timothy Bradley
By Kevin Iole
His days as a trainer were long over. There was no way that anyone was going to get Teddy Atlas to leave a comfortable, and lucrative, position as one of boxing's most…
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Slugger Lucas Matthysse?s boxing skill could be key to his title shot
By Kevin Iole
Longtime boxing fans were all but frothing at the mouth in the spring, when Golden Boy Promotions announced Lucas Matthysse would face Ruslan Provodnikov. It would be the brawl to end all…
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Boom or bust time for Adrien Broner
By Kevin Iole
It's not difficult to call Adrien Broner a bust, despite world titles in three weight classes before his 24th birthday and a 30-2 record with 22 knockouts. Adrien Jerome Broner, 26, is…
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The moment Wladimir Klitschko turned his career around
By Kevin Iole
The 10th anniversary of what might be viewed as just another in a long series of consecutive wins for Wladimir Klitschko is on Thursday. But his unanimous decision victory over Samuel Peter…
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Many elite choices to replace ‘Money’ as boxing’s next pound-for-pound king
By Kevin Iole
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Roy Jones Jr. have held a stranglehold on the mythical position as boxing's pound-for-pound champion for more than 20 years. Jones elevated to that status by at least…
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Floyd Mayweather says ‘career is over’ after beating Andre Berto to move to 49-0
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather dropped to his knees as the final bell sounded after his whitewashing of Andre Berto on Saturday and looked skyward. For the final 30 seconds, the crowd…
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Floyd Mayweather leaving behind complex legacy of good and bad
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Boxing will be a vastly different sport, for better and for worse, when Floyd Mayweather finally walks away for good. He says his welterweight title fight with Andre Berto…
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Floyd Mayweather’s flawed perfect record and how he would have fared against all-time greats
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Rocky Marciano was one of the hardest punchers in the long history of boxing, but it wasn't The Brockton Blockbuster's power that was primarily responsible for his 49-0 record.…
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Is Floyd Mayweather underrated?
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? It?s difficult to wrap one?s arms around the idea that an athlete who is audacious enough to refer to himself as ?The Best Ever,? in his sport may actually…
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Ronda Rousey says she makes more per second than Floyd Mayweather
By Kevin Iole
Sooner or later, someone will surpass Floyd Mayweather as the world's highest paid athlete. But given that he made at least $250 million for his May 2 victory in Las Vegas over…
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How boxing’s upcoming PPV bouts stack up
By Kevin Iole
Boxing?s upcoming schedule is filled with pay-per-views, which is a downer for those who understand that pay-per-view has made a select few fighters insanely rich, but overall has been a detriment to…
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Sergey Kovalev brutalizes another foe; who’s left that’d actually fight him?
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Sergey Kovalev accomplished what he set out to do. The unified light heavyweight champion totally outclassed and finished Nadjib Mohammedi in the third round Saturday at the Mandalay Bay…
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Timothy Bradley makes significant changes after questionable draw
By Kevin Iole
Timothy Bradley remains an elite physical specimen and, at 31, is in his boxing prime. Still, Bradley made substantial changes to his training techniques while preparing for his HBO-televised fight against Jessie…
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Why Adrien Broner?s wild antics won?t be an issue for Shawn Porter
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? There is one competition in which Shawn Porter doesn?t have, nor did he ever have, a chance against Adrien Broner: Talking. When it comes to making outrageous boasts, ridiculous…
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Nicholas Walters out to erase perception of being one-dimensional fighter
By Kevin Iole
Nicholas Walters is in pretty good company. As Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti speaks about the WBA featherweight champion, he drops the names Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev and Wladimir Klitschko. Those…
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Felix Verdejo looks great but question remains: Can he fight?
By Kevin Iole
It could be fair to say the apprenticeship of Felix Verdejo is over, and it was quite a successful one. Hall of Famer Felix Trinidad embraced the 2012 Puerto Rican Olympian and…
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Miguel Cotto blows out Daniel Geale, sets up huge bout with Canelo Alvarez
By Kevin Iole
There was little reason for Miguel Cotto to fight Daniel Geale, since Geale clearly had little chance to win and there was precious little demand for the fight. Such is not the…
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Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao pass all drug tests
By Kevin Iole
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao were each tested 19 times for performance-enhancing drug use both prior to and following their May 2 mega-fight at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas,…
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Gennady Golovkin showed boxing is alive and well, and he wasn’t the only one…
By Kevin Iole
INGLEWOOD, Calif. ? If every televised card was like the one Saturday on HBO, boxing might regain the spot it held in the first half of the 20th century as one of…