Carlos Acevedo
262 articles · Mvn.com
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The Uncertainty Principle: Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito Preview
One of the strangest?and most divisive?fights to come along in years is finally upon us when Manny Pacquiao faces Antonio Margarito tomorrow night for a dubious junior middleweight title at Dallas Cowboys…
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Days in the Wake: Juan Manuel Lopez TKO8 Rafael Marquez
Thrillmaker extraordinaire Juan Manuel Lopez overcame determined Rafael Marquez last night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas via explosive TKO when Marquez, citing a shoulder injury, remained on the stool…
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Easy Pickings: Manny Pacquiao & The Myth of Soft Opposition
Perhaps a certain amount of backlash against Manny Pacquiao was inevitable. Overexposure has probably been the catalyst for some sort of resentment from the easily resentful. While other fighters, apparently agoraphobics, spend…
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Old Trouble: Juan Manuel Lopez-Rafael Marquez Preview
?Old trouble is always awake.? Laura Riding Veteran powerpuncher Rafael Marquez looks his future?and his past?in the eye tomorrow night when he faces Puerto Rican shredder Juan Manuel Lopez over a scheduled…
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The Big Nothing!
(Welcome to another edition of The Big Nothing! aka notes from the heavyweight wasteland. This time around, TCS focuses on the status of some of the bigger names in the biggest?but not,…
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Easy Pickings: Manny Pacquiao & The Myth of Soft Competition
Perhaps a certain amount of backlash against Manny Pacquiao was inevitable. Overexposure has probably been the catalyst for some sort of resentment from the easily resentful. While other fighters, apparently agoraphobics, spend…
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Sound & Fury: Pacquiao Lax, Alvarez vs. The AARP, Chisora, & John Lardner
The Cruelest Sport took some time off over the last week due to the amount of insignificant subjects puffed up into near-Biblical proportions by the press. The number of misspelled words spent…
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Sound & Fury: Pacquiao Lax, Alvarez vs. The AARP, Chisora, & John Lardner
The Cruelest Sport took some time off over the last week due to the amount of insignificant subjects puffed up into near-Biblical proportions by the press.. The number of misspelled words spent…
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The All-Knowing: On The Pacquiao-Margarito Buildup
Conflicting reports concerning Manny Pacquiao and his training camp are surely part hype. Most folks understand that. So why get so worked up over it? Some have taken to deriding fairly tame…
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The Getaway: Andre Dirrell & The Super Six
The Cruelest Sport almost always gives the benefit of the doubt to fighters who claim injury. Boxing is a pitiless and sapping pursuit, both in and out of the ring, and the…
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Andre Berto: The Human Bermuda Triangle of Boxing
When it was recently announced that Andre Berto would be defending his Quartermass welterweight title against Freddy Hernandez next month on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Marquez-Michael Katsidis barnburner, it brought…
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Off Target: Nonito Donaire, The Wayward Superstar
Nonito Donaire, ?The Filipino Flash,? has seen his star dulled recently by his own promoter, Top Rank, who have practically eclipsed one of the most talented fighters in the game. One of…
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Vanishing Act: Is Antonio Margarito Too Far Gone to Test Manny Pacquiao?
With Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito in training for their hot button bout scheduled for November 13 in Dallas, Texas, talk still seems dominated by everything but the matchup itself. Incredibly, there…
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Something Wicked: Amir Khan Finally Meets Marcos Maidana
Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana, two of the top junior welterweights in the world, finally meet in a potentially explosive bout on December 11 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.…
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The Go-Ahead: The Super Six Moves On
The Super Six tournament is back on track with the announcement that Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell will finally meet and that Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham will fight on November 27…
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Sound & Fury: The Mosley-Mora PPV Migraine, Williams-Martinez II Signed, The Morality Squad Vanishes
Has the afterglow of the loaded/stacked/thunderous boxing weekend worn off yet? The Shane Mosley-Sergio Mora mega-event sounded exactly as bad it was intended to be. Rarely is such a bullseye accomplished in…
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10 & Counting: Gamboa, ?Bam Bam,? Froch Ailing, Beware of Mosley-Mora
It was harder than expected, but Yuriorkis Gamboa turned back determined Orlando Salido via 12-round unanimous decision at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Final scores were 114-109, 116-109, and 115-109.…
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Sound & Fury: Mayweather Madness, Pacquiao Cleared, Klitschko-Peter, Hapless David Haye
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clich?s. This week TCS takes a look at the latest Floyd Mayweather debacle and how it…
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The Last Word?On TCS?Regarding Antonio Margarito
This will be the last post regarding the Antonio Margarito controversy on The Cruelest Sport. There are a few reasons for this. First, not many are interested in any contextual notions?comprised of…
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Saint Manny?And Other Notes on The Margarito Controversy
Fallout from the Antonio Margarito situation continues and it is probably still worth delving into a few points on the radioactive matter. However, barring any significant developments, this will be the penultimate…
