Carlos Acevedo
262 articles · Mvn.com
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Louder than a Bomb: Deontay Wilder-Dominic Breazeale Preview
Not long ago, the heavyweight division, for years the madman in the attic of boxing, had a chance to shuck off its straitjacket and bring some normalcy back to a loony class…
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Terence Crawford: The Alpha Dog at Welterweight
n his last bout, on October 12th, WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford successfully defended his title when, after five close rounds against Jose Benavidez, Jr., he adapted and morphed his style and…
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Double Take: George Costner, the Man Who Would be Sugar
He was one of the earliest Sugar Ray knockoffs, but unlike other first-wave Robinson devotees?Johnny Saxton, Freddie Dawson, and Johnny Bratton, for example?George Costner actually had the audacity to dub himself ?Sugar.?…
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The Lower Deep: On Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez
Ever since Brooklyn button man Bugsy Siegel opened the Flamingo Hotel in 1946, Las Vegas has been the pit stop for casual, catchall amorality in the United States. But not even Sin…
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The Square Jungle: Blame it on the ?80s
When Premier Boxing Champions revealed Phase One of ?Operation Takeover? during a New York City press conference last year, it trotted out 1980s icons Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Thomas Hearns…
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The Miguel Cotto-Saul Alvarez Prediction Panel
The Cruelest Sport staff and a few special guest panelists offer their thoughts and picks on the Miguel Cotto-Saul Alvarez fight. Joel Calahan, The Cruelest Sport Cotto versus Canelo promises for once…
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The making of Floyd Mayweather?s millions
F SCOTT FITZGERALD, who skyrocketed to riches by chronicling the Jazz Age in novels such as This Side of Paradise, made his spendthrift philosophy clear to the libertine era that reflected it:…
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Exit the King: On Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Andre Berto
?The most important tool of my trade was a mirror.? ? Lana Turner If Floyd Mayweather Jr. thought the backlash after his dull fandango with Manny Pacquiao was fierce, he must think…
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Lush Life: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. W10 Marcos Reyes
The ?Lush Life? tour?or is it ?Louche???continued for Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., last night when he churned out a unanimous decision over overmatched and undersized Marcos Reyes over 10 slapdash rounds at…
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The Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao Prediction Panel
The Cruelest Sport staff and a few special guest panelists offer their thoughts and picks on the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Manny Pacquiao blockbuster. **** John Scully, Trainer And ESPN Classic Although I think…
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Snakebite: Roger Mayweather in the 1980s
Long before Roger Mayweather became famous for twelve-letter expletives and for discovering A-side Meth, he was a bold case study in hot-and-cold, up-and-down, and what-goes-around-comes-around. With a skull-and-crossbones stitched on his trunks…
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EIGHT MINUTES OF HELL: APRIL 15, 1985: MARVELOUS MARVIN HAGLER STOPS THOMAS HEARNS
It was like something out of the Circus Maximus played out in a ring. On April 15, 1985, a sold-out crowd of over 15,000 gathered in Las Vegas to witness Marvin Hagler…
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The Four Horsemen: Welterweight Legends Who Would Have Beaten Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr., improved his flawless record to 46-0 after notching a majority decision over rough-hewn Marcos Maidana on May 3. It was his umpteenth championship victory and another successful business venture…
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Everybody Pays: Sergey Kovalev-Jean Pascal Preview
In boxing, there is safe Twitter courage and then there is its grimy opposite: the wraps-shoes-trunks-cup-gloves-mouthpiece type of courage. When Sergey Kovalev hits the road to face tough Jean Pascal for a…
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Always Crashing in the Same Car: Andre Berto-Josesito Lopez Preview
Because Andre ?The Human Bermuda Triangle of Boxing? Berto has had a career as stage-managed as that of any politician running for office, it seems fitting that his new bunco phase will…
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Bright Young Thing: Terence Crawford-Ray Beltran Preview
onight down here in Linden Town I watch the cars rushin? by home from the mill There?s a beautiful full moon rising above the mansion on the hill Bruce Springsteen **** After…
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The Square Jungle: Bernard Hopkins, Sergey Kovalev, Pacquiao-Algieri, etc.
In boxing, the last loss is usually the saddest one of all. But Bernard Hopkins, who was shut out by Sergey Kovalev last weekend in Atlantic City, is almost certainly not ready…
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The Square Jungle: Golovkin-Murray, Khan-Alexander, Hopkins-Kovalev, etc.
I have a regular column, ?The Square Jungle,? featured on the Undisputed Champion Network, a digital entertainment website and video channel dedicated to the art and science of boxing. Here is an…
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Butcher Boy: Nicholas Walters TKO6 Nonito Donaire
It was grim, gruesome, and glorious?Nicholas ?Axe Man? Walters turned the StubHub Center in Carson, California, into his own personal Grand Guignol by butchering Nonito Donaire in six brutal rounds on Saturday…
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Tijuana Brass: Orlando Salido TKO 11 Terdsak Kokietgym
Orlando Salido might have offered a little prayer to St. Anthony last night in Tijuana between the second and third rounds of his brutal give-and-take-and-give-and-take-a-little-more affair against veteran Thai southpaw Terdsak Kokietgym.…
