Carlos Acevedo
262 articles · Mvn.com
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Much Ado About Nothing: Timothy Bradley W TD10 Devon Alexander
The ?Battle for Supremacy? was not worth the broadband space used to hype it up as Timothy Bradley scored a fairly easy technical decision over Devon Alexander after 10 pedestrian rounds at…
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Wolverine State Blues: The Shady Michigan Boxing Scene
Bungling boxing commissions abound in the beak-busting business. The California State Athletic Commission?the clowns who, among other things, approved Pablo Sarmiento as a main event opponent last November despite the fact that…
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Sound & Fury: Berto-Ortiz & Pacquiao, GBP Strikes Again, Bradley-Alexander & More
Despite all its vaunted corporate backing, Golden Boy Promotions continues to serve up leftover gruel in silver ladles on Telefutura. Why? Perhaps the answer can be found by comparing the license fees…
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Boxing Needs You, Baby! On Arum, Pacquiao, & Mosley
Professional logicians would go mad, like blindfolded chess players, trying to make sense of boxing, its followers, and that strange hydra-headed beast, the fight media. When Bob Arum recently confirmed that Shane…
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Aftermath: On Hopkins-Pascal
Bernard Hopkins looked down-at-heels for three or four rounds against Jean Pascal last night in Quebec City before taking over for the last two-thirds of the fight, showing the intelligence, professionalism, and…
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The 10th Round, An Overview, or, Why Compubox is Useless
The Cruelest Sport decided to watch the 10th round of the Amir Khan-Marcos Maidana bout four times, in slow motion, last night in an effort to analyze what appeared to be an…
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Shortcut to Hell: Amir Khan W12 Marcos Maidana
Amir Khan underwent a trial by inferno against pitiless Marcos Maidana last night at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, notching a unanimous decision in a spiteful war…
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Appointment With Danger: Amir Khan-Marcos Maidana Preview
Amir Khan faces the hardest-hitting test of his young career when he faces Argentine mauler Marcos Maidana tomorrow night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. There is…
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The Vanishing! Article Regarding Golden Boy & Options Disappears (UPDATED)
The article on BoxingScene.com that led to a post on The Cruelest Sport speculating about Golden Boy Promotions and their admission to having ?options? on Lamont Peterson has apparently disappeared (as of…
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Golden Boy Promotions and The Muhammad Ali Act?.Again?
An interesting tidbit appeared in BoxingScene.com recently (imagine that!) concerning the forthcoming Victor Ortiz-Lamont Peterson bout, one that is alarming for anyone who cares about the rights of boxers: BoxingScene.com was advised…
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10 & Counting: On Nonito Donaire, Saul Alvarez, Derek Chisora, & Soto-Antillon
Nonito Donaire played Godzilla in downtown Tokyo against Wladimir Sidorenko at the Honda Center last Saturday night, scoring a brutal fourth round stoppage that left Sidorenko looking like the victim of something…
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Saul Alvarez, Derek Chisora, & Soto-Antillon
Nonito Donaire played Godzilla in downtown Tokyo against Wladimir Sidorenko at the Honda Center last Saturday night, scoring a brutal fourth round stoppage that left Sidorenko looking like the victim of something…
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Not Exactly Shangri-La: Bradley & Alexander Meet at the Silverdome
The boxing economy has always been more ridiculous than sublime, but the announcement that Tim Bradley and Devon Alexander will fight at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, next month is as strange…
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Aftermath: On Marquez-Katsidis, Andre Ward, Carl Froch &, Sigh, Andre Berto
Juan Manuel Marquez stopped Michael Katsidis on Saturday night in a brutal give-and-take brawl that should serve as an example of what prizefighting is meant to be. If a fight is not…
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Apocalyptica Now: Carl Froch-Arthur Abraham Preview
Two European hard cases go head-to-head in Helsinki tomorrow night when Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham face off in a Super Six bout to determine second fiddle to Andre Ward on the…
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The Art of Violence: Juan Manuel Marquez-Michael Katsidis Preview
Quintessential professional Juan Manuel Marquez faces gore-thirsty Michael Katsidis on Saturday night in what promises to be a minor masterpiece of violence at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. If Marquez,…
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DINAMITA! Sergio Martinez KO 2 Paul Williams
Sergio Martinez proved that he is, indeed, a maravilla, when he obliterated Paul Williams via electrifying knockout in less than two rounds last night before a crowd of over 5,000 at Boardwalk…
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Iron Dogs: Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez Preview
Sergio Martinez and Paul Williams, two contemporary boxers actually worthy of the honorific ?prizefighter,? meet for a second time when they face-off at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday night. Their…
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Sound & Fury: Pacquiao In Pain, Audley Awry, No-No Rigondeaux, etc.
When Audley Harrison made his ring walk to face David Haye last Saturday night, he brought to mind the image of another terrified heavyweight Brit on his way down the boxing equivalent…
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The Harrowing: Manny Pacquiao W 12 Antonio Margarito
Manny Pacquiao tortured a game Antonio Margarito over 12 violent and lopsided rounds last night in Dallas, Texas, in a fight that was remarkable both for the size disparity between the two…
