Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Enough Already, Tyson Fury is Not Lineal Champ
By Paul Magno
One of the things that amazes me the most about the writing business, specifically, but also about the media business in general is how many people are willing to accept something?even if…
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Heavy Expectations: Where The Heavyweights Are Headed
By Paul Magno
Okay?Here?s where we currently stand in the shaken, stirred, and donkey-punched heavyweight division: Tyson Fury will be fighting another ?tune-up? in the fall?something that?s only palatable if it?s as entertaining as his…
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The Fluff and the Fury
By Paul Magno
Thankfully, The Tyson Fury Show did not end when the talking stopped this Saturday. The ?Gypsy King? actually did as promised and put on a brutally beautiful and bloody show in registering…
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Who?s Really Number One At Heavyweight?
By Paul Magno
Ring Magazine, in their most recent rankings update, declared Tyson Fury to be the number one heavyweight in the world. But who cares what that fart stain of a publication has to…
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The War Before The Snore: Tyson Fury vs. Tom Schwarz
By Paul Magno
It?s undeniable that Tyson Fury is a one-of-a-kind character with a compelling back story and an engaging gift of gab?but that?s where the intrigue ends. The entertainment stops once ?The Gypsy King?…
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Golovkin-Rolls Makes The Case For Internet Piracy
By Paul Magno
If you gladly gobble up garbage like what we saw this past Saturday coming from Madison Square Garden, broadcast by DAZN, the kindest thing I can say about you is that you?re…
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Buster Douglas? Struggles a Cautionary Tale for Andy Ruiz Jr.
By Paul Magno
As Andy Ruiz Jr. basks in the glory of his mind-bending upset of three-belt champ Anthony Joshua last Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York and discovers a world that has…
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Golovkin vs. Rolls: Expect No Ruiz Moment at MSG
By Paul Magno
Are we over the Andy Ruiz Jr. shellacking of Anthony Joshua yet? Man, what a great moment in time and what a reminder that, really, despite all the machinations and maneuverings involved…
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Ruiz?s Boxing Trumps Joshua?s Business
By Paul Magno
This was already a lose-lose for three-belt champ Anthony Joshua. Boxing?s ?next big thing? and projected billion-dollar asset was coming to America, upstaged repeatedly by WBC titlist Deontay Wilder and even Tyson…
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Wilder vs. Ortiz 2: Waste of Time or Worth A Revisit?
By Paul Magno
So, Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz 2 is signed and set for later this year, possibly in late September? That?s good and bad news, right? When Wilder vs. Ortiz, part one, was first discussed,…
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Devin Haney vs. Teofimo Lopez: New Age Sugar Ray vs. Duran?But?
By Paul Magno
Saturday was Devin Haney?s time to shine. The 20-year-old lightweight prospect and ?can?t miss? future superstar made his DAZN main stage debut and generated headlines with a hellacious one-punch KO of the…
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Bare-Knuckles Paulie Goes Nutso
By Paul Magno
Two-time former world champ and current Showtime color commentator Paulie Malignaggi is either pushing really, really hard to sell his June 22 pay-per-view BKFC (Bare Knuckles Fighting Championships) debut against UFC veteran…
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Has Deontay Wilder Passed Anthony Joshua?
By Paul Magno
No other sport is as ?what have you done for me lately? as boxing and, really, it?s only fair. After all, it only takes one punch to end it all for any…
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Mikey Garcia vs. Danny Garcia?
By Paul Magno
It?s being reported that a Mikey Garcia-Danny Garcia PPV bout is currently in the works for later this summer. Ugh. Sit me down, explain it rationally, and it kinda makes sense. Mikey?s…
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Deontay Wilder: From Laughable to Respectable
By Paul Magno
I?m not going to lie, I was critic no. 1 when it came to Deontay Wilder. I ridiculed his r?sum?, his quick rise to the top, some dubious-looking wins on the way…
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Pacquiao vs. Thurman: Next Stop, Oblivion?
By Paul Magno
Make no mistake about it, the July 20 Manny Pacquiao-Keith Thurman clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is a good fight, a very good fight. Actually, it may be one…
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The Screwing of Dillian Whyte (And The Bright Side)
By Paul Magno
Other fighters have had to jump seemingly endless hurdles to get what?s theirs and what some have practically handed to them, but the case of Dillian Whyte is the sport?s latest great…
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Canelo-Jacobs: How Need and Greed Fixed DAZN?s First Big Event
By Paul Magno
Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs this past Saturday was not fixed in the traditional boxing sense where a winner is pre-determined and someone takes a dive or rolls over for the…
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Can Jacobs Get A Fair Shake Against Canelo? First, Define ?Fair?
By Paul Magno
I?m going to start this off by stating flat-out in language as clear as possible?Daniel Jacobs absolutely CAN beat Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez this Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Yeah, he…
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Same Story, New Angles?So What?
By Paul Magno
Crawford-Arum-Spence-Haymon. Whenever I touch on this subject, someone comes along and points out that I?ve written about this before. In the comment section of my last article on the subject, I was…