Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Grading Manny Pacquiao Big Fight Options
By Paul Magno
When multi-division world champ Manny Pacquiao beat highly-regarded titlist Keith Thurman back in July, it became official that the 40-year-old fighting senator from the Philippines was NOT a ?done? fighter looking for…
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He Ain?t Light Heavy, He?s Canelo
By Paul Magno
It was hard not to be excited and intrigued by the Artur Beterbiev-Oleksandr Gvozdyk IBF/WBC light heavyweight title unification bout when it was announced. And, unlike a lot that happens in the…
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More Action, Less Words in Dealing with Boxing Deaths
By Paul Magno
Patrick Day, an articulate, educated, well-liked 27-year-old young man with a passion for boxing, died on Wednesday from brain injuries suffered in a ten-round KO loss four days earlier on the Aleksandr…
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Could Fury Abandon Boxing for WWE Showbiz?
By Paul Magno
I was tempted to just ignore all the Tyson Fury in the WWE stuff. It?s not that I?m AGAINST it. Actually, I?m all for new audiences being introduced to boxing and boxing?s…
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A Bad Week to be Spong
By Paul Magno
This wasn?t a very good week for Surinamese-Dutch heavyweight boxer/former kickboxer and mixed-martial artist Tyrone Spong. Granted, it wasn?t quite Yusaf Mack I-was-drugged-and-forced-to-have-sex-in-gay-porn bad, but it was a pretty crappy last few…
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Canelo Calls Shots In Bizarre Love Triangle
By Paul Magno
When Gennady Golovkin was convinced to sign a six-fight deal with streaming service DAZN earlier this year (reportedly worth more than $100 million), the decisive lure that secured his John Gennadyevich Hancock…
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Golovkin Ripe For An Upset Against Derevyanchenko
By Paul Magno
This is the kind of fight Gennady Golovkin (39-1-1, 35 KOs) could lose. Facing Sergiy Derevyanchenko (13-1, 10 KOs) this Saturday at New York?s Madison Square Garden for the vacant IBF middleweight…
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Is Poaching Season About To Begin?
By Paul Magno
If you?re noticing an extra spring in Bob Arum?s 87-year-old legs, it?s probably because the Hall of Fame promoter sees himself as a kid in the proverbial candy store. For a boxing…
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The Truth and The Lie Detector
By Paul Magno
How good is Errol ?The Truth? Spence Jr.? After Saturday?s bout with Shawn Porter at Staples Center in Los Angeles, we may finally be getting at an answer. What a bizarre question…
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Red, White, and Blue?and Brown
By Paul Magno
Not too long ago, I almost spit out a mouthful of carbonated orange juice (it?s delicious, really) when I read an article referring to Oscar De La Hoya as a ?beloved Mexican…
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Golden Boy Promotions: The Comeback
By Paul Magno
and are on a roll?at least for now? Just about four years ago, Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions had been the patsy for one of the greatest boxing hustles…
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Shady ESPN Crosses Line To Help House Fighter Tyson Fury
By Paul Magno
In an article posted here this Saturday, following the Tyson Fury-Otto Wallin clash on ESPN+, my esteemed colleague Caryn A. Tate wrote this about ESPN?s activist role in ?aiding? Tyson Fury?s corner:…
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No Money Left For GOOD Tyson Fury Opponents?
By Paul Magno
If the buzz is correct, ESPN only has itself to blame for Tyson Fury fighting another softball no-hope Euro-import this Saturday in Sweden?s Otto Wallin. According to promoter Eddie Hearn, Fury?s big-money…
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Hey America, Boxing?s Leaving You
By Paul Magno
If you?ve been following the sport for longer than Anthony Joshua?s (former) title reign, you had to see this coming. After years (and decades, actually) of the American fight scene gnawing at…
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Gervonta Davis: The Best Is Yet To Come?
By Paul Magno
Undefeated 24-year-old Gervonta ?Tank? Davis is moving on from his 130 lb. weight class, ditching his WBA super featherweight title, and moving up to the deepening waters of the lightweight division where…
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Lomachenko: Impressive in the Abyss
By Paul Magno
I?m only half-joking when I ask whether more people saw Vasiliy Lomachenko beat Luke Campbell live at O2 Arena in London or live on ESPN+. When ESPN jumped back into the boxing…
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Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Luke Campbell: Campbell?s Taller
By Paul Magno
Another Vasiliy Lomachenko fight week is here and, with it, is the customary workaround needed to hype a fight between an elite-level generational talent and an opponent with absolutely no chance of…
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Forget Canelo-Golovkin 3, Bring on Canelo-Kovalev
By Paul Magno
With Sergey Kovalev?s eleventh-round stoppage of game (but green) Brit, Anthony Yarde this past Saturday in Russia, the doors are now opened for the rumored Kovalev-Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez bout in the fall.…
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Andy Ruiz and The Naked Sushi Girl
By Paul Magno
Andy Ruiz Jr. seemed like a likable enough guy and he definitely was a lovable underdog back on June 1 as the tide was turning in his upset of three-belt champ Anthony…
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Spit Bucket Time Machine
By Paul Magno
I learned two things from my recent article about Floyd Mayweather?s nonsensical all-time greatest ranking at Boxrec.com. One?Other writers who claim to never read me, who pretend I don?t exist, somehow manage…