Kevin Iole
1,466 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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HBO Sports silences its most ardent critic
Richard Plepler, the co-president of HBO, has continued to keep a close watch over the network's boxing operation even after the hiring of Ken Hershman in October as president of HBO Sports.…
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Mailbag: Time to call out Mayweather on Pacquiao allegations
Memo to Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Shut up. Please. Button up now, before you open your mouth again and say something even more stupid than you?ve already said. Mayweather is a brilliant talent…
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Timothy Bradley preparing for Manny Pacquiao by eating all of his vegetables
Timothy Bradley isn't a tall guy, but there is no one who has seen him who would say the super lightweight champion is not big. Bradley, who will move up to welterweight…
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Pac as Shaq: Pacquiao will have the height advantage for first time since 2003
When Manny Pacquiao faces Timothy Bradley for the World Boxing Organization welterweight championship on June 9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, it will be a historic night of sorts. For the…
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Canelo dogs Pacman, vows he won?t let Mosley off the hook
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is still a pup in the professional boxing world in terms of age. At 21, he's at the age where most pros are just beginning. Alvarez, though, is 39-0-1…
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UFC president Dana White calls Floyd Mayweather Jr. a racist and urges him to fight Manny Pacquiao
Long before he became the most powerful man in mixed martial arts, UFC president Dana White was a boxing fan. On Tuesday during the "UFC Tonight" show on Fuel TV, White laid…
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Mailbag: Trainer Freddie Roach marvels at his new-found reality-TV celebrity
Trainer Freddie Roach laughed and said that when he was first approached about a reality show on his life, he couldn?t understand why. ?I just said, ?You know, my life isn?t all…
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Manny Pacquiao insists he?ll fight Floyd Mayweather but that his offer was financially unacceptable
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao was upstairs in the bedroom of his suite at the MGM Grand over the weekend, catching a nap after a long day of giving a deposition in…
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Yuriorkis Gamboa jumps two weight classes to face Brandon Rios for WBA lightweight title
Yuriorkis Gamboa has been longing for a big fight, and the 2004 Olympic gold medalist got it on Thursday, in more ways than one. Gamboa, a former featherweight world champion, will jump…
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Tavoris Cloud is an unbeaten IBF champion who wonders if other top fighters are ducking him
Tavoris Cloud is not going to talk your ear off. He?s not the most introspective person you?ll ever meet. The International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion will never give you six words…
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Mailbag: Network TV bouts are on the way, according to boxing?s top promoters
Long-time boxing fans frequently lament the lack of a national television contract as one of the reasons for its struggles. But don?t be surprised if boxing winds up on CBS at some…
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HBO, Showtime need to rethink business model
Imagine, for a second, that you?re Ken Hershman, the newly installed president of HBO Sports. Since late 2003, you?ve been the senior vice president and general manager of Showtime Sports, and you?ve…
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Jared With Punch: Boxer Mike Lee Is The Unlikely New Face Of Subway
Big companies usually go after big names as endorsers. Preferably one-name names: Kobe, Peyton, LeBron. So ... why has Subway brought in Mike Lee? Make no mistake, Lee is one of the…
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. showing grit, ditching the silver spoon
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. comes from boxing royalty. His father is widely regarded as one of the 20 greatest fighters in the sport?s history and the best ever to emerge from talent-laden…
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Nonito Donaire could join the ranks of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The story is familiar even to the most casual of boxing fans: The young fighter of Filipino descent starts off in the lightest weight classes, dominating opponents and picking up titles. One…
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Andre Berto?s bout with Victor Ortiz is canceled
They?re falling like flies within Team Berto. The worst news is that Andre Berto sustained an injury to his left biceps Monday that forced the cancellation of his eagerly anticipated Feb. 11…
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Star inactivity sapping the life out of boxing
In his first year as a professional boxer, Manny Pacquiao fought 10 times. In Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s second year as a pro, he also fought 10 times. By the end of 1997,…
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Mailbag: More of Mayweather?s mouth
Two things were obvious after spending an hour with Floyd Mayweather Jr. last week at the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas. He seems to truly believe that Pacquiao?s recent run of…
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NBC Sports Network promotion has promise
Kathy Duva faced a conundrum. The veteran boxing promoter is about to embark on a new venture, promoting a quarterly series on the NBC Sports Network that she hopes can provide a…
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Mayweather takes his case to Pacman
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather Jr. continued his campaign to land a fight with Manny Pacquiao, cutting out the middle man by phoning Pacquiao directly in an effort to make what would…
