Carlos Acevedo
262 articles · Mvn.com
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The Square Jungle On UCN: Mayweather, Juan Manuel Lopez, Quillin, etc.
I have a regular column, ?The Square Jungle,? featured on the Undisputed Champion Network, a new digital entertainment website and video channel dedicated to the art and science of boxing. Here is…
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The Square Jungle ? August 15, 2014
Competition seems like an afterthought to Showtime this year. Twenty-nine fights have taken place on ?Showtime Championship Boxing? and Showtime Pay-Per-View in 2014 and the favorite has won 28 times, a remarkable…
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One Flew Over: Mike Perez-Bryant Jennings Preview
Over the last few years, particularly in the United States, the heavyweight division has been the trembling neurotic of prizefighting. Who knows how best to treat it: Primal scream therapy or psychotropic…
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One Flew Over: Mike Perez-Bryant Jennings Preview
Over the last few years, particularly in the United States, the heavyweight division has been the trembling neurotic of prizefighting. Who knows how best to treat it: Primal scream therapy or psychotropic…
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The Saul Alvarez-Erislandy Lara Prediction Panel
The Cruelest Sport staff and a few special guest panelists offer their thoughts and picks on the Saul Alvarez-Erislandy Lara fight. **** Mauricio Salvador, Esquina Boxeo and The Cruelest Sport. If Canelo…
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Back In No Time: Marcos Maidana Nears A Rematch Against Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
In a fairly quick turnaround for boxing, Marcos ?El Chino? Maidana looks poised to face pound-for-pound penny-click champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr., in a rematch for a pair of welterweight titles on September…
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The Sergio Martinez-Miguel Cotto Prediction Panel
The Cruelest Sport staff and a few special guest panelists offer their thoughts and picks on the Sergio Martinez-Miguel Cotto fight. **** Jason Karp, The Cruelest Sport A packed Madison Square Garden…
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Where the Sidewalk Ends: Miguel Cotto Chases History Against Sergio Martinez
Madison Square Garden will be rocking harder than a Led Zeppelin concert from the 1970s when Puerto Rican superstar Miguel Cotto challenges chic Argentine Sergio Martinez for the middleweight championship of the…
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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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Forget The Humble Brag, Alas: On Adrien Broner-Carlos Molina
Even Andy Warhol might have been surprised at how quickly Broner seems to have gone from crass fame to being a reclamation project. ?The Problem? returns to the ring tonight on the…
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Age Before Beauty: On Bernard Hopkins-Beibut Shumenov
In an age where Horny Goat Weed, AndroGel, and Omega-3?among other products associated with the rejuvenation industry?are redefining the concept of aging, Bernard ?The Alien? Hopkins continued his own resurrection tour on…
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The Mythmakers: Bernard Hopkins-Beibut Shumenov Preview
Bernard Hopkins continues his myth-making ways when he faces Beibut Shumenov, a man with only 15 pro fights, at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. on Saturday night in the main event…
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The Here-and-Now Man: After Whipping Bradley, Manny Pacquiao Looks to the Future
With his mother at ringside apparently throwing hex after hex at his opponent, Manny Pacquiao gained strange revenge over Timothy Bradley before roughly 15,000 fans at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas,…
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The Edge: Five Questions About the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Marcos Maidana-Amir Khan Saga
Why Did Amir Khan Lose Out on a Fight with Floyd Mayweather, Jr.? There are a few reasons why Amir Khan is currently on one long crying jag and producing weepy press…
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CHANNEL ZERO: On Saul Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo
Saul Alvarez returns to the ring on March 8 to kick-off the empire-building stage of his career when he faces Alfred Angulo in a pay-per-view bout that may be more interesting for…
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Danz?n Days: Guillermo Rigondeaux-Joseph Agbeko Preview
A Lunesta Fiesta may or may not take place tonight when Guillermo Rigondeaux makes his first start since nearly whitewashing Nonito Donaire last April when he faces veteran dangerman Joseph Agbeko at…
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Deliver Me From Days of Old: Bernard Hopkins-Karo Murat Preview
Antidisestablishmentarian arch-kook Bernard Hopkins continues his wicked, wicked ways when he tackles undistinguished Karo Murat tomorrow night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in a fight with all the vital…
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A Darkness Made To Order
You can see them in the dim corners of dingy gyms from one end of the country to the other. They play dominoes at rickety card tables. They wander back and forth,…
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BRIEF TRANSIT: Miguel Cotto-Delvin Rodriguez Preview
Veteran superstar Miguel Cotto will be fighting for his pay-per-view future when he faces ESPN2 stalwart Delvin Rodriguez at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday night. For his part, Rodriguez,…
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Burden of Dreams: On Saul Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
The last redhead boxing fans went gaga over was Danny Lopez. ?Little Red? was a Southern California legend and a savage television stalwart throughout the 1970s. He lit up arenas all over…