Kevin Iole
1,466 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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HBO, boxing’s top network, makes unexpected decision to part with Golden Boy Promotions
HBO, the highest-rated boxing network, made the extraordinary decision Monday not to buy fights from Golden Boy Promotions, one of the sport's two biggest promoters, for the foreseeable future. For now, rising…
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Timothy Bradley is wasting the momentum, opportunities gained after defeating Pacman
Ruslan Provodnikov, Manny Pacquiao's sparring partner, may defeat Timothy Bradley, the guy who defeated Pacquiao, when they meet on Saturday for the WBO welterweight title in the main event of an HBO-televised…
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Timothy Bradley trying to move past Pacman saga and death threats that accompanied it
Timothy Bradley probably learned more about life in the three weeks following his June 9 victory over Manny Pacquiao than he had in the previous 28 years combined. Every day, it seemed,…
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It’s safe to say old man Bernard Hopkins has a particular plan for young knockout artist
Bernard Hopkins is one of the great strategists in boxing history. Every action the 48-year-old former middleweight and light heavyweight champion does comes following a great deal of thought and calculation. Little…
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With his career winding down, Bernard Hopkins is wise to choose opponents more carefully
Bernard Hopkins is 48, older than five sitting governors, four current U.S. senators and is only three years and five months younger than President Obama. He doesn't move as nimbly as he…
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s penalty for marijuana use highlights need for updated regulations
The Nevada Athletic Commission hammered Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Thursday, hitting him with a whopping $900,000 fine and suspending him for nine months for using marijuana before his Sept. 15 middleweight…
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Mind over matter: Robert Guerrero has instincts to give Floyd Mayweather tough fight
The wristwatch Floyd Mayweather wore Thursday to a Detroit news conference was probably worth more than Robert Guerrero's Gilroy, Calif., home. Mayweather probably made 25 times more money in 2012 ? a…
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Freddie Roach says ?foot stomping? led to Manny Pacquiao?s knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez
In 2011 when Manny Pacquiao won a tight decision over Juan Manuel Marquez in the third fight between them, Pacquiao's zealous supporters weren't simply content to see their man get a win…
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Money man: Floyd Mayweather leaves HBO for lucrative deal with Showtime, will fight May 4
Floyd Mayweather has, for several years, been the highest-paid athlete in sports, not just boxing. But Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, said the multi-fight deal the superstar boxer signed with…
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Adrien Broner’s big ‘Problem’: Quality opponents
Adrien Broner spends a considerable amount of time explaining just how good he is, and how he should already be regarded as boxing royalty. At a news conference Tuesday in New York…
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Promotion blues: Top Rank’s feud with Golden Boy continues to hurt the fight game
The seemingly straightforward process of putting together a fight between two boxers who want to fight each other in a bout the public is eager to see becomes anything but simple when…
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Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado II set for March 30 in Las Vegas on HBO
Great news for fans of two men who stand in front of each other and throw haymakers: Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti said Wednesday that a rematch of the great 2012…
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Rankings: Slow month inspires little change
Floyd Mayweather Jr. kept his spot atop the Yahoo! Sports boxing rankings, garnering 27 of the 31 first-place votes. Gennady Golovkin garnered two votes in January's boxing rankings. (USA Today) Of the…
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Argentinian fighter Lucas Matthysse eager to become a Las Vegas regular
LAS VEGAS ? Mike Dallas Jr. has never, and will never, be mentioned as one of boxing's greats. He's a solid, representative professional fighter, no more, no less. Dallas is a virtual…
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Sour ending does little to spoil Mikey Garcia’s clinical demolition of Orlando Salido
NEW YORK ? Mikey Garcia barely cracked a smile Saturday after a surgical destruction of Orlando Salido netted him his first world title. Garcia won a technical decision after eight one-sided rounds…
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Again labeled an underdog, Orlando Salido relishing opportunity against Mikey Garcia
Something dawned on Orlando Salido while getting drubbed by Juan Manuel Marquez: I can fight. I can actually make a living doing this. On Sept. 18, 2004, Salido met Marquez in the…
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Nonito Donaire: Yahoo! Sports 2012 Fighter of the Year
There are a slew of fighters with the qualifications to be named the 2012 Yahoo! Sports Fighter of the Year. Juan Manuel Marquez went 2-0 and scored the year's biggest victory, knocking…
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Pacquiao-Marquez IV: Yahoo! Sports 2012 Fight of the Year
Referee Pat Russell leaned against a wall outside of Mike Alvarado's locker room on a cool Southern California night in October. Moments earlier, Alvarado had engaged in one of the best fights…
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2012 boxing awards: Robert Garcia wins Yahoo! Sports Trainer of the Year
The best coaches in any sport are the ones who adapt to their athletes and make them better. Robert Garcia talks during a press conference while Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao look…
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New generation of boxing stars can cure what ails sport by standing up to promoters
Boxing's new wave of stars ? young, talented, aggressive fighters like Nonito Donaire, Abner Mares, Lucas Matthysse and Brandon Rios ? have the ability to take the sport to another level. It's…
