Kevin Iole
1,466 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Pacquiao staring down another larger foe
GRAPEVINE, Texas ? Only minutes after the greatest performance of Manny Pacquiao?s career to date, after he drubbed Oscar De La Hoya and stopped him following eight one-sided rounds, trainer Freddie Roach…
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Pacquiao on verge of pay-per-view crown
ARLINGTON, Texas ? Nearly 10 years ago, a boxer largely unknown outside of his homeland arrived in San Francisco for a vacation. He then hopped on a Greyhound bus, made the trek…
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Margarito says he?s sorry for mocking Roach
GRAPEVINE, Texas ? Antonio Margarito unexpectedly showed up at the undercard news conference Thursday in the Gaylord Texan hotel to apologize to trainer Freddie Roach for mocking him in a video that…
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Notes: Retirement on Pac-Man?s agenda?
ARLINGTON, Texas ? Manny Pacquiao could retire if he defeats Antonio Margarito on Saturday at Cowboys Stadium, trainer Freddie Roach said. But Pacquiao and promoter Bob Arum threw water on the notion.…
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Margarito fight could be Pacquiao?s last
ARLINGTON, Texas ? Trainer Freddie Roach wouldn?t be surprised if Manny Pacquiao retires after Saturday?s World Boxing Council super welterweight title bout with Antonio Margarito. Roach expressed his opinion in an impromptu…
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Pacquiao transcends sporting world
It?s not often that the President of the United States serves as an opening act for another politician, but to boxing promoter Bob Arum, that?s exactly what happened Sunday on ?60 Minutes.?…
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A four-step plan for Margarito
The cover of Sports Illustrated once shrieked ?Madman!? with a photograph of Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield during their June 28, 1997, heavyweight championship fight in Las Vegas. Tyson?s license to box…
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Lopez makes it interesting vs. Marquez
LAS VEGAS ? Juan Manuel Lopez proved Saturday that he?s the best featherweight in the world, though he?s always just a step away from disaster. He can turn a runaway into a…
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Decorated Marquez eager for unbeaten Lopez
Rafael Marquez will be forever linked in boxing lore with Israel Vazquez as a result of their four super bantamweight battles. Three of those matches were among the fiercest battles of the…
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Fan-friendly Lopez on brink of stardom
LAS VEGAS ? As good as Juan Manuel Lopez is, there has always been something missing. He?s 29-0 with 26 knockouts, has won world titles in two weight classes and is ninth…
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Margarito recovers from hand-wrap fallout
Antonio Margarito already has won, in a way. The disgraced former welterweight champion, whom many never expected to see in a boxing ring again after being caught with an illegal knuckle pad…
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HBO looking for a good fight
It?s been a strange year for boxing. There is still no clear frontrunner for Fight of the Year or Fighter of the Year, and much of the talk in 2010 has been…
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Pacquiao?s handlers not fretting over form
Bob Arum has promoted boxing for nearly half a century and has seen a lot of strange things, but it?s a rare day when he watches a 6-1 favorite train and thinks…
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Rankings: Heavy-handed reminder
Malpractice is a word that immediately leaps to mind when thinking of the jobs that Ian John-Lewis and Herman Caicedo did ? or, more properly, failed to do ? on Saturday in…
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Hard to state where Klitschko rates
Vitali Klitschko is graying at the temples and is making the inexorable march toward his 40th birthday, but the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion says he feels better physically than he did…
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Mailbag: Here and there
The boxing mailbag is back and with it is a series of questions and comments on a wide range of topics. In this week?s edition of the mailbag, I?ll address questions about…
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Power-punching Pavlik at a crossroads
here are some with as much, but no one with more courage than Kelly Pavlik, the lanky middleweight from Youngstown, Ohio, and few who punch as hard. Pavlik has a great chin,…
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Super Six event turning into a farce
Andre Dirrell became the latest fighter to withdraw from Showtime?s ill-fated Super Six World Boxing Classic, pulling out of the event on Thursday as the result of ?neurologic issues? he has been…
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Garcia can make his name with Margarito
The bell sounded to end the second round and Robert Garcia trudged across the ring to his corner. If the truth be known, he would have preferred to slip underneath the ropes…
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Arum to visit Cuba on charitable mission
More than 53 years after his first visit, boxing promoter Bob Arum is headed to Havana, Cuba. But Arum's trip to Havana on Thursday is for a vastly different reason than his…
