Colin Seymour
239 articles · S.F. Boxing Examiner
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Donaire clarifies roles of trainers Garcia, Penalosa
Nonito Donaire tells me he started getting too much conflicting advice in his corner during his last fight. It forced him to order Jonathan Penalosa to yield the floor to Robert Garcia…
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Martinez?s knockout of Williams makes him a super attraction
Talk about star power! Sergio Martinez proved his Saturday with a picturesque straight left that knocked out Paul Williams in the second round of their WBC middleweight title fight in Atlantic City.…
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Pacquiao?s strength, not just speed, will subdue Margarito
Manny Pacquiao has legs. Antonio Margarito does not. That?s why Pacquiao will win their 150-pound catch-weight bout Saturday in Arlington, Texas. Anyone who favors Margarito is banking on the former welterweight champion?s…
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Andre Ward still dominates Super Six despite Glen Johnson?s leap to semifinals
It was overshadowed Saturday in the Bay Area by Robert Guerrero?s HBO victory over Vicente Escobedo. But Showtime?s Super Six event Saturday established a Final Four for the tournament among elite 168-pounders,…
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CBS over-mythologizes Pacquiao on ?60 Minutes?
CBS has finally found a locale so foreign even Bob Simon can?t handle it: the sports department. When TIME magazine profiled Manny Pacquiao last year, I found the effort symbolic of the…
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Guerrero turns slugger to overpower Escobedo by decision
Power-punching from the get-go, Gilroy?s Robert Guerrero knocked down Vicente Escobedo twice Saturday and defeated his fellow California by unanimous decision in a 10-round lightweight bout in Newark, N.J. It was the…
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Pacquiao camp far more upbeat in media teleconference than on HBO?s ?24/7?
Current events seem to have overtaken HBO?s second installment of its ?24/7? buildup to Manny Pacquiao vs.Antonio Margarito. The fight is barely a week off. Like the first episode, this week?s dwells…
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HBO paints clear picture of Pacquiao?s distractions in ?24/7? premiere
Antonio Margarito isn?t letting his guard down much, but HBO has penetrated the defenses of Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach in this week?s premiere of its ?24/7? buildup to the Nov. 13…
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Donaire bout Dec. 4 would complicate already-crowded schedule that day
It apparently hasn?t been all that widely reported that Nonito Donaire is not fighting Fernando Montiel this fall and won?t fight on the Pacquiao-Margarito undercard Nov. 13 in Dallas-Fort Worth. Donaire?s manager…
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Andre Ward doesn’t need depleted Super Six anymore
Mikkel Kessler?s withdrawal this week from Showtime?s Super Six tournament might be good news for Andre Ward, who leads the super-middleweight event. Kessler cited an eye injury that predates the tournament for…
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Donaire and Montiel aside, bantamweight Super Six concept is full of flaws
Nonito Donaire in a bantamweight version of the Super Six with Fernando Montiel, Yhonny Perez, Joseph Agbeko, Vic Darchinyan and Abner Mares? That sounds like what Donaire should have been doing the…
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Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr. remains in Bay Area despite promoter?s insolvency
Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr. and his father were working out as usual Tuesday at the Undisputed Boxing Gym in San Carlos when I called around 2 p.m. I expected to hear that…
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Arum?s arrogance affects Donaire, Pacquiao adversely
Bob Arum?s arrogant announcement early Saturday, which addressed the unlikelihood of a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight in 2010, also shed light on why Nonito Donaire?s three-year hookup with Arum in 2008 has…
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Donaire dazzles Marquez right-handed, but he?s insisting on a left-handed complement
Nonito Donaire stopped Hernan ?Tyson? Marquez in the eighth round with a spectacular left uppercut Saturday, but the Filipino Flash wouldn?t have won any votes as the evening?s most spectacular left-hander. That?s…
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Donaire can be seen Saturday on Showtime, but will Bay Area be watching?
What makes Nonito Donaire?s fight Saturday so important to him is that it?s on Showtime. The Filipino Flash doesn?t get enough exposure in America. His past four bouts have all been fairly…
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Left turn like Pacquiao?s party switch in Philippines probably would cause backfire in U.S.
Manny Pacquiao has generated surprisingly little hostility by jumping from conservative to liberal, party-wise, in the Philippines, barely a month after his election to congress. Pacquiao?s Bay Area-based crony Nonito Donaire created…
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Donaire says he?s at ideal weight now, so trying to hit 115 again is a real downer
The mood seemed light enough and so did Nonito Donaire as he trained Tuesday for his July 10 bout in Puerto Rico against Hernan ?Tyson? Marquez. But Donaire isn?t quite light enough.…
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Ward’s inside tactics wear down Green
OAKLAND, Calif. ? Allan Green has long resented being an outsider in boxing, but he didn?t much like it on the inside Saturday in the biggest opportunity of the Tulsa super-middleweight?s career.…
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Andre Ward’s fast pace will subdue and tattoo Allan Green
Andre Ward isn?t going to run from Allan Green. He plans to run over him Saturday in their Super Six bout in Oakland. There?s a tendency to wrongly assume Ward?s superior speed…
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Donaire?s dare wasn?t in Morel?s best interests
You can?t blame Eric Morel for being careful about whom he fights, which is why he isn?t fighting Nonito Donaire this summer. After Jorge Arce suffered a deep cut in training for…