George Kimball
63 articles · Boston Herald
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Sergio far from ?regular?
The way this wholesale treachery was supposed to play out when it was arranged last spring, Sergio Martinez would be relieved of his WBC middleweight title (for fighting Sergiy Dzinziruk instead of…
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Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto bout left an impression
Last Saturday night?s card at Foxwoods produced a genuine Fight of the Year candidate, as Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto knocked one another down twice, including a furious sixth round that saw…
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This ?Money? losing value
Thursday, a Las Vegas Justice of the Peace reset the date of Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s hearing on felony domestic violence charges to April 28 ? two days after ?Money Boy? is scheduled…
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GBP backed into neutral corner?
That light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal?s Canadian promoter, Yvon Michel, had made a major miscalculation was revealed when the World Boxing Council opened the envelopes in Mexico City on Feb. 16: Golden…
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Foxwoods card hits the jackpot
Its promoters may be gilding the lily a bit in describing it as ?the hottest New England pro boxing show of the 21st century,? but, top to bottom, Lou DiBella?s March 12…
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THE KIMBALL CHRONICLES: Martinez/Dzinziruk Press Conference Report
NEW YORK ? So how does one pronounce ?Dzinziruk?? Just like it?s spelled, dummy: ?sha-SHEV-ski.? When the WBO junior middleweight champion visited B.B. King?s Blues Club in New York Wednesday afternoon he…
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Timothy Bradley-Devon Alexander bout hits Silverdome
Not that its promoters are likely to pay much attention, but there is probably a cautionary message implicit in the fact that the roof at the Minneapolis Metrodome caved in less than…
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?Fighter? more fiction than fact
On Thursday at 7:30 p.m., a day before its scheduled national release, Mark Wahlberg?s long-awaited film, ?The Fighter,? ostensibly based on the life and career of Micky Ward, will be screened during…
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Even a promoter can deserve a break
AMERICA AT LARGE: IF HE had given it much thought at the time, which he probably didn?t, Lou DiBella?s experience with last January?s NFL play-offs might have provided a hint of what…
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Sergio Vaults To TSS Lead In Fighter of the Year Vote, With KO of Williams
ATLANTIC CITY --- With a single punch, a devastating left hook, Sergio Gabriel Martinez retained his world middleweight title, separated arch-rival Paul Williams from his senses, and may well have ended Manny…
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THE KIMBALL CHRONICLES: 60 (Or So) Reasons To Be Wary Of “60 Minutes”
In the summer of 1970 I wrote a story for Scanlan?s Monthly, the short-lived magazine Warren Hinckle and Sidney Zion had founded earlier that year. The piece was a light-hearted take describing…
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The congressman versus heavy-handed cheat
LIKE A lot of other people, including, apparently, Manny Pacquiao, I have some serious reservations about whether the world?s best practising boxer should be fighting Antonio Margarito at all, but that?s not…
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THE KIMBALL CHRONICLES: Margarito To Hook Up With Panama Lewis*
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation will convene in another emergency session early next week and is expected to approve the application of Carlos (Panama) Lewis to work the corner of…
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St. Louis Schmoozing, Arum-King
ST. LOUIS-The ?leak,? if you can call it that, originated with Don King himself, who in Friday morning?s wee hours sent out word (?to friend and foe alike??) that Floyd Mayweather, Evander…
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Hope died 100 years ago
One hundred years ago today, Jack Johnson defended his world heavyweight championship by knocking out Jim Jeffries in the 15th round of a scheduled 45-rounder in Reno, Nev. Jeffries, who had retired…
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Referees Strike Out At Yankee Stadium On Cotto-Foreman Card
Yuri Foreman, who had come to Yankee Stadium with a well deserved reputation as one of the nicer fellows ever to lace on boxing gloves, demonstrated himself to be among its bravest…
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THE KIMBALL CHRONICLES: Malignaggi Could’ve Used McGirt On This Night
NEW YORK --- According to my friend Roy Blount, Jr., the musician Jerry Jeff Walker, back in his drinking days, had a predilection for getting himself into mismatches so hopeless they would…
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THE KIMBALL CHRONICLES: Visa Woes Dogged Khan, But Fight Goes On
NEW YORK ? Given what we know of the way these matters are handled under the Patriot Act, the wonder shouldn?t be that it took Amir Khan two weeks to get back…
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Nice payoff for ?Money? But Manny Pacquiao score still elusive
Yes, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was impressive, both in not getting knocked out in the first two minutes of the second round, and in winning literally every one of the other 34 minutes…
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Kimball Chronicles: DQ In Detroit-Dirrell Wins After Illegal Blow By Abraham
DETROIT --- Handily leading in their fight, Andre Dirrell handed Arthur Abraham his first defeat when referee Laurence Cole disqualified the German for an intentional foul at 1:13 of the 11th round…
