Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Tyson Fury’s Floppy Glove: Fact or Fiction?
By Paul Magno
The idea that Tyson Fury and his team did something underhanded/shady/downright illegal when he beat the bronze off The Bronze Bomber on February 22 is gaining momentum. Unless you’ve forsaken YouTube and…
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Khabib vs. Mayweather in a Boxing-MMA Hybrid Match?
By Paul Magno
UFC star Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov made headlines with a unique counter to an offer supposedly on the table to fight undefeated and retired future boxing Hall of Famer Floyd Mayweather. Speaking…
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Tearful Mike Tyson Breaks Down: “I’m Empty. I’m Nothing. I Feel Like a B***h”
By Paul Magno
In one of the most honest and heartfelt interviews you’ll ever hear, former two-time world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson broke down when discussing the difficulty in dealing with the reality that he’s…
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Pacquiao, Garcia, and How The Media Is Manipulated
By Paul Magno
From the moment Mikey Garcia notched his unanimous decision victory over Jessie Vargas this past Saturday in Frisco, Texas, the buzz started buzzing. The boxing rumor mill immediately kicked into gear to…
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Mikey Garcia: Embracing Free Agency, Eyeing Pacquiao Payout
By Paul Magno
Four-division world champ Mikey Garcia may be facing Jessie Vargas this Saturday in Frisco, Texas, but he’s also keeping an eye down the road. The Mexican-American ring technician is in pursuit of…
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Coronavirus Strikes At Boxing
By Paul Magno
As the world scrambles to deal with the deadly Coronavirus, the sports world similarly scrambles to move host locations and juggle dates to keep events from being cancelled altogether. The deadly Chinese-born…
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Tim Bradley: “Pacquiao…Fight Shawn Porter”
By Paul Magno
Fielding questions from media prior to Saturday’s Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury heavyweight mega-fight rematch in Las Vegas, ESPN commentator and former world champ Timothy Bradley was asked about a variety of issues, including…
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Path Laid to Manny Pacquiao vs. Conor McGregor in Saudi Arabia
By Paul Magno
There’s been buzz for months now about a possible Manny Pacquiao-Conor McGregor boxing vs. MMA clash later this year. And, despite Dana White of the UFC declaring that any such efforts would…
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Bad Business Makes Canelo Alvarez A Lonely Boy
By Paul Magno
How is it that boxing’s biggest active attraction and money generator, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, can’t seem to find an opponent for his upcoming May 2 fight date? Blame bad business for that.…
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10 Oddly Wonderful Manny Pacquiao Products
By Paul Magno
What can you say about Manny Pacquiao that hasn’t already been said? After world titles in eight different weight classes and marquee victories over several current or future Hall of Famers, the…
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Whyte: Wilder’s the most protected and cowardly heavyweight champion of all-time
By Paul Magno
As WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder prepares to meet the challenge of former 3-belt heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury, an old rival of Wilder’s has come back into his professional life in a…
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Tugstsogt Nyambayar: The Mongolian Manny Pacquiao
By Paul Magno
It’s understandable if Tugstsogt Nyambayar is not a household name. It’s also understandable if his “King Tug” nickname doesn’t register, either. After all, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist from Mongolia is just…
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Mayweather Derangement Syndrome (What Is It and How Does It Spread?)
By Paul Magno
There’s an odd subsection of boxing fandom that absolutely loses its collective marbles whenever the topic of Floyd Mayweather and his place in history comes up. These otherwise reasonable people lose all…
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What Kobe Bryant May Have Taught Manny Pacquiao
By Paul Magno
In the wake of the tragic helicopter accident that claimed the lives of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven other people, many have been pondering the meaning of…
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Remembering Boxing’s Worst Cheap Shot
By Paul Magno
On November 23, 2001 at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan, New York and via ESPN2 on TV, fight fans witnessed one of the sleaziest moments in boxing history after a fairly uneventful…
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Pacquiao, Spence, Crawford, and the Wild, Wild Welterweight Division
By Paul Magno
The welterweight division—a historical glamor division in the sport of boxing– was supposed to be settled by now. An undisputed king of the 147 lb. class was supposed to be on his…
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Floyd Mayweather Needs Money…Or Attention
By Paul Magno
What the heck is “Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather—The Legendary Icon Tour?” Well, aside from a garishly awful self-aggrandizing psychological scream for help from “Money” Mayweather, this “Legendary Icon Tour” is some sort of…
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McGregor, Pacquiao, and Reality
By Paul Magno
Was Conor McGregor using Manny Pacquiao’s name to help sell Saturday’s comeback fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas against Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone? Probably—and why not? What better way to market a…
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Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook: The Dead Superfight
By Paul Magno
It’s rare in boxing for money to be left on any table. If a major fight can be made—a major MONEY fight—then, somehow and some way, boxing businessmen find a way to…
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Story of the Year? Manny Pacquiao, Of Course
By Paul Magno
Lost in the rush to hand out year-end awards and “best of 2019” recognition was, perhaps, the biggest and most obvious “best of” of the year—the story of Manny Pacquiao. More precisely,…