Carlos Acevedo
262 articles · Mvn.com
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PAUL WILLIAMS-KERMIT CINTRON PREVIEW
Paul Williams and veteran Kermit Cintron lock horns on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, in a fight with considerable implications for the junior middleweight division. The winner…
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Ghost Light: Is Mayweather-Pacquiao Out of Reach?
Floyd Mayweather Jr. silenced some of the less egocentric of his critics?that means two or three of them?by dominating 95% of his bout with ?Sugar? Shane Mosley on Saturday night at the…
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Bring the Ruckus: Floyd Mayweather Jr-Shane Mosley Preview
Floyd Mayweather Jr. puts his undefeated record on the line when he meets veteran powerpuncher Shane Mosley tomorrow night over 12 rounds at the MGM arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the…
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Does Manny Pacquiao Dream of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Hearing ?10??
Manny Pacquiao is currently busy campaigning for a congressional seat in the province of Sarangani in the Philippines. From all accounts, the political process in Sarangani can be a wild and wooly…
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THE EDGE: Five Questions About Shane Mosley Before He Faces Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Is Shane Mosley At His Best? Shane Mosley is as good as any 38 year-old has a right to be in the ring, but is that enough to beat one of the…
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EXCLUSIVE: New Floyd Mayweather Jr. Rap Lyrics!
(Las Vegas, Nevada. The Cruelest Sport has managed to obtain an advance copy of the new Floyd Mayweather Jr. rap single, ?All Roads Lead,? via an anonymous source at Philthy Rich Records.…
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SOUND & FURY: The Low-Rent Media Edition, Featuring American Press Arrogance, Edwin Valero Coverage, Andre Berto & Twittergate, etc.
One of the disturbing aspects about media coverage of the Edwin Valero-Jennifer Carolina Viero tragedy is the appalling parochialism shown by the U.S. press. This ugly American superiority complex also reared its…
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THE DISINHERITED: Edwin Valero 1981-2010
1. ?Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs.? Philip Larkin 2. In the ring, Edwin Valero was riveting, and the strange quality that defined his style?an uncommon cruelty?was couched strictly in boxing…
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SPECIAL TO TCS: Lyle Fitzstuporous on The Bernard Hopkins-Roy Jones II Superfight
(Award-winning Lyle Fitzstuporous took time away from his life-sized rococo mirror to share his thoughts on Hopkins-Jones II in this special post for The Cruelest Sport.) I know what you?re thinking and…
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Sound & Fury: Mayweather-Mosley Nastiness, Tavoris Cloud Befuddles Yet Again, Nevada State Athletic Commission Shenanigans, & How Much $$$ Would It Take For You To Let Nonito Donaire Break Your Face?
The Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley mini-media tour has already dipped its toe into boorishness and it is a shame that Mosley, one of the classiest fighters to step into the ring over the…
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The Untouchables: How the Biggest Promoters Get Away With What They Get Away With
It looks like the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey undercard is as “official” as anything in boxing can be at this point, so now is the right time to state, unequivocally, that the matches…
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The Art of Slithering: Golden Boy Promotions & The Mayweather-Pacquiao Fiasco
Whenever Golden Boy Promotions is involved in an event there is bound to be some monkeyshines, and, sure enough, Richard Schaefer and his jesters outdid themselves throughout the recent Floyd Mayweather Jr-Manny…
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The top ten lowest of the low in boxing for 2009
2009 Rogues Gallery #1 ANTONIO MARGARITO Antonio Margarito, along with his malignant sidekick, Javier Capetillo, the Burke & Hare of the Red Light District of Sports, are easily co-rogues of 2009. Caught…
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Mayweather-Pacquiao Negotiations, Or Something Like That
(Las Vegas, Nevada. The Cruelest Sport has managed to infiltrate Top Rank offices to eavesdrop on the Floyd Mayweather Jr-Manny Pacquiao negotiations. Bob Arum and Richard Schaefer passed the time thumb wrestling…
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Boxing Is Taking Over America!!! (Or Is It?)
(In an effort to show that not all boxing blogs have to be off-the-cuff ravings devoid of analytical thought, the following post will be footnoted.) It is nice to see that Chris…
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THE EGO IS ALWAYS AT THE WHEEL: Why Floyd Mayweather Jr. Seems So Hesitant to Fight Manny Pacquiao
For the majority of the public, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the boxing anti-hero they love to hate. He has been demonized from Manchester, England, to Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, to Quezon City in…
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SUPERNATURAL: Manny Pacquiao TKO12 Miguel Cotto
Manny Pacquiao solidified his claim as the best fighter in the world by stopping brave Miguel Cotto in the twelfth round at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday night…
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Sound & Fury: Jorge Linares, Juan Manuel Lopez, Bernard Hopkins, & The Continuing Misfortunes of Golden Boy
Golden Boy Promotions suffered another in a series of recent setbacks (not including their wildly successful Mayweather-Marquez sting operation as they will smugly remind anyone within the confines of the Milky Way…
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THE-NONE-TOO-CLEAN: Why Golden Boy Promotions Is Just As Dirty As Any Other Double Dealer, or, The So-Called Future of Boxing
Two weeks have passed since Golden Boy Promotions pulled a nifty short con on the public with its "mystery weight" high jinks for the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Juan Manuel Marquez mismatch. And over…
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WAR, BABY, WAR: Why the World Loves Manny Pacquiao
When Manny Pacquiao was introduced to the crowd prior to the Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey bout in Madison Square Garden last June, nearly 18,000 fans, most of them Puerto Ricans out to support…
