Kevin Iole
1,466 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Bantamweight tourney is a bright idea
If you go to a restaurant and the steaks are perfect, you don?t worry too much if the air conditioning was a little chilly or if the waiter was a bit slow.…
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Hatton case highlights retirees? plight
Nobody who knew Ricky Hatton well expected to wake up to see his picture slapped across the front of a London newspaper, snorting what appeared to be a line of cocaine while…
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Boxing Promoters Association a good start
If the NFL were run like boxing, the Jets would never play the Ravens, the Saints, the Colts or the Patriots, but they?d play the Browns, the Rams, the Bucs, the Bills,…
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Rankings: Eye of the beholder
After tabulating the ballots of the 38 analysts who participated in the voting for the Yahoo! Sports boxing rankings in September, I compared the Yahoo! Sports rankings to those done by The…
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Mailbag: Brought to you by the letter ?M?
It?s been a while since I?ve had the opportunity to address your questions and comments in the boxing mailbag. This week, I address Shane Mosley?s draw with Sergio Mora on Saturday in…
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No luck of the draw for Mosley, Mora
LOS ANGELES ? It was an unsatisfying night for Shane Mosley, who failed to convince the skeptics that his 39 years aren?t a major factor in his declining performance. It was an…
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Mosley fights for the love of the game
Don?t look for any complex reasons why Shane Mosley, at 39 years old and coming off the worst loss of his professional career, is continuing to box. Does he need the money?…
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Mora more than just a ?Contender?
Sergio Mora has not been in the witness protection program. He hasn?t signed on as a member of the CIA?s National Clandestine Service. It only seems that way. He?s a former world…
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Is Mosley still ?Sugar? sweet?
Sergio Mora grew up as a Shane Mosley fan, awed by Mosley?s rare combination of speed, power and tenacity and impressed by Mosley?s eagerness to test himself against the greatest boxers of…
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King: Floyd a product of his surroundings
Don King isn?t shocked by what he?s seen of Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s behavior in the last two weeks. He doesn?t like it, and he?s not about to condone it, but it didn?t…
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Scintillating Rios overshadows Gamboa
LAS VEGAS ? Yuriorkis Gamboa is a hard man to overshadow. He?s one of the world?s most dynamic fighters and he put on a stellar show Saturday by routing Orlando Salido at…
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Arum finds solace in his work
LAS VEGAS ? Bob Arum was where he wanted to be Saturday, where he feels the most comfortable, where he feels he belonged. He was sitting at ringside at a fight card…
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Mayweather living on the edge
Almost a year ago to the day, Floyd Mayweather Jr. drove through the most downtrodden area of Las Vegas, hopped onto the back of a truck and handed out food and drink…
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Fearless Gamboa is a crowd pleaser
LAS VEGAS ? In most sports, defense is necessary to win championships. In boxing, it is necessary simply to keep one?s brain from being scrambled. By that measure, Yuriorkis Gamboa, the World…
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Heavyweight title scene drones on
Listening to Emanuel Steward during a conference call with reporters the other day, one reasonably may have assumed the Hall-of-Fame trainer was discussing classic heavyweight title fights such as Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier…
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HBO navigates way through controversial fight
Had Joseph Heller been alive, he might have written a real-life sequel to his classic book, ?Catch 22,? about the dilemma facing HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg. When the Internet?s most infamous…
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Boxing?s most influential: Nos. 1-50
On Friday, we looked at the 51st-100th most influential figures in boxing history. Now, we count down to No. 1.: 50. Larry Holmes, boxer ? Holmes had the unenviable job of following…
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Mayweather apologizes for racist tirade
Floyd Mayweather Jr. took to the Internet again on Friday, this time to apologize for a profanity-filled racist rant against Manny Pacquiao that he recorded on uStream.com Thursday. Mayweather continued to mispronounce…
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Rant shows Mayweather spinning out of control
No one should have been surprised by the hateful, racist, vitriolic rant that Floyd Mayweather Jr. released Thursday on a video-sharing site in which he went into an angry tirade against Manny…
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Boxing?s most influential: Nos. 51-100
It?s hard to believe for those who follow it today to learn that for many years, boxing was one of the two most popular sports in the U.S., along with baseball. Today,…
