Kevin Iole
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Mailbag: Little bit of everything
By Kevin Iole
Lots of interesting topics and debates in the boxing mailbag this week, so let’s get right to it. And again, a request, please give your full name and hometown to get the…
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Mayweather-Mosley announcement imminent
By Kevin Iole
An announcement of a welterweight fight between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and World Boxing Association champion Shane Mosley for May 1 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena is imminent. Golden Boy Promotions…
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Can understated Luevano derail Lopez?
By Kevin Iole
NEW YORK – Steven Luevano is an acquired taste. You’re not going to walk past the television set, see him for 20 seconds and instantly adopt him as your favorite fighter. He’s…
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Don’t be fooled by Mtagwa’s record
By Kevin Iole
Rogers Mtagwa doesn’t have the backing of a high-profile promoter or an influential manager. Nor does he have a television network clearing dates to broadcast his fights. He doesn’t have his own…
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Berto withdrawal could lead to Floyd-Mosley
By Kevin Iole
The disaster in Haiti forced Andre Berto to withdraw from his Jan. 30 welterweight title bout in Las Vegas with Shane Mosley, making a bout between Mosley and unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr.…
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Pettiness, hatred ruin superfight
By Kevin Iole
Floyd Mayweather Jr. needs some advice – good advice – because he’s obviously not getting much of it these days. He’s one of the primary reasons, along with Manny Pacquiao, Bob Arum,…
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Mailbag: Dopers no dopes
By Kevin Iole
The flap over whether Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will ever agree to some form of Olympic-style drug testing has gotten more than old by this stage. Mayweather wants the testing,…
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Fight flap puts spotlight on boxing’s problems
By Kevin Iole
Boxing always has been needlessly complex. Instead of one sanctioning body that awards world titles, there are four. Instead of eight weight classes for fighters to compete in, as there were for…
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Testing issues could derail Mayweather-Pacquiao
By Kevin Iole
Nearly every detail is finalized for Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao to fight on March 13 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas but one. That one detail, though,…
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Mailbag: Distractions for Manny?
By Kevin Iole
Manny Pacquiao’s ability to block out distractions and focus on his job as a fighter is legendary. Despite the storm that often surrounds him – a former manager once said, “Manny loves…
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No denying Freddie Roach is the very best
By Kevin Iole
Bum Phillips, the longtime former Houston Oilers coach and the father of Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips, once in an interview was trying to express why he thought then-Miami Dolphins coach Don…
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Mailbag: Where to stage Floyd-Manny?
By Kevin Iole
The venue for the highly anticipated March 13 bout between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao will likely be decided by Thursday, Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum said Tuesday. Arum…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao fight nearly finalized
By Kevin Iole
The much-anticipated bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is all but set for March 13, a source told Yahoo! Sports. Mayweather has agreed to terms and promoter Bob Arum is…
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Vegas fighting to keep Mayweather-Pacquiao
By Kevin Iole
As boxing promoters Bob Arum and Richard Schaefer have begun the process of hammering out a deal for a 2010 showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, officials in Las Vegas…
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Mailbag: Boxing world still buzzing
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS – A few more random thoughts and observations in the aftermath of to Manny Pacquiao’s 12th-round stoppage of Miguel Cotto on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena before we…
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Pacquiao, Cotto prime to hit proving grounds
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS – David Diaz was supposed to be too big, too strong and a little too much for a guy who began his boxing career as a 106-pounder to handle. After…
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Pacman-Cotto will be punch to gut for Arum
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS – There may come a day, not too long from now, when boxing fans speak of Pacquiao-Cotto in the same reverential terms that they speak of Hagler-Hearns. The fight matches…
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Mailbag: Picking a winner
By Kevin Iole
It’s rare that a boxing match crosses into the mainstream, but the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas has managed to do it.…
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Oscar-Arum bad blood continues
By Kevin Iole
The bad blood is once again boiling in the ongoing feud between rival boxing promoters Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya. Top Rank’s Arum is incensed at a blog written by…
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Rankings: Pac-man back on top
By Kevin Iole
The Yahoo! Sports monthly rankings underwent big changes in October despite the fact that none of the top-ranked fighters were in action. Manny Pacquiao, who faces Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14 in…