Matt Knowles
21 articles · 411mania.com
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What?s Next for SOG?
When Andre Ward entered the ring in Oakland this past Saturday night, expectations were relatively low in regards to the overall event. After all, the super middleweight champ had been inactive for…
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Prizefight Preview: Miguel Cotto vs. Daniel Geale
Welcome back to the Prizefight Preview! This Saturday night, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn will be hosting their 2nd big-time boxing card in an 8-day span, as reigning WBC middleweight champ Miguel…
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Prizefight Preview: Stevenson vs. Bika
Welcome back to the Prizefight Preview! This Saturday, the CBS Network officially returns to the boxing biz, as they bring us a special afternoon telecast from the friendly confines of the Pepsi…
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Prizefight Preview: Double-TripleHeader Edition
This Saturday night, HBO and Showtime will both broadcast competitive, world-class triple-headers from Las Vegas, in a night that will assuredly have a big impact on the sport going in to 2015.…
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Prizefight Preview: Hopkins vs. Shumenov
Welcome back to the Prizefight Preview! In the wake of the outstanding rematch between Pacquiao and Bradley last week, where the grizzled vet returned to form to capture another title, the sweet…
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Prizefight Preview: Mikey Garcia vs. J.C. Burgos
Welcome back to the Prizefight Preview! Back in the late 90′s, budding legend ?Sugar? Shane Mosley and his father/trainer Jack coined the phrase power-boxing. The term was an accurate depiction of the…
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Prizefight Preview: Golovkin vs. Stevens
This Saturday night, the Theater at Madison Square Garden will play host to an all-action middleweight title bout as Gennady ?Triple G? Golovkin defends his WBA/IBO belts against Brooklyn bomber Curtis ?Showtime?…
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Haymaker?s Dozen: Top 12 Dream Fights that Should?ve Happened
Welcome back to the Haymaker?s Dozen! In this edition of our custom top-12 list, we take a look back at some of the notable match-ups throughout the years that could have conceivably…
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Prizefight Preview: Pacquiao-Marquez IV
There?s nothing that gets sports fanatics talking like a good old fashioned rivalry. Some are deeply rooted in competitive parity and/or fury (Lakers-Celtics, Michigan-Ohio St) while others may simply be the by-product…
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Prizefight Preview: Andre Ward vs. Chad Dawson
Welcome back to the Prizefight Preview! The professional sports franchises of Oakland, CA have often been known for their fan-friendly styles. From the 80′s era that brought us the Bash Brothers and…
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Prizefight Preview: Victor Ortiz is Back
The former welterweight champ returns to the ring in the wake of the most infamous legal-sucker-punch-KO-loss in boxing history. Welcome back to the Prizefight Preview! Fight fans are in store for an…
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Prizefight Preview: Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson
Welcome back to the Prizefight Preview! The Showtime network is heading north of the border this Saturday night for a world title tilt in the land of syrup and slap-shots. In the…
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Who?s Next For ?El Perro??
There?s good news and bad news for Alfredo Angulo. One one hand, he just inked a new contract with Golden Boy Promotions, a company which has produced a number of stars in…
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Prizefight Preview: Klitschko vs. Haye
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the boxing gods have finally provided us with a big, meaningful, potentially classic heavyweight title bout this Saturday, as IBF/WBO/ heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO?s) looks…
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Haymaker’s Dozen 3.12.10: Top Events of the Era
411mania’s Matt Knowles takes a look back at some of the most memorable events that the sport of boxing has produced over the past two decades. Will the “Bite Fight” beat out…
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411’s Prizefighter of the Month: January 2010
The 411mania fight freaks weigh-in on the great performances from the past month. Who was more impressive on HBO's double-header: Gamboa or JuanMa? How much credit does Jesse Brinkley get for his…
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411 Prizefight Roundtable Preview: Pacquiao vs. Cotto
In the boxing world, the term "SuperFight" gets thrown around about once or twice a year. Many times, this label is unjustly applied to relatively good bouts put-on by uppity promoters. Other…
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Prizefighter of the Month: September
The 411mania boxing buffs take a look back at the September-that-was in order to see which ring-king will sit atop the boxing throne this month. Welcome to edition #5 of Prizefighter of…
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411’s Prizefight Preview: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao
Welcome back to the Prizefight Preview! This week, we look ahead to a mega-fight that has the sports world buzzing, as two of the most popular and accomplished fighters in recent history…
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Ringside Report 07.02.08: The Manny Pacquiao Experience
If you are only able to attend one boxing match in your entire life, make sure that Manny Pacquiao is throwin' down, because it will be an experience like no other in…
