Kevin Iole
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Belt or no, Maidana brings the heat
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Marcos Maidana didn?t get the decision in his last fight, but it wouldn?t be fair to call him a loser, either. Maidana dropped a unanimous decision to Amir Khan…
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No looking back for De La Hoya
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Oscar De La Hoya wants to fight again. Don?t believe a word you hear otherwise. He has carefully observed the sport since announcing his retirement two years ago and…
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Will Saturday?s card start a PPV trend?
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Madelyn Arias-Aviles is such a hard-core boxing fan that not only did she name her English bulldog puppy ?Tyson? in honor of the former heavyweight champion, she also picked…
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Focused Guerrero is ready to roll
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Robert Guerrero could knock out every lightweight in the top 10, move up and clean out the super lightweight division, claim a spot atop the pound-for-pound rankings and he?d…
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Top Rank wins round in Donaire case
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Top Rank has won the first hurdle in the battle for the rights to promote burgeoning superstar Nonito Donaire. Arbiter Daniel Weinstein, a retired California Superior Court judge, ruled…
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There?s reason to wait for Gamboa-Lopez
By Kevin Iole
Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander could have sold 80,000 tickets to their Jan. 29 super lightweight unification fight at the Pontiac Silverdome, engaged in the Fight of the Century and set ratings…
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Rankings: Mayweather?s inactivity affects standing
By Kevin Iole
Whether you love him or despise him, there is no denying that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is one of the world?s elite fighters. But, according to the voters in the monthly Yahoo! Sports…
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Golden Boy signs Donaire; Arum threatens action
By Kevin Iole
Boxing?s most powerful promoters are poised to lock horns in a dispute over a highly coveted Filipino superstar. If this sounds familiar, it is, because less than five years after Golden Boy…
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Determined Cotto earns methodical win
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Miguel Cotto has a list of victories that could serve as a roster of some of the greatest fighters of the first 10 years of the 21st century. Not…
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Cotto saves talking for the ring
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Miguel Cotto doesn?t have a chance against Ricardo Mayorga. He can?t even come close to him. Cotto against Mayorga is boy vs. man, a mismatch of epic proportions. This…
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Rooting for Foreman is cheering on greatness
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? A fighter?s ?entourage? has been a part of boxing as long as gloves, a mouthpiece, shorts and a spit bucket. Fighters are legendary for surrounding themselves with a traveling…
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King, Arum still at it after all these years
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Don King clasped his fingers in front of him and bowed his head. For a second, one of the world?s most loquacious men was silenced. The 79-year-old boxing promoter…
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Martinez rolls with the punches
By Kevin Iole
There is no boxer in the world not named Manny Pacquiao who has put on more enthralling fights over the last two years than middleweight champion Sergio Martinez. His 2009 match with…
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Fast-rising Alvarez still has much to prove
By Kevin Iole
Mexico?s Saul Alvarez may indeed become boxing?s next superstar. He may one day live up to the predictions of greatness that some in the industry predict for him. Alvarez fights Matthew Hatton…
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Fast-rising Munoz true to Filipino roots
By Kevin Iole
Mark Munoz?s nickname is ?The Philippine Wrecking Machine,? but when he turned professional as a mixed martial artist in 2007, he wasn?t a particularly modern machine. Related Links More from Kevin Iole…
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Rios rallies, knocks out Acosta
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Brandon Rios lost the first four rounds on two of the three judges? scorecards and dropped three of the first four on the other. He was hurt badly by…
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Rios a lightweight on the rise
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Brandon Rios had never heard of Robert Garcia when they first met in 2004. Rios was a highly regarded amateur a step away from making the U.S. Olympic boxing…
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Rankings: Donaire on the rise
By Kevin Iole
Nonito Donaire?s sensational second-round stoppage of Fernando Montiel in their bantamweight title fight on Saturday in Las Vegas was a thing of beauty to see, but it created a problem. For me,…
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Tyson finds peace from unusual source
By Kevin Iole
HENDERSON, Nev. ? The hands that once caused so much fear, that once scrambled the brains of highly trained men, which caused elite professionals to cower in fear, now gently, tenderly, caress…
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Donaire rocks Montiel, turns heads
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? One long-time occupant of the top spot in boxing?s mythical pound-for-pound list said he believes a pair of Filipinos should sit atop the current rankings. But former champion Roy…