Kevin Iole
1,466 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Y! Sports boxing Top 10
The Yahoo! Sports boxing Top 10 poll underwent very few changes this month, as the top nine spots remained unchanged. But with the rubber match approaching March 1 between Israel Vazquez and…
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Mailbag: Think outside the box
As much progress as boxing has made over the last several years, it still hasn't reclaimed the position in the sports world it held as recently as the early 1980s. Part of…
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The 25 most powerful people in boxing
The movers and shakers in the boxing industry are frequently men or women who have never had their hands taped, stepped between the ropes and swapped punches. But their decisions often affect…
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Y! Sports Top 10: Calm before the storm
There is finally indication that the powers that be in boxing get it. After a strong finish to 2007, when many of the game's best faced each other, more of the same…
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New Year’s boxing resolutions
Throughout the year, so many things occur in boxing that make you wince. Somehow, there never is appropriate time to tell the person how to do things better. There is now, though.…
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Mailbag: Valero steals the show
Edwin Valero is no Mike Tyson. Edwin Valero is no Mike Tyson. Edwin Valero is no Mike Tyson. There. I said it. Did my penance issued by hundreds of Yahoo! Sports readers,…
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Mailbag: Best of the decade
LAS VEGAS ? The days before a big fight are always a good time to discuss past big fights, so before I delve into a very busy reader mailbag, I thought I'd…
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Mailbag: Great time to be a fight fan
This is a great time to be a fight fan. There is only one fight of note this weekend ? ex-heavyweight boxing champion Chris Byrd meets Alexander Povetkin in a title elimination…
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The Y! Sports Top 10 boxing poll
New middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik scored a dramatic TKO of Jermain Taylor on Sept. 29 in Atlantic City to win the WBC and WBO titles. Pavlik was equally as harsh to Taylor…
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Pacquiao rolls past Barrera in rematch
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao was faster, stronger and busier on Saturday as he punched his way to a one-sided decision over Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera in their super featherweight bout…
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Center of attention
LAS VEGAS ? Freddie Roach looks more like Mr. Peepers than Mr. Universe, hardly the type who would be referred to as "Idol." He lives in Hollywood, but it's in a tiny…
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Chaos in the ring
Jameel McCline said at a news conference the other day that he feels like a kid in a candy store. He added that having the opportunity to fight for the WBC heavyweight…
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The Y! Sports Top 10 boxing poll
None of the fighters who were included in the inaugural Yahoo! Sports boxing pound-for-pound top 10 poll competed, but we had some changes nonetheless. That's because, in my attempt to make this…
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Introducing the Yahoo! Sports boxing Top 10 poll
The inaugural Yahoo! Sports boxing pound-for-pound top 10 poll is out, with no surprises at the top. Floyd Mayweather Jr. was a near-unanimous choice of the elite 10-member panel, getting nine first…
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End of the line for Morales
ROSEMONT, Ill. ? Erik Morales had meant so much to Top Rank during his boxing career that the company's president, Todd duBoef, couldn't stand to stay inside Allstate Arena on Saturday to…
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End of the road for Morales?
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Amid the many moments of triumph, the celebrations of victories hard won, the enduring image of Erik Morales is of him on his hands in knees in a neutral…
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Amonsot hospitalized after fight
LAS VEGAS -- Lightweight boxer Czar Amonsot suffered a bleed on his brain Saturday following his 12-round loss to Michael Katsidis for the WBO interim lightweight title. Ringside physician Jeff Davidson was…
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Leaving Las Vegas
Erik Morales has been something of a franchise in Las Vegas over the past five years. The once-great featherweight has fought 10 of his past 16 bouts in what has been known…
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Selling the ‘Super Bowl’
LAS VEGAS ? Richard Schaefer said interest in the super welterweight title fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is so high that promoters could simply have opened the…
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Little big man
LAS VEGAS ? Freddie Roach looks as intimidating as a Golden Retriever puppy. A librarian who took a look at him would have no fear of kicking sand in his face at…
