Wallace Matthews
33 articles · NewsDay.com
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Floyd Mayweather thought Bradley-Pacquiao was draw
LAS VEGAS -- Despite losing a convincing decision to Manny Pacquiao Saturday night, Timothy Bradley Jr. added a most knowledgeable boxing observer to his fan club: Floyd Mayweather. The former five-division world…
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Boxing needs to get better — outside the ring
Boxing has always existed in its own alternate universe. Things that would be considered deplorable in any other line of work are not only acceptable in boxing, but encouraged, starting with the…
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Atlas focused on repaying debt to late father
NEW YORK -- When Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. step into the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 9 in Las Vegas, there will be a lot at…
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Deontay Wilder creates buzz … with a little help from Tyson Fury
NEW YORK -- The odds are that no one will remember the first eight rounds of Saturday night's heavyweight title fight between heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder and Artur Szpilka, and it's just…
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Why Mayweather didn’t need Pacquiao
The most egregious example of a top-flight boxer ducking a worthy challenger happened more than six decades ago, when the one and only Sugar Ray Robinson somehow managed to avoid fighting a…
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Cotto wins battle of wounded knee
NEW YORK -- This could have been a triumphant homecoming for Miguel Cotto, his opportunity to show New York City, his adopted hometown, that the losses, both in the ring and out,…
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Foreman preps for Yankee Stadium bou
NEW YORK -- Yuri Foreman will spend all the daylight hours of June 5 in a state of quiet and restful contemplation. There will be no telephone calls made or received in…
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No steroid testing for Pacquiao-Clottey fight
Manny Pacquiao’s last fight fell apart over steroid testing. For his next fight, it won’t even be an issue. Pacquiao, whose negotiations for a projected $100-million megafight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. collapsed…
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Questions about his climb show Pacquiao has arrived
Manny Pacquiao has come a long way since his first major fight in the United States. In 2002, as a scrawny 120-pounder, he knocked out Jorge Julio to win the junior featherweight…
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Presence alone makes Pacquiao weekend’s big winner
So here we are on Monday trying to determine the biggest winner on a terrific sports weekend in New York. Among the candidates are the Yankees, winners of two out of three…
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Cotto hopes to keep tradition alive
It has become something of a New York City tradition: Miguel Cotto fights before 20,000 fans at Madison Square Garden on the second Saturday of June, and then marches, in triumph, with…
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De la Hoya’s loss to Mosley should have asterisk
There are five blemishes on Oscar De La Hoya's 44-fight professional boxing career. One was a matter of Bernard Hopkins' left hook to the liver. Three were a matter of opinion. And…
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Oscar De La Hoya looks to settle the score
There are five blemishes on Oscar De La Hoya's 44-fight professional boxing career. One was a matter of Bernard Hopkins' left hook to the liver. Three were a matter of opinion. And…