Colin Seymour
239 articles · S.F. Boxing Examiner
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Showtime version of Pacquiao build-up has less structure than HBO?s
Now that Showtime has seized the Manny Pacquiao TV franchise, including the pay-per-view production of Saturday?s fight, attention must be paid. It?s pleasant duty, for the most part. OK, Showtime?s pre-Pacquiao vs.…
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Association with Conte lands Donaire on front page of San Jose Mercury News
Nonito Donaire reached another publicity milestone Thursday: the front page of the San Jose Mercury News. Granted, the article that put the bantamweight champion?s picture on Page A1 was about nutritionist Victor…
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Donaire father-son estrangement ends
Nonito Donaire Jr. and his father ended their two-year estrangment Thursday, a spokesman for the bantamweight champion confirmed Friday. ?Nonito and Rachel reached out,? said Ferdinand Piano, and the result was a…
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Donaire?s widely seen character references for Rios, Conte set good example
Nonito Donaire was on the 6 o?clock news Monday on the San Francisco ABC television affiliate KGO (Ch. 7), another telling sign of his burgeoning visibility in Bay Area media. As for…
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Donaire?s No. 3 pound-for-pound ranking stokes Bay Area bandwagon
Nonito Donaire was named the world?s No. 3 boxer pound-for-pound today by The Ring Magazine ? the arbiter of such things. Donaire?s sensational second-round disposal Saturday of Fernando Montiel on HBO vaulted…
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Donaire rockets to superstardom by stopping Montiel in two
Nonito Donaire soared beyond all expectations Saturday with his second-round technical knockout victory over Fernando Montiel. Never more sensational, Donaire landed six power shots? worth of foreshadowing in an impressive first round…
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Donaire will prove several cuts above Montiel
Fernando Montiel is one of Nonito Donaire?s favorite fighters. But the Filipino Flash considers himself too fast, young and long to be at any disadvantage when they finally meet Saturday on HBO…
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Major Bay Area newspapers feature Donaire; Julaton on key TV show
Just eight days after Nonito Donaire?s breakthrough appearance on one of the most important sports television shows in the Bay Area, South San Francisco?s Ana Julaton appeared on the same program Tuesday.…
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Montiel has patched holes since sharing 2010 Vegas card with Donaire
Fernando Montiel and Nonito Donaire were in Las Vegas together last year at this time in what already seemed to be a buildup for the bout that is indeed taking place Saturday…
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Team Donaire wise not to regard losing to Montiel as unthinkable
Team Donaire has thought of everything, even the seemingly unthinkable: What if Nonito loses to Fernando Montiel in their long-awaited bantamweight title bout Feb. 19? The Donaire camp expects to win, of…
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Donaire?s Bay Area TV appearance a difference-maker
Nonito Donaire removed a significant layer from his Bay Area veil of obscurity Monday night by appearing on Northern California?s most important sports media venue. The former flyweight champion, who was born…
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Guerrero lobbies to pick up pieces if Marquez-Morales falls through
Robert Guerrero seems to have a good shot at fighting Juan Manuel Marquez or Erik Morales on April 9 or thereabouts, and the Gilroy lightweight said Monday that Golden Boy Promotions flew…
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Bradley uses his head, fists and feet to subdue Alexander
Everything that was disappointing about Timothy Bradley?s head butt-shortened victory Saturday over Devon Alexander was the loser?s fault. The 140-pound WBC/WBO title unification bout went to the scorecards in the 10th round,…
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Smart money is on Bradley’s intelligence
Devon Alexander is longer, faster and has a better knockout ratio, but Timothy Bradley will win Saturday?s battle of unbeaten junior-welterweight champions by decision Saturday on HBO . Bradley (26-0, 11 knockouts)…
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Shields is Arreola’s co-trainer; Goossen pulls no punches explaining why
Ronnie Shields has been named co-trainer for foundering heavyweight Cristobal Arreola, Goossen-Tutor Promotions announced Thursday. Arreola?s training for his Jan. 28 match with Joey Abell in Temecula has shifted from the Los…
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TV boxing drama ?Lights Out? needs a more radiant star
?Requiem for a Heavyweight? meets ?Joe Palooka? and maybe ?The Sopranos? and even ?Hung? in FX?s upcoming boxing-based dramatic series ?Lights Out.? Trouble is, former ?CSI-Miami? regular Holt McCallany is going to…
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Bay Area fan’s Pacquiao letter appears in Sports Illustrated
Filipino-Americans in the Bay Area, my target audience, will want to note that a Foster City fan?s letter published in the latest Sports Illustrated magazine says Manny Pacquiao, not Super Bowl-winning quarterback…
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Donaire-Montiel match?s superiority to bantamweight tournament affirmed
It?s a good thing Nonito Donaire and Fernando Montiel bypassed Showtime?s bantamweight version of a Super Six, judging by the bantamweight semifinals that ensued instead Saturday. What we learned Saturday, as Abner…
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Donaire looks his best with dynamic fourth-round K.O. at bantamweight
Nonito Donaire?s determination to make a dynamic showing Saturday propelled the Filipino Flash to his most impressive victory since 2007 as he knocked down Volodymyr Sydorenko three times and stopped the former…
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Ward headlines Showtime twinbill after Froch-Abraham bout
Showtime?s Super Six tournament has damaged every original participant except Andre Ward, as Saturday?s doubleheader will illustrate. Ward?s fight at Oakland?s Oracle Arena (ticket information) against Sakio Bika (24-4-2, 19 knockouts) will…