Kevin Iole
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Darchinyan brutalizes Arce, keeps title
By Kevin Iole
ANAHEIM, Calif. ? Vic Darchinyan did plenty of talking prior to his super flyweight title bout Saturday against Jorge Arce at the Honda Center. But Darchinyan?s powerful performance exceeded his hard-edged words.…
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Rankings: Pac-man falls into the Oscar trap
By Kevin Iole
Beating Oscar De La Hoya will do wonders for a fighter?s career, but there often is a malaise that comes with a victory over the Golden Boy. De La Hoya has long…
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Meet the Fighter of the Year
By Kevin Iole
The race for the 2008 Fighter of the Year award is not much of a race at all. It?s about as competitive as the 1973 Belmont, when the great Secretariat won by…
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Christmas wishes for boxing?s future
By Kevin Iole
There were, it seemed, more movie stars and other celebrities in the crowd at the MGM Grand Garden on June 28, 1997, than there were for many Academy Award celebrations. The media…
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Christmas wishes for boxing?s future
By Kevin Iole
There were, it seemed, more movie stars and other celebrities in the crowd at the MGM Grand Garden on June 28, 1997, than there were for many Academy Award celebrations. The media…
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De La Hoya, Mayweather Sr. part ways
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Oscar De La Hoya will have his third trainer in as many fights when he meets Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. De La…
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Mailbag: Talking Oscar-Manny
By Kevin Iole
Al Bernstein, the highly regarded boxing analyst for Showtime, has created a boxing website that he hopes will evolve into a must-stop destination for the sport?s fans on the Internet. The Al…
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Oscar takes low road in fighting Pacquiao
By Kevin Iole
Apparently, Oscar De La Hoya didn?t feel like waiting for the outcome of WBO junior flyweight champion Ivan Calderon?s bout on Saturday before choosing his next opponent. Seven months after fighting a…
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Mailbag: Cool summer leads to hot fall
By Kevin Iole
After a lazy August, boxing returns with a vengeance beginning in September. There are shows virtually every weekend between Sept. 6 and Dec. 6, and most of those bouts feature high-profile fighters.…
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Mailbag: Taking shots, defending Oscar-Pacman
By Kevin Iole
There is a debate in boxing over a potential Dec. 6 fight in Las Vegas between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. I?ll answer questions about that bout and other hot…
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Oscar-Pacquiao a match that shouldn?t happen
By Kevin Iole
A few days before Oscar De La Hoya?s 2003 rematch with Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand Garden, scalpers aplenty could be found traversing the alleys along the Las Vegas Strip. But…
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Not enough bang for our bucks
By Kevin Iole
Manny Pacquiao made a big statement last month in his first bout as a lightweight. He won the WBC championship by throttling David Diaz and, in the process, became the division?s go-to…
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Who?s sorry now?
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Francisco Lorenzo?s actions at the end of his fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center with Humberto Soto on Saturday were cowardly, revolting and disgusting. That means little, though,…
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Mailbag: Mucho Manny
By Kevin Iole
Manny Pacquiao?s dominating WBC lightweight title victory over David Diaz on Saturday set the readers to e-mailing. I?m going to answer all your Pacquiao questions, plus a few on other boxing topics,…
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Pacquiao: Man of the people
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? In a credit card commercial currently airing on television in the U.S., singer Beyonce tells comedienne Ellen DeGeneres to ?have your people call my people.? But in the Philippines,…
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Putting on a show
By Kevin Iole
TiVo was made for Michael Katsidis. You may not have heard much of Katsidis, because he rarely has appeared on American television. Katsidis is not the best fighter in the world, not…
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Fighters bringing different strategies in rematch
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? George Santayana once said, ?Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.? OK, now I?m with you and I don?t have any idea who the heck…
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Dollars got in way of rematch
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Juan Manuel Marquez is one of the world?s great fighters and holds the WBC super featherweight championship, but there is no question the star of the show on the…
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Is Diaz holding place for Pacquiao?
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? In 1973, promoter Don King arrived at the heavyweight title fight between champion Joe Frazier and unbeaten challenger George Foreman in Kingston, Jamaica, at Frazier?s side. Seconds after Foreman…
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Is Pacquiao at the edge of his downside?
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? You?ve heard the flight attendant say it on every airplane trip you?ve been on: ?We?ve started our gradual descent ? ? And, some might say, so, too, did Manny…