Patrick Cassidy
55 articles · 411mania.com
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Opinion: Rios Will Be Back And We Should Pay No Mind
Author?s Note: I guess I should state that these views represent my very-jaded mind and not those of 3MoreRounds. On November 7th torpid sloth turned prizefighter Brandon Rios announced his retirement after…
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Prizefight Preview: Manny Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri
A great champion is in exile. A great champion is suffering his lowest point of career relevance since he starched faded, former superstar Oscar De La Hoya into retirement back in 2008.…
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Cotto Destroys Martinez to Seize Middleweight Crown
Puerto Rico?s Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KOs) continues to burnish his legendary credentials. This time, he defied all the critics and so-called ?experts? to dominate and defeat Sergio Martinez (51-3-2, 28 KOs)…
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Dumbest Person Alive: Lil Wayne Tries to Brawl with Robert Garcia
Considering we?re talking about a man, Lil Wayne, who nearly died due to an addiction to jolly ranchers and cough syrup ? probably the lamest way to pass from this earth ?…
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Boxing Gets It Right: Mayweather vs. Maidana
I love sports that were popular around the time of the Great Depression. Boxing? Love it. Horse Racing? Sign me up. Baseball? Can?t get, enough. And yet, most of my favorite sports…
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A Mismatch to Sell a Mismatch
To the surprise of no one, former junior middleweight titlist Ishe ?Sugar Shay? Smith(26-6, 12 KOs) ran roughshod over the tough, but woefully outmatched, club fighter Ryan Davis (24-14-3, 9 KOs) in…
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A New Low: Mayweather and Schaefer Manufacture Controversy
In the sordid history of boxing promotional ploys, this one takes the cake? Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KOs), facing a promotion for his Saturday fight with Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KOs)…
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Prizefight Preview: Is Broner Ready for his Largest Test?
Adrien Broner (27-0, 22 KOs) has emerged as arguably the most divisive star in boxing outside of one Floyd Mayweather. He?s been hailed as both a future mainstream star and a socialite…
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Prizefight Preview: A Long Road Up to Recovery for Andre Berto
Andre Berto (28-2, 22 KOs) at the bright, young age of 29 has seemingly lived nine lives in his professional prizefighting career; a myriad of lofty highs and eviscerating lows. He knows…
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Fight Preview: Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Mikey Garcia
Expectations are both a blessing and a curse. It?s a sentiment that has been proliferated in a variety of forms throughout our cultural landscape. Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (33-2,…
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Knockout Kings Ready to Explode in San Antonio
Andre Berto (28-2, 22 KOs) has experienced the highs and lows of a sport that has a knack for producing exuberance and depression. Berto is adamant that he still sees himself as…
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Ringside Report: Darchinyan Dominates Gallo to Earn World Title Shot
Vic Darchinyan (39-5-1, 28 KOs), the plucky two-time former champion, dominated the hapless Javier Gallo (18-7-1, 10 KOs) over the course of four rounds to earn a resounding fourth round TKO victory…
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Vic Darchinyan Eyes One More Title Shot
Reports of Vic Darchinyan?s demise were absurdly premature, or at least that?s the narrative that Top Rank Promotions is buying into. The juggernaut recently signed the 37 year old Armenian pugilist to…
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Alvarez Takes Decision Victory Over Trout
It wouldn?t be Texas without a little controversy. In front of a packed Alamadome that held 38,000 rabid Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez fans (42-0-1, 31 KOs), Austin Trout (26-1, 14 KOs) appeared to…
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Prizefight Preview: Alvarez vs. Trout
Very rarely do we get lucky as fight fans. We learn to expect disappointment; it just comes natural. So, when two undefeated young bucks, each on the verge of greatness, meet up,…
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Gennady Golovkin Tears Through Ishida
The Gennady Golovkin train keeps moving on. On Saturday, Monoco had the opportunity to witness one of boxing?s hottest young champions defend his WBA middleweight title and punctuate his performance with the…
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Bradley Escapes With a Victory Against Provodnikov
We have an early frontrunner for ?Fight of the Year?. Timothy Bradley(30-0, 12 KOs) came into Saturday night?s fight at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California looking for redemption after the…
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Ishe Smith Takes Cornelius Bundrage?s Title
Five years ago, Ishe Smith?s (25-5, 11 KOs) career was in tatters: dropped by his promoter, the victim of several tough losses, and seemingly beholden to the title of ?failed prospect?. Contemplating…
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National Boxing Commission: Just Say No
Last Friday, Boxing saw yet another putrid judges? decision which left the foul odor of bullshit wafting in the air of the drafty casino in which ESPN?s Friday Night Fights was emanating…
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Adrien Broner is a Problem
I?ve never been one to don a holier-than-thou attitude which elevates myself above that of my peers, or at least I?d like to believe that notion. As a general rule, I abhor…