Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Delusion Reigns Supreme on Team Teofimo Lopez
By Paul Magno
It truly was a stunning upset Saturday night in Madison Square Garden Theater when 13-to-1 underdog George Kambosos defeated unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez via split decision. But stealing some of the…
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Terence Crawford is the fighter you want– Yet you don’t want him!
By Paul Magno
With the news that Terence Crawford’s pay-per-view bout with Shawn Porter only generated in the neighborhood of 135,000 buys, there comes a sober realization. Either boxing fandom is not entirely on the…
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Gervonta Davis: Protected or Privileged?
By Paul Magno
Three-division world champ Gervonta “Tank” Davis is hearing the negative buzz from fans and media, and he’s having none of it. Accused of being a protected entity under the guidance of promoter…
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Everything on the line in Terence Crawford’s must-win fight Saturday
By Paul Magno
It’s not like Terence “Bud” Crawford has spent the last seven years fighting popcorn vendors and arena cleaning crew. The native of Omaha, Nebraska passed the prime of his 13-year professional career…
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Josh Taylor lights up Teo Lopez: “That little rat Teofimo…is so desperate it’s unreal!”
By Paul Magno
Saturday evening, when WBC/WBA/WBO super middleweight champ Saul “Canelo” Alvarez stopped IBF titlist Caleb Plant to become the first undisputed 168 lb. champ of the 4-belt era, Josh Taylor– another 4-belt unified…
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Floyd Mayweather Trudges Through Hypocritical Pro-Kyrie Irving Stance
By Paul Magno
Floyd Mayweather, freedom fighter? Yeah, right. Just two days after turning a kid away for a selfie (on a video shared by TMZ) at Saturday’s Clippers-Grizzlies game in Los Angeles because “You…
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Is Yordenis Ugas Being Disrespected Post-Pacquiao?
By Paul Magno
When Cuban WBA welterweight belt holder Yordenis Ugas upset future first ballot Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao back in August, it was assumed that the Olympic bronze medalist would be on the…
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Teofimo blasts Haney: “You’ve been fed from a silver spoon your whole life!”
By Paul Magno
Last Saturday at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, California, there was more bad blood outside the ring than in the Mikey Garcia-Sandor Martin main event inside the ring. In a social media-friendly ringside,…
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Defiant Canelo Alvarez Flexes His Muscles, Never Going To Fight Golovkin, Andrade
By Paul Magno
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is on top of the world and he’s certainly not afraid to let the world know it. Recently, in two separate interviews, the Mexican, four-division world champ superstar and…
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Terence Crawford is Done Chasing Pacquiao, Spence…
By Paul Magno
It’s been very well established for years now that Terence “Bud” Crawford is an elite-level, generational talent on the short, short list of present tense pound-for-pound greats. Some are still out there…
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Fury vs. Wilder 3 is the kind of spectacle boxing needs
By Paul Magno
In recent years, boxing has been short on “must see” spectacles and compelling big fight drama. Chalk that up to a bad business model that works against the ability to make big…
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Best Pacquiao Memories from a “#1 Pacquiao Hater”
By Paul Magno
Way back in 2009 or 2010, when the whole “Mayweather vs. Pacquiao” controversy was raging throughout the online Universo Pugilistico, yours truly was voted “Pacquiao Hater #1” by the old school Pacland…
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Dana White to Oscar De La Hoya: STFU, You Crackhead!
By Paul Magno
Believe it or not, there was a time when UFC president Dana White and Golden Boy founder Oscar De La Hoya were actually friends and enjoyed a friendly business relationship. Boy, have…
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Will Manny Pacquiao Stay Retired? Heck, No!
By Paul Magno
When Manny Pacquiao sat down with reporter Toni Gonzaga for a YouTube “Toni Talks” interview that aired Sunday, he sure was talking like a fighter who was done with the sport. “It’s…
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Timothy Bradley Unleashed and Unfiltered
By Paul Magno
ESPN analyst and former two-division world champ, Timothy Bradley, has been on an absolute rampage of late, taking on a wide range of subjects and shocking the boxing world with some truly…
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What Now, Yordenis Ugas?
By Paul Magno
On Tuesday, WBA welterweight champ and recent conqueror of Manny Pacquiao, Yordenis Ugas received the key to the city of Miami from Mayor Francis Suarez. It was a unique privilege for anyone,…
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Is It Time For Pacquiao To Hit The Celebrity Exhibition Circuit?
By Paul Magno
Unified junior welterweight champ Josh Taylor was brutally honest when he was recently asked about the possibility of fighting Manny Pacquiao. “It would be a huge honor to share the ring with…
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The Post-Pacquiao Vacuum
By Paul Magno
You can feel it already. A boxing world without the presence of Manny Pacquiao. Manny has been beaten before– seven times previously, to be exact. He’s always come back better and stronger.…
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Jake Paul is Bigger Than Your Favorite Boxer
By Paul Magno
It wasn’t a scintillating performance in Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Sunday night, but YouTuber Jake Paul kept his money-spinning boxing ball rolling and, in turn, kept showing up the boxing establishment when…
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Pacquiao Needs to Let Go of Excuses, Embrace Reality
By Paul Magno
As much as fans and media would like to ascribe nothing but honorable character traits to multi-division world champ Manny Pacquiao, it has to be acknowledged that there’s also a less honorable…