Kevin Iole
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Is Amir Khan really the best opponent for Floyd Mayweather?
By Kevin Iole
If Floyd Mayweather Jr. keeps his word, he'll fight Amir Khan on May 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Mayweather announced via Twitter a week ago that he…
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Marcos Maidana holds slim lead over Amir Khan as fan voting heads down homestretch in Mayweather Derby
By Kevin Iole
With about four full days to go in the voting, boxing fans have given WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana a slim lead over Amir Khan in the race to land a lucrative…
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Of taxes, Money May and killer instinct: Manny Pacquiao comes clean
By Kevin Iole
For some reason, things get attributed to Manny Pacquiao that either aren't at all what he said or are a distortion of his views. Prior to his fight with Brandon Rios in…
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Manny Pacquiao ends a busy day by saying ?Lines are open 24/7′ for Mayweather to call
By Kevin Iole
The life of a boxer promoting a pay-per-view card isn't always that easy, as Manny Pacquiao learned during a trip to New York on Wednesday. Thursday, Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley will meet…
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How Mark Beiro conquered blindness to return to the fight game
By Kevin Iole
Mark Beiro woke up in a hotel room, as he had done hundreds of times before, and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. With a stretch and a yawn, he sat…
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How Manny Pacquiao’s fighting style is hurting his popularity
By Kevin Iole
Manny Pacquiao arrived at Los Angeles International Airport late Monday, and in one regard, nothing had changed. A small army of photographers and reporters greeted him and fans squealed with delight when…
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From a dead end to a possible fight against Floyd Mayweather
By Kevin Iole
It's about 18 hours after the biggest victory of his life, and Luis Collazo remains ebullient. It's been a non-stop stream of well-wishers and back-slappers, a day filled with attaboys after knocking…
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Bob Arum announces Pacquiao-Bradley undercard, but doubts fans care about undercard matches
By Kevin Iole
Top Rank chairman Bob Arum has taken a lot of heat recently from boxing fans and media for putting poor quality undercards on the pay-per-view bouts his company promotes. The boxing media…
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Whether it’s a knockout or he’s knocked out, Victor Ortiz is must-see TV
By Kevin Iole
Victor Ortiz may never be what we want him to be, what we think he should be. He's never going to be the solid, consistent, smart, veteran boxer who minimizes mistakes and…
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Floyd Mayweather, Timothy Bradley, Ruslan Provodnikov take top Boxing Writers awards
By Kevin Iole
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has long been regarded as the best fighter in the world, even by those who aren't particularly fond of his style. The Boxing Writers Association of America on Tuesday…
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How fans are hurting the likelihood of Pacquiao-Mayweather
By Kevin Iole
There's a melancholy feeling these days any time either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. announces a fight. On Saturday, Yahoo Sports broke the news that Pacquiao would meet Timothy Bradley Jr.…
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Manny Pacquiao will get another crack at Timothy Bradley
By Kevin Iole
Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley will meet on April 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in a rematch of their controversial 2012 welterweight title bout. The deal was…
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Promising old-school fighter driven by lost gold
By Kevin Iole
When he was a child growing up in Philadelphia, Jesse Hart would spend many a Saturday night in front of the television watching boxing with his father, Eugene Hart. Eugene Hart was…
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Plumber knocks on Muhammad Ali?s door, gets to wish ?The Greatest? a happy birthday in person
By Kevin Iole
When plumber Tony Kelly went to work Friday, not in his wildest dreams did the 24-year-old Irishman believe he'd get an opportunity to meet the legendary heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali. But having…
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George Foreman knocked out Joe Frazier 41 years ago to win the title and put HBO into the boxing business
By Kevin Iole
One of the most memorable heavyweight title bouts in boxing history occurred 41 years ago Wednesday, when George Foreman knocked Joe Frazier down an incredible six times in Kingston, Jamaica, and won…
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Vitali Klitschko sprayed with fire extinguisher during dramatic Ukraine protests
By Kevin Iole
Every fighter who steps through the ropes and into the ring is taking a big risk. Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, a potential future president of Ukraine, is putting his life at…
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One of boxing’s best has his sights set on Manny Pacquiao
By Kevin Iole
Mikey Garcia is unquestionably one of the world's greatest fighters, but it seems like he's walking into a trap. He'll face the 30-1-2 Juan Carlos Burgos on Saturday for the WBO super…
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Julio Cesar Chavez gets second shot at Bryan Vera on March 1
By Kevin Iole
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is no longer going to fool anyone. Chavez for years got ahead in boxing by treading on his famous father's name. Even when it started to become obvious…
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Celebrating Muhammad Ali?s 72nd birthday: 12 of his most memorable boxing moments
By Kevin Iole
Muhammad Ali celebrates his 72nd birthday Friday, and so it's a good time to reflect on his legendary boxing career. Ali's career was filled with highlights and memorable moments, but these are…
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Ex-Olympian Jose Ramirez fighting for water rights for San Joaquin Valley
By Kevin Iole
Anyone who has seen Jose Ramirez fight realizes he is a man of action inside of the ring. But Ramirez proved Thursday that he is a man of action outside of it,…