Bryan Armen Graham
64 articles · Sports Illustrated
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Why Floyd Mayweather?s final fight has left his fans on the canvas
What has been advertised breathlessly as Floyd Mayweather?s final fight takes place on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Yet unlike Mayweather?s long-simmering, highly anticipated and slickly marketed showdown with Manny…
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Floyd Mayweather says he has one fight left ? with Amir Khan in frame
Floyd Mayweather has said he has only one more fight left before he retires and he will relinquish all five of his title belts in the next few weeks after beating Manny…
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Floyd Mayweather?s team confirms deal to fight Manny Pacquiao is close
The richest fight in boxing history ? a much-anticipated showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao ? appears closer than ever to happening. Sam Watson, longtime confidant of Mayweather adviser Al Haymon…
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Pacquiao outfoxed and outworked Bradley ? is Floyd Mayweather next?
The rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley played out almost exactly like the first instalment. The only difference was the outcome. Pacquiao reclaimed the welterweight title he surrendered amid controversy to…
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Manny Pacquiao’s mission is to be the victor ? but look great doing it
You would never have known Manny Pacquiao was closely surrounded by several dozen writers and photographers as he methodically wrapped his hands before a workout this week, so accustomed and indifferent is…
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Brandon Rios: ‘I?ve got to beat Manny Pacquiao convincingly’
Brandon Rios picks at the peeled apple slices and hard-boiled egg before him in the sitting room of his high-ceilinged, 3,000-square-foot suite on the 37th floor of the Venetian Macau. A handful…
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Guillermo Rigondeaux batters Nonito Donaire in surprising win
NEW YORK -- Nonito Donaire has been one of boxing's most dangerous little men since Ricardo Lopez in the early 1990s. For years, he's been regarded as one of the world's five…
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Timothy Bradley to defend welterweight title on Dec. 15 at Marlins Park
Timothy Bradley will defend the WBO welterweight title he won from Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 15 at Marlins Park in Miami. While an opponent has yet to be officially signed for the…
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Pacquiao’s remarkable run comes to unjust ending against Bradley
LAS VEGAS -- Injustices like the split decision that gave Timothy Bradley a controversial victory over Manny Pacquiao on Saturday are not unusual in boxing. Yet that doesn't make the stunning outcome…
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Crash Course: Pacquiao-Bradley
Manny Pacquiao, boxing's biggest international superstar, is defending his WBO welterweight championship against Timothy Bradley on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (9 p.m. ET, HBO PPV, $54.95).…
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Dominant Martinez continues to thrive on under-the-radar talent
NEW YORK -- Why isn't Sergio Martinez more popular? Why does the best fighter in the world not named Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao remain a virtual unknown beyond hardcore boxing fans?…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao will happen, but not while it’s truly significant
NEW YORK -- People always ask me if the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will ever happen. It will happen. I was sure of it last year and I'm sure…
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Pacquiao slows his roll ahead of June showdown with Bradley
NEW YORK -- Manny Pacquiao spoke for less than two minutes at a press conference Thursday to announce his June 9 welterweight title defense against Timothy Bradley, but it conveyed much about…
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The Fight Of His Life
George Orwell wrote that good prose is like a window pane. The same can be said for documentaries that aspire to the level of truth and immersion attained by On Freddie Roach,…
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Top 10 boxing stories of 2011
1. Floyd Mayweather enthralls and frustrates with equal measure. Mayweather remains as dazzling as he's ever been in the ring -- and as exasperating as he's ever been out of it. Such…
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Local hero: Peterson takes Khan’s titles in controversial decision
WASHINGTON -- Lamont Peterson winning the light welterweight championship from Amir Khan should be one of the best sports stories of the year. Peterson lived parentless with his brother on the streets…
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Cotto gets closure by dominating Margarito in hateful rematch
NEW YORK -- Genuine hatred, like the animus that underwrote Saturday's rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito at Madison Square Garden, cannot be manufactured by even the shrewdest of boxing's carnival…
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Crash Course: Cotto-Margarito II
WBA super welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is fighting Antonio Margarito on Saturday night at New York City's Madison Square Garden (9 p.m. ET, HBO PPV, $54.99). The fight is the long-anticipated rematch…
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Pacquiao prevails, but Marquez proves he has the champ’s number
LAS VEGAS -- It was close. That much everyone can agree on. Manny Pacquiao beat back an improbable, heroic effort from an aging champion to retain his WBO welterweight championship on Saturday…
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Crash Course: Pacquiao-Marquez III
Welterweight titleholder Manny Pacquiao, widely considered the world's best pound-for-pound boxer, is fighting recognized lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (9 p.m.…