George Kimball
63 articles · Boston Herald
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World’s best Pac-Man devours all before him
AMERICA AT LARGE: Money Boy Mayweather needs manny a lot more than Manny needs Floyd, writes GEORGE KIMBALL ALTHOUGH HIS opponent didn’t leave him much of a canvas to work with, Manny…
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THE KIMBALL CHRONICLES: Roach Wonders If Mole Infiltrated Wild Card
ARLINGTON, Texas --- The unquestioned star of Saturday night’s show was neither Manny Pacquiao nor Joshua Clottey, but Cowboys Stadium. The combination of the exotic space-age venue and an enthusiastic crowd of…
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KIMBALL’S RINGSIDE REPORT: Pacman Outclasses Clottey
ARLINGTON, Texas --- Manny Pacquiao defended his WBO welterweight title with a runaway unanimous decision at sold-out Cowboys Stadium, but Joshua Clottey could take some solace in becoming the world’s best boxer’s…
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Manny Pacquiao got push to star status
ARLINGTON, Texas - With announcer Michael Buffer repeatedly describing the venue as “the Eighth Wonder of the World,” Cowboys Stadium hosted a dry run last night, as the world’s top boxer, World…
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Pacquiao-Clottey Weigh-In Report/PREDICTION PAGE
ARLINGTON, Texas --- When they stepped on the scale outside Texas Stadium Friday night the differential between them was a mere pound and a quarter, but Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach supposes…
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The Accidental Trainer
NEW YORK --- You don’t hear much about it otherwise, but the Kingsway Gym periodically gets its moment of fame whenever there’s a big fight in New York -- and sometimes even…
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Manny Pacquiao is a ‘Live’ wire
Last year, Manny Pacquiao raised a few eyebrows when, on the eve of his fight against Miguel Cotto, he made an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” even singing a song on the…
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RINGSIDE VIEW: JuanMa, Gamboa, Duddy Get It Done At MSG Jr.
NEW YORK --- If Juan Manuel Lopez felt any pressure to perform moments after Yuriorkis Gamboa had blown out Rogers Mtagwa, against who JuanMa had struggled mightily three months earlier, it was…
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The Kimball Chronicles: Of Jerry And Manny
NEW YORK --- Boxing history is littered with the carcasses of guys with more money than brains who, having watched their intellectual inferiors accumulate cash, decided that if it was that easy…
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Business before Haiti aid Golden Boy policy
AMERICA AT LARGE: Promoters fail to utilise Mosley promotion as opportunity to raise funds for quake relief, writes GEORGE KIMBALL THERE WILL be no attempt to claim credit for scooping my brethren…
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Some fights closer than others
The ballot for the BWAA’s yearly awards arrived a couple of days ago and went back in the same day’s mail. Most of the choices for 2009 awards seemed so clear-cut and…
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No One Is Leaving This Stage Of Negotiations Looking GOLDEN
Early in his political career, the young Lyndon Baines Johnson served as a congressional aide to Rep. Richard Kleberg, the wealthy owner of the King Ranch who was elected to seven consecutive…
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Manny Pacquiao still undisputed
The final list of nominations won’t go out to members of the Boxing Writers Association of America until this week, but when the ballots are counted it’s hard to imagine that the…
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Unseemly schism a body blow for boxing
AMERICA AT LARGE: Self-perpetuating power blocks ensure the farcical existence of rival heavyweight ‘world champions’ “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana WE HAVE yet…
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Pac-Man gobblin’ ’em up
It’s hard to imagine a more impressive trifecta than the one Manny Pacquiao has pulled off in the past 11 months: making back-to-back-to-back victories over Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and…
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Max Kellerman right to shut off Floyd Mayweather Jr.
HBO’s Max Kellerman has taken some heat from people who ought to know better for pulling the plug on a scheduled in-ring interview with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the aftermath of last…
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No Drinking Of Strange Yellow Substances At Yankee Stadium
NEW YORK --- The megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto is more than two months away, so even though it was advertised as a "press conference," we had no anticipation that…
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Future Champs From China? Dino Duva Dives Into The Export Business
NEW YORK -- "The Chinese athlete," Richard Davimos was saying, "was tailor-made to become a great boxer." Barely a week after his relationship with his business partner in Duva Boxing appeared to…
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Jones Hams It Up In Win Over Lacy
Fourteen years ago I was in Atlantic City to see Vinny Pazienza challenge the undefeated super-middleweight champion, Roy Jones Jr. Pazienza lasted six rounds, but what was more memorable was his ring…
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Latin Fury Colts
The participants in the four televised bouts on Top Rank?s PPV show at Atlantic City?s Boardwalk Hall Saturday night are from eight different nations. Although the card is being billed as ?Latin…
