Stephen Brunt
4 articles · The Globe and Mail
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The Year in Sports: This is the way the fight ends
In a way, it was always about wish fulfillment. A generation had come of age hearing tales of yore, of times past when boxing mattered?or at least the big fights mattered?when Ali…
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Mayweather living up to reputation
A friend who does work for Floyd Mayweather Jr. was telling a story earlier this week, to fill out a picture of his client that even ardent boxing fans hadn't seen ?…
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Despite wins, Mayweather’s star not on the rise
Boxer's lack of popularity to break through as a true superstar has less to do with race and more to do with the shrinking presence of boxing in the sports psyche Floyd…
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Searching for De la Hoya’s heir
So often it was his stage, his town. Oscar de la Hoya will be back in Las Vegas tonight, but only as a promoter and spectator, when Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton…