Articles by Gordon Marino · PhilBoxing.com

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Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson were magnets for the crossover fan that's all-important for the financial fettle of boxing. Without such galvani…

Wed, 10 Nov 2010

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Sad to say, but boxing news this summer has been absorbed with the question of whether or not Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather were actua…

Fri, 30 Jul 2010

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Yuri Foreman had a parrot named Yankel perched on his shoulder as he talked about his third year at the Iyyun Institute, where he is studyin…

Thu, 03 Jun 2010

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Fort Lauderdale, Fla. After Manny Pacquiao's dramatic stoppage of Miguel Cotto in November 2009, the scribes of the sweet science proclaimed…

Thu, 11 Mar 2010

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Two wrongs don't make a right but sometimes two rights make a wrong. Witness the debacle about the Pacquiao-Mayweather mega bout -- the only…

Wed, 13 Jan 2010

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Many highbrows have been standing over boxing and counting it out these days. But as the figures of Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, M…

Tue, 17 Nov 2009

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The public perception is that the sport that gave us such icons as Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali is now pass?. Perceptions can be…

Thu, 12 Nov 2009

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Ordinarily fans moan about a big buildup to a fight followed by a quick knockout. Yet no one was complaining on Saturday night about Manny "…

Tue, 05 May 2009

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American Son: My Story Oscar De La Hoya with Steve Springer HarperCollins: 286 pages, $25.95 For decades, the health of boxing depended on t…

Mon, 04 Aug 2008