Bryan Armen Graham
64 articles · Sports Illustrated
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What it’s like to spar with Pacquiao
LOS ANGELES -- It's Thursday afternoon at the Wild Card Boxing Club and David Rodela is moments away from climbing into the ring with Manny Pacquiao, a wait he likens to standing…
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Pacquiao sings duet on ?Jimmy Kimmel Live!?
LOS ANGELES ? Manny Pacquiao?s latest performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! ran just over two minutes, but required more than two weeks of planning. Fred Sternburg, Pacquiao?s tireless publicist, recounted the story…
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Boring fight doesn’t reflect poorly on Donaire’s promising career
NEW YORK -- Anyone who follows boxing knows Nonito Donaire is already considered one of the five best fighters in the world, one of the sport's finest little men since Ricardo Lopez…
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Mayweather teaches Ortiz tough lesson with unsuspecting knockout
LAS VEGAS -- Always protect yourself. It's the first rule of boxing. And one that Victor Ortiz picked the wrong time to forget Saturday against Floyd Mayweather. In one of the most…
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Five things we learned from Khan’s knockout victory over Judah
Five things we learned from Amir Khan's fifth-round knockout of Zab Judah to unify the IBF and WBA junior welterweight titles Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas: 1.…
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Mosley failed to put up a fight against unmatched Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao put on yet another clinic, but an unaccommodating dance partner kept boxing's pound-for-pound champion from a more satisfying showcase of his brilliance. The hard-hitting Filipino spent most…
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Crash Course: Pacquiao-Mosley
Manny Pacquiao, widely considered the world's best pound-for-pound fighter, is defending his WBO welterweight championship against "Sugar" Shane Mosley on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (9 p.m.…
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Behind the scenes with Pacquiao
LOS ANGELES -- Manny Pacquiao won't be here for at least another two hours, but there are already two dozen fans on the sun-splashed asphalt outside Hollywood's Wild Card Boxing Club trying…
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Martinez stakes claim as boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighter
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- Sergio Martinez was already the hottest fighter in boxing. But after yet another SportsCenter-friendly performance, the Argentine-born middleweight champion just might be the best. Better than Manny Pacquiao. Better…
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February in Review: Donaire unknown no longer after KO win
He stood over the battered body of WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel, arms raised, legs pumping his body into the air like a reflex. Indeed, this was Nonito Donaire's finest moment, a…
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Top 10 boxing stories of 2010
1. The year of Pacquiao. Already boxing's most exciting fighter, Manny Pacquiao became a global phenomeon in 2010, penetrating the American sporting mainstream like no Asian-born athlete in history. He's won major…
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Old school prevails in Hopkins-Pascal despite judges’ findings
Bernard Hopkins taught a master class Saturday at Quebec City's Colis?e Pepsi. The record will show Jean Pascal earned a passing grade in retaining his WBC and Ring light heavyweight titles on…
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Pacquiao cements his place among pantheon of all-time boxing greats
Eight world titles in eight different weight classes. That's the rare air where Manny Pacquiao finds himself after Saturday's comprehensive unanimous decision over Antonio Margarito for the WBC super welterweight title at…
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Middleweight contender Jacobs has all the ingredients for stardom
It's too early to say whether Daniel Jacobs can become the face of American boxing, but the 23-year-old Brooklynite sure looks the part. Everything about Jacobs' charmed ascent from the sport's ground…
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Mayweather’s one-sided rout of Mosley sure to revive Pacquiao talk
Five things we learned from Floyd Mayweather's unanimous decision over Shane Mosley on Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. 1. Mayweather gained some major street cred in boxing circles. Quality…
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Klitschko calls out Haye, seeks to unify titles under family name
In many ways, Wladimir Klitschko's career mirrors that of other great heavyweight champions. At 6-foot-6, 244-pounds he possesses uncanny power (a 84.2 percent knockout percentage) and skill and for the last five…
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As Golden Gloves loom, New York City boxing gyms in fight for life
They say boxing is dead. But one glance inside the Morris Park Boxing Club last year -- amid the pulsating beats of hip-hop, the thwap-thwap of gloves on punching bags, the faint…
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Lessons from Pacquiao-Clottey
Five things we learned from Manny Pacquiao's unanimous decision over Joshua Clottey Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium: 1. Simply put, Joshua Clottey didn't come to win -- B's and C's may get…
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Crash Course: Pacquiao-Clottey
Filipino southpaw Manny Pacquiao, considered by many the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, is defending the WBO welterweight title against Ghana's Joshua Clottey on Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas…
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Douglas reflects on upset, talks Pacquiao-Mayweather, MMA
James "Buster" Douglas engineered perhaps the most shocking upset in sports history opposite Mike Tyson on Feb. 11, 1990. Twenty years later, many boxing fans are still trying to comprehend what happened…
