Carlos Acevedo
262 articles · Mvn.com
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Sound & Fury: The Margarito-Panama Lewis Connection, Maidana Struggles, Segura Sizzles, GBP, As Usual, Fizzles
(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 asterisk that belongs to Antonio Margarito-Panama Lewis…
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Against the Grain: On the Pacquiao-Margarito Fight
Now that Antonio Margarito has gotten a license from a vending machine in the lobby of the offices of the Texas Combative Sports Commission, his fight with Manny Pacquiao is officially on.…
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A Dream Out of Reach: Mikkel Kessler & The Super Six
The Super Six suffered another body shot when Mikkel Kessler was forced to withdraw from the tournament today because of an eye injury. This is a serious blow to the World Boxing…
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The Weepy Kind: Antonio Margarito & The Media
Antonio Margarito has become the sanctimonious hobby horse of the hour. In a comical hearing not exactly the dramatic equivalent of Jimmy Stewart in Anatomy of A Murder or Gregory Peck in…
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The Cruelest Sport P-4-P Rankings Updated!
The Cruelest Sport P-4-P ratings have been updated for the first time in nearly six months. A lot has happened since the last ratings were issued, but first I would like to…
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Sound & Fury: Pascal-Dawson, Chris Arreola Antics, Donnie Nietes, etc.
(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 poor media coverage of the Jean Pascal-Chad…
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Le Saboteur: Jean Pascal WTD11 Chad Dawson
In a startling upset, Jean Pascal outworked talented Chad Dawson at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on his way to a technical decision victory when Dawson was deemed unable to…
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Chad Dawson-Jean Pascal Preview
After spending the last two years on the Glen Johnson-Antonio Tarver treadmill, Chad Dawson finally meets a fighter who is not eligible for eldercare when he faces Jean Pascal at the Bell…
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Undercards & Their Dark Secrets
With the recent announcement that Golden Boy Promotions will be sandbagging its Shane Mosley-Sergio Mora pay-per-view with Carlos Baldomir (who will be 20 years older than his opponent) and Vivian Harris (two…
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Aftermath: Weekend Results Featuring Alexander, Cloud, Avalos, Prescott
Memorex superstar in the making Devon Alexander struggled to a points win over Andriy Kotelnik on Saturday in front of over 9,000 fans in St. Louis, Missouri. All three scorecards, implausibly, were…
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Sound & Fury: Jacobs Jacked, The Madness of Marquez, GBP Junk Shops
Another marzipan prospect crumbled when unknown Dimitry Pirog leveled Danny Jacobs in five rounds on the only undercard bout worth removing a blindfold for last Saturday night in Las Vegas. Pirog, who…
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Meet Me in Monaco: Carl Froch Gets Arthur Abraham by the Mediterranean
Carl Froch has finally found a locale for his Super Six bout with Arthur Abraham that fails to give him the screaming meemies. After holding the tournament hostage for weeks, Froch recently…
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Sound & Fury: Pacquiao-Margarito, GBP Nonsense, Paul Briggs, Vic Ziegel
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clich?s. This week read about the challenge Richard Schaefer offered Bob Arum, how Golden Boy continues…
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This Is Not A Press Release! Golden Boy Promotions & The NYSAC
The New York State Athletic Commission lifted the suspension it imposed on Golden Boy Promotions last week and instead levied a $10,000 fine against GBP for failure to provide paperwork in a…
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Milksops: Manny Pacquiao & The Promoters Who Weep Over Him
One interesting byproduct of the infamous midnight press conference last week was the explosion of tears over the fact that Tim Bradley, Andre Berto, and Paul Williams were not going to fight…
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This Way To Nowhere: The Pacquiao-Mayweather Mess
When Bob Arum arranged a 3:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time conference call on Saturday to announce that Floyd Mayweather had missed an ?exclusivity? deadline, he brought boxing vaudeville into the 21st century…
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Drive A Crooked Road: The Media & The Golden Boy Suspension
Fallout over the recent Golden Boy Promotions suspension story, reported by the now-beleaguered George Kimball, shed some light on the doings of the boxing media, a strange entity worthy of a cover…
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Aftermath: Weekend Roundup With Donaire, Lopez, Concepcion, etc.
Mike Jones, who looked like a super middleweight by the time the opening bell rang, knocked out Irving Garcia in the 5th round of a scheduled 12 for a pair of NRBQ…
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On The Brink: Juan Manuel Lopez TKO2 Bernabe Concepcion
It nearly ended in disaster for Juan Manuel Lopez?and for thousands of his stunned countrymen in San Juan?but he overcame a hard knockdown to stop tough Bernabe Concepcion in the second round…
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Juan Manuel Lopez-Bernabe Concepcion Preview
Electrifying Juan Manuel Lopez puts his WKRP whatsis on the line tomorrow night against Manny Pacquiao prot?g? Bernabe Concepcion at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In what…
