Kevin Iole
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Why is Manny Pacquiao fighting in Macau? Because of this rising star …
By Kevin Iole
MACAU ? Outwardly, Zou Shiming is an unremarkable man. He's a slender 5-feet-4 and has neither the fierce countenance nor muscular build one would associate with an elite boxer. He's largely quiet…
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Manny Pacquiao gets a chuckle out of meeting his mini doppelganger
By Kevin Iole
MACAU -- Manny Pacquiao sat placidly throughout much of Wednesday's news conference at the Venetian Macao until promoter Bob Arum introduced Kwanpichit Onesongchaigym. As Onesongchaigym, who fights double gold medalist Zou Shiming…
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Despite knockout drought, Manny Pacquiao still a major draw
By Kevin Iole
MACAU ? Manny Pacquiao is struggling to explain his five-year streak without a knockout, as well as why a fight with Floyd Mayweather has yet to happen. He had difficulty coming up…
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Roy Jones Jr. eager to prove training skills with Jessie Vargas
By Kevin Iole
Roy Jones Jr. is stretched out in a chair a few feet from the ring at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., where in a few minutes, his old nemesis, Bernard Hopkins,…
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Unified champ Sergey Kovalev finally gets to meet newborn son
By Kevin Iole
Sergey Kovalev is one of the world's toughest guys, as he has proved repeatedly in the ring and most recently on Saturday, when he routed Bernard Hopkins in a light heavyweight title…
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Bernard Hopkins still not certain whether he will fight again
By Kevin Iole
Bernard Hopkins couldn't answer the question everyone wanted to know on Saturday: Will he fight again? The 49-year-old lost a wide decision to Sergey Kovalev Saturday in their light heavyweight title unification…
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Sergey Kovalev runs the table, routs 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins
By Kevin Iole
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- So many times, Bernard Hopkins was able to defy time, and logic, and win fights he had no business winning. On Saturday, though, the magic ran out. View…
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How Bernard Hopkins uses talk of race to turn the spotlight on himself
By Kevin Iole
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ? In 1993, a few days before Tommy Morrison defeated George Foreman for the WBO heavyweight title, a longtime boxing official was marveling at the crowd that surrounded Morrison.…
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Chris Algieri, the real-life Rocky, meets the guy who made Rocky real
By Kevin Iole
It's not bad to be Chris Algieri these days. It may be a different story come Nov. 22 (Nov. 23 in China) when he is standing across from Manny Pacquiao in a…
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. signs contract with Al Haymon, seeks a big fight
By Kevin Iole
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has signed with manager Al Haymon, and told Yahoo Sports he is eager to resume his boxing career. That statement may set up a…
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Recalling the night when Muhammad Ali KO’d ‘a Belgian’ to win the world title
By Kevin Iole
No athlete knew how to work a crowd better than Muhammad Ali, the legendary former heavyweight champion who on Oct. 30, 1974, stopped George Foreman in perhaps the most surprising win of…
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Picking simply five magic moments from Bernard Hopkins’ career a tall order
By Kevin Iole
A little more than two months before he turns 50 years old, Bernard Hopkins will slip through the ropes at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., on Nov. 8 to face Sergey…
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Picking simply five magic moments from Bernard Hopkins’ career a tall order
By Kevin Iole
A little more than two months before he turns 50 years old, Bernard Hopkins will slip through the ropes at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., on Nov. 8 to face Sergey…
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Manny Pacquiao appears arrogant playing basketball before bout
By Kevin Iole
A study published in 2010 conducted over a 17-year period discovered that the most common injury to afflict an NBA player is a lateral ankle sprain. More than 13 percent of all…
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After latest KO win, Gennady Golovkin seeks bigger challenge
By Kevin Iole
CARSON, Calif. ? Gennady Golovkin gave the overflow sell-out crowd of 9,323 frenzied fans at the StubHub Center on Saturday exactly what they wanted to see when he knocked out Marco Antonio…
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Naseem Hamed long overdue for election to Boxing Hall of Fame
By Kevin Iole
It's a travesty that Naseem Hamed was not long ago inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The statistics would seem to speak for themselves. He was 36-1 with 31 knockouts.…
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Floyd Mayweather way off mark with Oscar De La Hoya criticism
By Kevin Iole
Floyd Mayweather is an immense talent, but boxing not only survived, it thrived, long before he ever pulled on a pair of gloves. And, as much as it might jolt his ego,…
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The Hall of Fame case for, or against, “Ferocious” Fernando Vargas
By Kevin Iole
Some years, it's simple to fill out the ballot for the International Boxing Hall of Fame. In the modern category, three fighters are elected each year, and with Oscar De La Hoya,…
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Canelo Alvarez pulls out of Dec. 6 bout
By Kevin Iole
Canelo Alvarez's return to HBO was put on hold when his planned Dec. 6 fight against Joshua Clottey in Houston was canceled Monday so that Alvarez can take care of a lingering…
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Middleweight Jermain Taylor getting undeserved IBF title fight
By Kevin Iole
Jermain Taylor has no business fighting for the IBF middleweight championship on Wednesday at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Miss., but not for the reason that most think. Taylor, 36,…