Colin Seymour
239 articles · S.F. Boxing Examiner
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Quicker Rigondeaux outpoints Donaire
Nonito Donaire found himself in the ring with a quicker opponent Saturday and ended up losing a unanimous decision to Guillermo Rigondeaux in New York. The scorecards read 116-111, 115-112, 114-113. Although…
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Donaire will get past worrisome opponent Rigondeaux
Nonito Donaire and his camp expressed some doubts going into his 2011 bantamweight showdown with Fernando Montiel. But Team Donaire has been cocksure about beating Guillermo Rigondeaux in Saturday?s 122-pound unification bout…
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Donaire?s enigmatic opponent won?t be a leading light until fight night
Nonito Donaire is in danger of losing Saturday for the first time in 12 years, but sometimes Guillermo Rigondeaux doesn?t seem like a live opponent. Top Rank held a telephone press conference…
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HBO says good riddance to Golden Boy, but especially Al Haymon
Well, boxing fans, it?s time that you all get to know Al Haymon, the increasingly sinister wizard who ?advises? Floyd Mayweather Jr. Haymon?s bootprints were all over HBO?s admission Monday that it…
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Guerrero unfazed by face-to-face flare-up with Floyd
Robert Guerrero was asked Thursday what he brings to his May 4 confrontation with Floyd Mayweather Jr. that was lacking in the 43 victims who thought they had what it takes to…
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Guerrero dissed for the usual unfair, untrue featherweight reasons
Robert ?The Ghost? Guerrero, who was until this week on the cusp of a career-defining match with Floyd Mayweather Jr., is still getting dissed in many corners of the boxing world --…
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Ali death rumors Super Sunday had that bogus feel
Sunday would not have been a good day for Muhammad Ali to die, from the standpoint of the San Francisco Chronicle?s editors. With the city?s San Francisco 49ers playing in the Super…
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Donaire-Mares letdown lends itself to knee-jerk analysis
According to Boxrec.com, Nonito Donaire is fighting April 13 in New York. It has been reported the opponent will be Guillermo Rigondeaux, and it probably will be. Most observers would have preferred…
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Tide against steroids soaks baseball but not Pacquiao-Marquez IV aftermath
There is a lingering sense of bamboozlement attendant to the wake of Manny Pacquiao?s stunning knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez a month ago. I gather that?s been a common affliction in…
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Bet on Guerrero-Mayweather for May 4 (unless Floyd?s finally ready for Pacquiao)
You probably know as much as I about the pending negotiations for a Robert Guerrero-Floyd Mayweather fight, except I?ve been getting most of my information from Guerrero?s camp. Negotiations have been ongoing…
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Donaire world?s best in 2012, as Ward was in 2011 and Guerrero will be in 2013
Nonito Donaire is being acclaimed 2012 Fighter of the Year in more corners than anyone else as the year winds to a close. Justifiably so. Let?s hope The Ring magazine makes it…
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1.3 million see Donaire-Arce on HBO, a big uptick for Filipino Flash
Nonito Donaire?s third-round knockout victory over Jorge Arce was seen Saturday by 61 percent more HBO viewers than Donaire?s October victory over Toshiaki Nishioka. According to Nielsen Media Research, slightly more than…
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Donaire-Arce matchup barely stands test of time
Jorge Arce has more wear and tear on him than my 1988 Camry -- and it?s got 310,000 miles? worth. They were both pretty beat up already as of fall 2008, when…
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Pacquiao knocked cold in 6th after putting heat on Marquez
In the final minute of the sixth round Saturday, Manny Pacquiao was trying to finish Juan Manuel Marquez when a huge right cross at close range knocked Pacquiao flat on his face.…
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Pacquiao needs a knockout in fourth battle with Marquez
Manny Pacquiao may well swarm all over Juan Manuel Marquez and stop him in three or four rounds Saturday when they meet for the fourth time (HBO pay-per-view). But it?s more likely…
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Do-or-die scenario favors Guerrero over Berto
For Robert Guerrero, it will be now or never Saturday as he fights Andre Berto on HBO. Unlike his elite Bay Area contemporaries Andre Ward and Nonito Donaire, Guerrero is not in…
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Guerrero?s Nov. 24 match with Berto is a big breakthrough
The news that Robert Guerrero is fighting Andre Berto on Nov. 24, on HBO, is simply the best thing that has happened to The Ghost in his career. Three years ago no…
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Donaire dazzling, though dunces may disagree
In many ways, Nonito Donaire?s victory Saturday over Japanese star Toshiaki Nishioka ranked with his best work ever. Yet the crowd booed for much of the super-bantamweight title fight. Donaire had been…
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Donaire-Nishioka fight Saturday may be buried in Bay Area sports shuffle
I?m betting that Nonito Donaire?s fairly important fight Saturday against Toshiaki Nishioka won?t get much play in the San Francisco Chronicle, or in the San Jose Mercury News-Contra Costa Times-Oakland Tribune consortium.…
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Movie role seals Donaire?s kinship with Elorde, Visayans
Nonito Donaire?s role model as a boxer and his role model as an actor are the same guy. Co-starring in Palad Ta Ang Nagbuot, The ?Filipino Flash? aptly and amply demonstrates his…