Kevin Iole
1,466 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Following dad’s rant, Robert Guerrero confident as ever before showdown against Floyd Mayweather
LAS VEGAS ? It's hard to pinpoint when it first happened, perhaps late in 2009 or early in 2010. Robert Guerrero was an anonymous lightweight fighting even more anonymous opponents, yet, after…
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He’s a business, man: Floyd Mayweather Jr. knows the money is in the details
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather, said Richard Schaefer on Tuesday as he looked across a large crowd that had gathered in the lobby of the MGM Grand specifically to catch a brief…
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Road to 43-0: Floyd Mayweather’s biggest wins
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather Jr. was only about a year into his professional career and still a year away from fighting for his first world title when he was already considered…
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Zab Judah still looking to take that next step
NEW YORK ? On a card filled with talented boxers, it's almost amazing to think that all these years later, the most purely talented of them just still might be Zab Judah.…
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Two big cards very tentatively set for Sept. 14, but don?t expecting dueling shows again
Two short emails released to the media Tuesday by Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission, seemed to ignite yet another dispute between powerhouse promoters Top Rank and Golden…
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Rising star Austin Trout has ‘much respect’ for Canelo Alvarez for demanding to fight him
Late last year, Miguel Cotto made what turned out to be a dramatically bad decision ? one from the Winky Wright School of Bad Career Choices. Whether Cotto made it with all…
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The loss column: How the biggest win of Cuban star Guillermo Rigondeaux’s career leaves him a loser
NEW YORK ? Guillermo Rigondeaux was a loser even on the night he scored the most significant victory of his professional career. The two-time Olympic gold medalist raised his record to 12-0…
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Golden Boy vs. Top Rank may be the main event, but boxing fans are still getting great fights
Perspective is always such a wonderful thing. On March 18, HBO Sports president Ken Hershman rocked the boxing world when he announced that his company ? long considered the most influential boxing…
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Guillermo Rigondeaux trying to do what most other Cuban defectors have not
Paying amateur athletes millions of dollars to compete as professionals is fraught with peril, even for those with the greatest scouting systems and access to every morsel of information that might indicate…
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Fatherhood a priority for Nonito Donaire Jr
It is a vastly different Nonito Donaire Jr. who will, for the second time in his career, attempt to unify the world title belts in his weight division. In 2011, he was…
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American flyweight champion Brian Viloria looking to strike a blow for the little guys
Brian Viloria is a 32-year-old American, a former Olympian and a pro's pro. He's had three stints as a world champion covering two divisions. He's one of the most fun fighters in…
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Mike Alvarado levels score with Brandon Rios after 12-round war, rubber match surely on tap
LAS VEGAS ? Mike Alvarado and Brandon Rios engaged in yet another epic match, filled with passion, fury and plenty of clean right hands. Brandon Rios lands a punch against Mike Alvarado.…
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Robert Guerrero’s N.Y. gun arrest likely won’t impact his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
If it were Floyd Mayweather Jr., and not Robert Guerrero, who had been arrested on Thursday at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport for having an unregistered gun, Twitter's servers might have…
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Two views to a brawl: Come along as Brandon Rios, Mike Alvarado each re-watch their epic fight
LAS VEGAS ? Standing in the lobby of Mandalay Bay late Tuesday afternoon, veteran Top Rank Boxing publicist Lee Samuels paced back and forth, a frown creasing his face. In a few…
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Boxer Robert Guerrero arrested at New York airport for attempting to bring handgun onto an airplane
Boxer Robert Guerrero, who is slated to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 4 in the main event of a Showtime pay-per-view card at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, was…
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Slugger Mike Alvarado not changing anything in sequel to epic brawl with Brandon Rios
LAS VEGAS ? One of the great things about boxing is that a fighter can win even when he loses. Though Mike Alvarado has a defeat on his record as a result…
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Power play: Undefeated Gennady Golovkin has the punching ability to become boxing’s next big thing
When former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was in his power-punching prime, it sounded as if gunfire were erupting in the gym as he hit the heavy bag during drills. There hasn't been…
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Boxing rankings: Tim Bradley’s thrilling win over Ruslan Provodnikov yields little change
The Yahoo! Sports Top 10 remained constant, with no changes in the rankings. However, given HBO's decision to no longer televise fights involving Golden Boy Promotions fighters, that makes a distinct split…
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Timothy Bradley managed to change public opinion with one thrilling, albeit foolish, fight tactic
Timothy Bradley walked into the ring on Saturday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., as something of an outsider. He had a cool relationship with his promoter and an uneasy…
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Former HBO Sports exec Ross Greenburg joins Showtime to promote Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero bout
Showtime on Tuesday announced a full slate of programming to support its upcoming May 4 pay-per-view broadcast of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Robert Guerrero fight from Las Vegas. To fully appreciate the significance…
