Kevin Iole
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Greenburg out as president of HBO Sports
By Kevin Iole
Unable to absorb the body blows he was receiving from critics any longer, Ross Greenburg took his 51 Sports Emmy Awards and eight Peabody Awards and opted to end his run at…
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Mailbag: Unnerving decisions mar boxing
By Kevin Iole
Dan Goossen said he?s moving on, and the veteran promoter is right to do so. He needs to make boxing fans quickly forget the stench that was in the air in Atlantic…
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Rios? boxing skills too much for Antillon
By Kevin Iole
CARSON, Calif. ? For the better part of the last two decades, Marco Antonio Barrera thrilled boxing fans remarkably similarly to the way that Brandon Rios did on Saturday in a three-round…
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Rios welcomes Antillon?s challenge
By Kevin Iole
No one of sound mind will ever compare Brandon Rios? defense with Willie Pep?s. Pep is regarded as the greatest defensive boxer of all-time, a man so elusive in the ring that…
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Don?t write off Williams just yet
By Kevin Iole
Losses are vastly overrated in boxing, and all too frequently too much is made of them. It?s bizarre how a fighter can go from a sensation to an also-ran in the course…
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Mailbag: Will third time be Antillon?s charm?
By Kevin Iole
Urbano Antillon has to be on any list of boxing?s most exciting fighters. He is hardly a big name, but he delivers action-filled bouts on a regular basis. But there is a…
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Haye, Klitschko reach point of no return
By Kevin Iole
In another life, David Haye may have been a chess grandmaster. From the moment in 2008 when he decided to vacate the cruiserweight title, he planned, plotted and schemed for this moment,…
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Klitschko?s legacy rests on beating Haye
By Kevin Iole
Wladimir Klitschko holds what once was considered the most prestigious title in sports, yet nearly 15 years after he began his professional career, the extent of his abilities remains largely unknown on…
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Boxing loses inspirational Charles
By Kevin Iole
If Nick Charles was your friend, you had to expect the unexpected. And so, in early May, when the telephone rang and Nick was on the other end, it was highly unexpected.…
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Alvarez on brink of boxing breakthrough
By Kevin Iole
There may be a day when it is not laughable to compare Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez to Manny Pacquiao. That day, most assuredly, is not remotely near. Pacquiao is the top pound-for-pound boxer…
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Khan strives to lessen Muslim fear factor
By Kevin Iole
Since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, Muslims in the United States have come under much greater scrutiny and have in many…
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Mailbag: Remembering a true champ
By Kevin Iole
Genaro ?Chicanito? Hernandez was one of the great super featherweights of the last 25 years or so, but talk to anyone about him now and you won?t hear a peep about his…
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Leonard seeks catharsis through his new book
By Kevin Iole
Sugar Ray Leonard?s depiction of himself in his upcoming autobiography is hardly flattering. He describes himself as a philandering, unfaithful husband, an absentee father and a substance abuser. Perhaps most shockingly, he…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao could happen after all
By Kevin Iole
Floyd Mayweather Jr. gets beaten up a lot. In the media. On the Internet. By reporters. By fans. But the erstwhile pound-for-pound champion has yet to be beaten where it matters ?…
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No-nonsense Froch is a welcome change
By Kevin Iole
There are a A lot of boxers who talk about how they want big fights and insist they want to take on the toughest challenges. All too frequently, though, their actions don?t…
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Will wheels fall off boxing?s over-40 bandwagon?
By Kevin Iole
It may seem like a trend, though it?s not. It may seem like the wave of the future, but anyone who loves boxing had better hope it?s not the case. Watching men…
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Chavez Jr. follows in father?s footsteps
By Kevin Iole
From the minute Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. pulled on a pair of boxing gloves for the first time, he was revered by Mexican and Mexican-American boxing fans. The old familiar chants of…
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Can boxing?s promotional ceasefire last?
By Kevin Iole
It would be great to believe that the feud between Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, which has prevented so many great fights from occurring, is truly over. It would be wonderful…
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New champion Hopkins isn?t done yet
By Kevin Iole
MONTREAL ? Decades ago, a poor Bernard Hopkins ran through the streets of his hometown in North Philadelphia to evade the police, or someone who was trying to catch him for something…
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Hopkins makes weight on second attempt
By Kevin Iole
MONTREAL ? Bernard Hopkins laughed off his misfire on the scale on Friday at the official weigh-in, a day before he challenges champion Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre for the World…