Brent Brookhouse
67 articles · Bloody Elbow
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito Thoughts: Margarito, Camp and Elie Seckbach Looking Like Fools
The story of the week is combat sports has turned from any of the actual fights on the IFC, WEC, MFC, UFC or boxing cards into the story of Antonio Margarito and…
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Manny Pacquiao Vs. Antonio Margarito Is Biggest Event Of Weekend, Despite Controversy (Sorry, UFC 122)
Despite the moral objection by many to Antonio Margarito receiving a career high payday against Manny Pacquiao after being caught cheating, the fight remains the biggest combat sports event of the weekend.…
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Oscar De La Hoya Suggests Boxing Would Benefit From UFC Model
Oscar De La Hoya recently spoke on what he felt would be a very positive step for the future of boxing suggesting that having one promoter controlling the majority of fighters would…
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Politics, More Than Health, Behind Double Weigh-Ins
Massachusetts State Athletic Commission staff met yesterday in a meeting in which one of the major topics of discussion was the "double weigh-in." From the meeting agenda here are the points that…
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Combat Sports Preview: Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey
Saturday night one of boxing pound-for-pound kings, Manny Pacquiao, will tangle with Joshua Clottey in one of the biggest events of the boxing year. While clearly it isn't the clash many were…
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Is the Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez PPV in Trouble?
B've maintained for some time that I thought the return of the best P4P boxer on the planet would do pretty good numbers even if they have dropped the ball on the…
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Is the UFC Truly Dominant? A Brief Examination of the Boxing vs. MMA Debate
I've always been loudly outspoken in my feelings that there is no "war" between boxing and MMA. Since I was old enough to remember I have been a boxing fan. In fact,…