Colin Seymour
239 articles · S.F. Boxing Examiner
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Pacquiao, Mayweather will fight May 2, Showtime and HBO announce
A lot of the details aren?t yet resolved, said Showtime sports chief Stephen Espinoza, who said such details will be revealed soon. But this was the official confirmation that the welterweight title…
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Guerrero suspects Thurman is looking past him
AROMAS, Calif. ? There?s still plenty of time to talk about the assortment of boxing styles Robert Guerrero and Keith Thurman will mix and match in their March 7 welterweight bout on…
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Mayweather refutes rumors during NBA All-Star Game
Floyd Mayweather made a pronouncement Sunday at the NBA All-Star Game. But it did not match Saturday?s rumors about what Mayweather was going to say Sunday concerning his prospective fight with Manny…
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Donaire?s March 28 bout with journeyman Prado will be fought at 122
As has been rumored throughout February, Nonito Donaire?s opponent for his comeback fight March 28 in the Philippines will be Brazilian journeyman William Prado. The bout is now listed on boxrec.com, which…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao standstill resembles Mayweather-Guerrero talks in 2013
So, what?s the hold-up? That question regarding the status of a Floyd Mayweather bout, this time with Manny Pacquiao, seems all too familiar. In the current melodrama, Pacquiao?s meeting with Mayweather last…
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Rios, Alvarado both need to bounce back in rubber match Saturday
Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado fight their rubber match Saturday on the first HBO Boxing After Dark program of 2015. It seems a mite anticlimactic. The first fight in October 2012 was…
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Santa Cruz certainly not too imposing for Donaire
Leo Santa Cruz?s fair-to-middling performance in his super-bantamweight bout Saturday was obscured by the heavyweight title fight that followed, which, by the way, earned Showtime its highest ratings in years. Santa Cruz…
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Wilder?s jab carries him to WBC heavyweight title by unanimous decision
Deontay Wilder?s failure to maintain his 100 percent knockouts record Saturday actually made him look good as he wrested the WBC heavyweight championship from Bermane Stiverne in Las Vegas on Showtime. Wilder,…
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Donaire?s March-28 tune-up fight in Philippines might be good for him
A report that Nonito Donaire will be fighting March 28 at the Mall of Asia Arena near Manila has been confirmed by several members of the fighter?s family. Although Donaire has agreed…
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So you think Rachel Marcial Donaire isn?t vulnerable?
Rachel Marcial Donaire has shared via Facebook her recent blog entry about Nonito Donaire?s sixth-round knockout loss to Nicholas Walters in October. It?s extremely humanizing. Her image needs that sometimes, even at…
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For Donaire, rematch with Rigondeaux seems imperative
Two years ago at this time Nonito Donaire was the king of the 122-pound division, the division to which he?s presumably returning in 2015 after learning the hard way that he?s not…
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Vida Loca vindicated in HBO’s Johnny Tapia documentary
If you have little patience with out-of-control, drug-addled young males who shrug about ?mi vida loca,? you may have reservations about watching Tapia, HBO?s latest documentary, which premieres Tuesday. But Tapia is…
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Six knockdowns prove Pacquiao?s point against Algieri
Manny Pacquiao scored six knockdowns Sunday. He didn?t stop Chris Algieri, and hasn?t stopped anyone since 2009. But six knockdowns don?t exactly mesh with ?washed up.? Pacquiao did score a unanimous decision…
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Donaire understood perils of moving up in weight years ago
Nonito Donaire seems to have known all along that he wasn?t likely to sail through the 126-pound division the way he sailed through 112 and 122, with successful stops at 115 and…
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Donaire knocked out in 6th, yet wages a crowd-pleasing effort
Nonito Donaire finally got the fight he?s been spoiling for Saturday, and somehow the fact that Donaire was knocked out in the sixth round wasn?t that awful for him, even though it…
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Donaire-Walters bout Saturday seems to be a toss-up
We saw featherweights Nonito Donaire and Nicholas Walters in the same ring, albeit and hour apart, just 11 months ago in Corpus Christi, Texas. Donaire had to come from behind as he…
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Promoter Goossen?s death shocks boxing community
Boxing promoter Dan Goossen died Monday of liver cancer that had been diagnosed scant weeks earlier. He was 64. Best known nowadays as the promoter of superstar super-middleweight Andre Ward, Goossen will…
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De La Hoya brings Canelo to HBO, if not all of Golden Boy
Oscar De La Hoya announced Tuesday that he has delivered Canelo Alvarez to HBO for a long-term deal that probably will include a bout in Texas in early December. That?s a significant…
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San Francisco Chronicle pays heavy attention to Pacquiao visit
Manny Pacquiao actually visited the San Francisco Chronicle last Thursday, which generated not one but two sizeable articles in San Francisco?s major daily newspaper. Pacquiao and Chris Algieri are making a tour…
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Donaire taking on flashy, unbeaten Walters on Oct. 18
Nonito Donaire might be the underdog Oct. 18 when he takes on unbeaten Jamaican Nicholas Walters in Carson, Calif. The bout, which Donaire revealed on his Facebook page Wednesday, will air on…