Ben Thompson
1,357 articles · FightHype.com
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WILL MAYWEATHER FOREGO FIGHTING THE BEST IN FAVOR OF A WORLD TOUR?
"I'm sure, you know, Floyd is going to evaluate what the various options are on the table and, you know, if you're on top of the hill, and Floyd Mayweather is, there's…
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FIGUEROA: “I WAS DOING THE PACQUIAO MOVEMENTS; I GOT SENT HOME NOT KNOWING WHY”
"I don't know what happened. I was giving him great work. I was putting the pressure on him. I was doing the Manny Pacquiao movements. I was giving him angles. I wasn't…
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COTTO ADDRESSES ACCUSATION OF BEING A DIRTY FIGHTER
"Freddie Roach has to understand that he is just Manny Pacquiao's trainer. He can train him as best he can, but nothing will change the outcome of the fight. On November 14,…
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YURIORKIS GAMBOA TO FACE BERNABE CONCEPCION ON JANUARY 23RD
"They're going to fight January 23rd in Puerto Rico. Yuriorkis is going to fight Bernabe Concepcion and we're going to take Juan Manuel to California to have the nutritionist look at him…
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AFTER VISIT FROM ARUM, TEAM COTTO SENDS SPARRING PARTNER HOME
Yesterday, promoter Bob Arum paid a visit to Florida to check in on WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and his preparations for his upcoming clash November 14clash with Manny Pacquiao. "Miguel is…
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LOPEZ MOVING TO FEATHERWEIGHT TO FACE ROJAS OR LUEVANO ON JANUARY 23
"The two guys we're looking at are Luevano and Rojas...in Puerto Rico, January 23 on the number one network HBO," stated promoter Bob Arum as he talked about the future plans of…
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LOPEZ SURVIVES TOUGH TEST WHILE GAMBOA DOMINATES
In the main event, WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (27-0, 24 KOs) had a much more difficult time than expected with challenger Rogers Mtagwa (26-13-2, 18 KOs). Despite sweeping the…
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GOLDEN BOY LINARES KNOCKED OUT IN GOLDEN BOY DEBUT
Prior to this weekend, two-division world champion Jorge Linares was considered to be the most underrated world champion in boxing. That distinction, however, might now belong to undefeated Juan Carlos Salgado (21-0-1,…
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LOU DIBELLA: “DON’T DISRESPECT MY BOY COTTO”
"I think Floyd is such a star right now that there are a lot of guys that I wouldn't mind seeing him fight. He doesn't have to fight Pacquiao. And let me…
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PAUL WILLIAMS: “I PLAN ON KNOCKING HIM OUT”
"I plan on knocking him out...They don't ever want to give me my props. And I'm glad they hyping it up like that because when I blow him out the water, what…
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WILL BERTO HAVE TO GIVE UP HIS TITLE TO FIGHT MOSLEY?
"I'm working on the Berto and Mosley fight. We're hoping to make it. We're not that far off. We're not done yet. There are a lot of complicated issues, like Berto is…
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MIGUEL COTTO TRAINING CAMP UPDATE
"I do try to emulate Pacquiao the best I can, but at the same time, I am doing my Gato moves...it's going great. I'm just here training hard and getting Cotto ready…
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MAYWEATHER LOOKING TO GET BACK IN THE RING ASAP?
While many assume that Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s next opponent will likely be the winner of the November 14th clash between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, it appears that Team Mayweather is exploring…
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MAYWEATHER FIGHTS FOR LOVE OF THE SPORT SO LONG AS IT MAKES BUSINESS SENSE
"Like I said before, it's not about the money. It's for the love of the sport. I love the sport of boxing, but of course, it gotta make business sense," stated undefeated…
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KLITSCHKO DOMINATES AS EASILY AS MAYWEATHER AND PACQUIAO
It was another dominant and methodical performance by WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko as he battered challenger Cristobal Arreola over the course of ten rounds until the referee called a halt to…
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MAYWEATHER GROUND AND POUNDS UFC IN PPV NUMBERS
It appears the reports of boxing's death are greatly exaggerated. "Through the roof. I'm hearing through the roof. I don't want to announce anything. When I announce it, I want to be…
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SHANE MOSLEY: “I’M THE REAL POUND-FOR-POUND KING”
"People are crazy about Mayweather being pound-for-pound the best, Pacquiao being pound-for-pound the best, but yet and still, the best welterweight, the real pound-for-pound king, because I was pound-for-pound before all of…
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SHANE MOSLEY: “COTTO CAN VERY WELL BEAT DOWN MANNY PACQUIAO”
Although he strongly believes that Manny Pacquiao should be fighting him instead of Miguel Cotto, welterweight champion Shane Mosley thinks there's a good chance that the Puerto Rican superstar could very well…
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SHANE MOSLEY: “FLOYD’S A LITTLE INTIMIDATED AND AFRAID OF ME”
"I think Floyd's a little intimidated and afraid of me and he doesn't really want to fight me. He wants to jump around and fight these little guys. He wants to fight…
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SHANE MOSLEY: “FLOYD SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF BEATING THE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION”
"I called him out before Marquez. I called him before, but nobody heard me...when he was coming up, he was calling everybody out. He would say the same thing. He was calling…
