Morgan Campbell
41 articles · thestar.com (CA)
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Terence Crawford Stands Alone at the Top of Boxing
Terence Crawford emerged from the locker room at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas late on Saturday night, walked the long aisle to the arena floor, then scaled the steps to the boxing…
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Álvarez vs. Golovkin No. 3 Arrives Fashionably Late
Four years ago, Saúl Álvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin appeared set for an epic boxing trilogy. Their first fight, a middleweight title unification bout in September 2017, ended in a draw, with each…
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Dmitry Bivol Outclasses Canelo Álvarez in Big Upset for Boxing
LAS VEGAS — In the closing moments of the final round of the light-heavyweight title fight between Saúl Álvarez and Dmitry Bivol, a ringside official banged a wooden clapper to signal that…
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For Canelo-Bivol, DAZN Pivots to Pay-Per-View
LAS VEGAS — At their final news conference on Thursday, Saul Álvarez, known as Canelo, glared up at Dmitry Bivol, who was posed for a routine prefight photo. For Saturday’s bout at…
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Tyson Fury’s U.K. Boxing Homecoming Is Already Rocked
It’s clear that the undefeated heavyweight champion Tyson Fury would prefer that his match Saturday against Dillian Whyte, a former sparring partner, be just about the boxing. The match, at Wembley Stadium…
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Crawford-Porter Fight a Sign of Crossover Possibility Among Promoters
How do we know the welterweight title bout, scheduled for Saturday night, between Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter is an important event in the boxing world? Not by the championship at stake.…
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Canelo Álvarez Hopes to Unify the Belts at 168 Pounds
LAS VEGAS — Saúl Álvarez and Caleb Plant punctuated their late-September news conference in Beverly Hills the way prizefighters often do — by squaring off for a stare-down, nose to nose, each…
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Wilder-Fury Yields Not Another Rematch, but a Path to a Unified Title
Late in the 10th round of their heavyweight title fight on Saturday, Tyson Fury floored Deontay Wilder with a clubbing right hand to the jaw, and the end of their brawl seemed…
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Wilder vs. Fury III: Helenius Wins With Disqualification
Robert Helenius’s second bout with Adam Kownacki began the way their first one ended – with Helenius bouncing punches off of Kownacki’s bald head. Their first fight, in March 2020, ended with…
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After Loss, Manny Pacquiao Is Left to Consider His Future
An hour after defeating Manny Pacquiao in their welterweight title fight, Yordenis Ugas strode into his news conference sporting a glittering watch and a matching, two-stranded necklace, a pair of shades and…
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Pacquiao Is Fighting, but Not in a Novelty Bout
While many of his contemporaries from his prime have sought payday fights that lack serious competition, Pacquiao insists that at 42, he can still compete in real bouts. Under conventional wisdom, the…
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Canelo Álvarez Is Back, and Boxing Is Back to Its Usual Uncertainty
Beyond Álvarez’s bout on Saturday night with Billy Joe Saunders, it is not very clear where boxing is headed. Thank the sport’s usual gamesmanship. Four days before Saul Álvarez and Billy Joe…
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Errol Spence Jr.’s Win Sets Up a Dream Pairing. That’s All It May Be.
After turning his high-stakes bout with Danny Garcia into a 12-round boxing clinic, Errol Spence Jr., the undefeated welterweight, held a news conference that included reporters gathered at AT&T Stadium in Arlington,…
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Fights in Front of Fans Test Boxing’s Business in the Pandemic Era
Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz will fight on pay-per-view and in front of fans at the Alamodome. Two weeks ago, another big fight was not sold separately for viewers, and did…
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Fighting, but Also Bringing Rivals Together
LAS VEGAS — Two days before Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury were to meet in a heavyweight boxing match, Fury’s promoter, Bob Arum, said the event had sold out the MGM Grand…
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Floyd Mayweather quashes thoughts of comeuppance, and clich?d hope
LAS VEGAS?Undefeated superstar boxer Floyd Mayweather and UFC champion Conor McGregor sold roughly $80 million worth of tickets for their boxing match, while a surge of buyers overwhelmed capacity at some U.S.…
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As sales and interest rise, McGregor says Mayweather will fall ? fast
Ten days ahead of the boxing match between future hall-of-famer Floyd Mayweather and UFC champion Conor McGregor, stakeholders are adjusting projections upward. Ticket sales, pay-per-view buys and overall revenue are all headed…
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Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor bring trash talk to Toronto
The hype surrounding the biggest spectacle in combat sports arrives in Toronto this afternoon. Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and UFC champ Conor McGregor will stage a news conference at the Budweiser Stage…
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Roy Jones Jr. risking long-term health with latest fight
No, Roy Jones Jr. isn?t as ripped as he appears in the decade-old publicity shot hyping the March 20 ?Fight a Fan? pay-per-view event in Phoenix. The chiseled abs are flabbier now,…
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Hand wraps could unravel deal for big-money boxing bouts at the ACC
Montreal-based boxing promoter Yvon Michel says Toronto is an untapped market for world title fights, and says he?s set to exploit that fact with backing from some of the biggest names in…