Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Calling Amir Khan’s Bluff
By Paul Magno
Few thought that the rematch clause built into Amir Khan’s contract for his February 19 bout with Kell Brook would be an issue. After all, Khan had been utterly dominated by his…
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Chavez Jr. Back in Rehab After Wild Start to Year
By Paul Magno
The wild 2022 ride of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has apparently resulted in a crash landing in rehab. The news of yet another stint in a recovery program was broken by Chavez’s…
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Ryan Garcia’s inner battle: “I wanted to kill myself”
By Paul Magno
Lightweight contender Ryan Garcia was on top of the world as 2021 began. He had just scored the high-water mark victory of his young career, coming off the canvas to stop former…
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What Jerwin Ancajas learned from Manny Pacquiao: “Be Humble”
By Paul Magno
Jerwin Ancajas is hardly the first hard-luck kid to find salvation through boxing. He is, however, one of those elite few fighters to fight his way to the very top of the…
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Klitschko Enlists in Ukraine Army Ahead of Russian Invasion
By Paul Magno
A brewing international crisis has captivated the world in recent days as Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops, as well as massive amounts of weaponry, on their border with the…
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Fury moves on to Whyte, Hearn Blasts Fury
By Paul Magno
Surprise, surprise…There’s a “who’s ducking who” disagreement in the muddled Fury vs. Whyte vs. Usyk vs. Joshua mess atop the heavyweight division. On Thursday, reigning WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury said via…
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Nacho Advises Canelo To Be More Like Pacquiao
By Paul Magno
Veteran Hall of Fame trainer Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain knows a lot about a lot when it comes to the sport of boxing. And, as former trainer of Juan Manuel Marquez, one of…
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Chaos Reigns Supreme in Heavyweight Title Picture
By Paul Magno
On the eve of the scheduled WBC heavyweight title match purse bid, scheduled for January 21 and twice delayed before that, it’s still not clear who defending champ Tyson Fury will be…
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Pacquiao-like Mark Magsayo: Next Stop, Greatness?
By Paul Magno
It’s inevitable that any young Filipino boxer is going to be compared to the legendary Filipino icon, Manny Pacquiao. In the case of featherweight Mark Magsayo, however, there was more than a…
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Floyd Mayweather Named In Fraud Lawsuit
By Paul Magno
5-division former world champ and all-time boxing cash cow, Floyd Mayweather has been named along with reality TV star Kim Kardashian and former NBA star Paul Pierce in a lawsuit that alleges…
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Were Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Cherry-Pickers?
By Paul Magno
Former welterweight champ Keith Thurman brought up the topic of elite fighters who cherry-pick opposition, referring specifically to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, in a recent interview he gave to Fight Hub. “Yeah [he’s…
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Somebody’s Lying in the Ryan Garcia-Isaac Cruz Mess
By Paul Magno
An easy opening line for this article would be: “There’s been another twist in the Ryan “KingRy” Garcia vs. Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz soap opera.” But that wouldn’t be accurate. It’d be more…
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Ryan Garcia is all talk
By Paul Magno
ightweight contender and social media phenom, Ryan “KingRy” Garcia is all talk. At least, that would be the reasonable assumption to make if you’ve been following his career for the last couple…
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Logan Paul to Floyd Mayweather: “Pay me my money, weasel!”
By Paul Magno
Did Floyd Mayweather stiff Logan Paul on his pay-per-view money? That’s what the YouTuber/novice boxer is claiming six months after his box office-hit exhibition bout with the 5-division former world champ and…
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Canelo Critics Are Missing Out On Something Special
By Paul Magno
In boxing, with big money and big attention comes the wrath of haters, critics, and the generally jaded. The rise of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is really no different than the rise of…
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Was The Jake Paul Fight Fixed?
By Paul Magno
For hours on Saturday night after YouTuber Jake Paul knocked out former UFC champ Tyron Woodley at Amalie Arena in Tampa, “#Rigged” was trending on Twitter. The feeling among some observers was…
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Jake Paul Must Be Stopped
By Paul Magno
Okay, I admit that the title of this article is fully crafted as a clickbait ploy. Boxing “purists,” however, are certainly up-in-arms over YouTuber Jake Paul bum-rushing the boxing world and becoming,…
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Manny Pacquiao-Terence Crawford, The Fight That Should’ve Been
By Paul Magno
Once Terence Crawford gets in the ring, his history tells us that he can pretty much make anything he wants happen. Where the three-division world champ’s wishes and wants fall apart, however,…
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Nonito Donaire vs. Reymart Gaballo: A (Filipino) Flash and Fury Preview
By Paul Magno
Saturday, December 11 live on Showtime from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, WBC Bantamweight World Champion and future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire (41-6, 27 KOs) defends his title against…
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Gervonta Davis: Ryan Garcia is “a pretty girl…an Instagram fighter”
By Paul Magno
When Gervonta “Tank” Davis beat Isaac Cruz last Sunday via harder-than-expected 12-round unanimous decision, lightweight rival Ryan Garcia was among the first to cast shade on the victory. “Gervonta gets away with…