Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Why be upset about Mikey Garcia vs. Errol Spence?
By Paul Magno
The top welterweights have had plenty of time to sign on the bottom line against Spence and none seem too eager to do so? The idea came out of the blue like…
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Good Fights, Bad Timing
By Paul Magno
Just minutes after Regis Prograis began his masterfully mature domination of former world champ Terry Flanagan on DAZN, the entertaining and well-fought Daniel Jacobs-Sergiy Derevyanchenko bout for the vacant IBF middleweight title…
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Five Passing of the Torch Fights That Need to Happen
By Paul Magno
Boxing tradition dictates that older fighters pass the proverbial torch to younger fighters, who then eventually pass it to the next generation. This passing of the torch usually takes the form of…
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Success Will Make A Failure of Our (Boxing) Home
By Paul Magno
Boxing has suddenly become a hot commodity with companies in full pursuit of unique sports content for viewers/subscribers. A billion dollars over 8 years was put into DAZN by sports media company…
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Canelo-GGG 2 Was Not a ?Classic,? No Matter What Ring Magazine Says
By Paul Magno
It?s amazing what you can learn from Ring Magazine, weeks after everyone has stopped caring. Apparently, Canelo-GGG 2 was a classic?an ?instant classic,? to be precise?and ?one for the ages.? The December…
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Terence Crawford: From Warrior to Virtuoso
By Paul Magno
Terence Crawford is the best active boxer in the world because he can do everything. If he wants to box, he can box. If he wants to become a hunter, he can…
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MANNY PACQUIAO SIGNS WITH AL HAYMON; ADRIEN BRONER SHOWDOWN IN THE WORKS FOR JANUARY 2019
By Paul Magno
According to sources, Manny Pacquiao has signed with powerful manager/adviser Al Haymon. "Yes, he's with Al," a source with knowledge of the information recently confirmed to FightHype.com. Details of the deal have…
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The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board: Six Years of Nothingness
By Paul Magno
The TBRB rankings, like Ring Magazine?s, were fully determined by the whims and whimsies and opinions of writers invited to be part of their panel? During an online conversation a few years…
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A McGregor-Khabib for Boxing? Forget Sportsmanship, Bring on the Fire
By Paul Magno
Boxing would be very well served by taking a step back and permanently ditching business talk and public negotiations? Last Saturday in the main event of the UFC 229 pay-per-view, Khabib Nurmagomedov…
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Manufacturing Feuds for Terence Crawford
By Paul Magno
When WBO welterweight titlist Terence Crawford re-upped with Top Rank Promotions last month, signing what manager/trainer Brian McIntyre called ?one of the most lucrative deals for an individual fighter in the history…
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Free Agent Canelo Alvarez Has Plenty of Options
By Paul Magno
When HBO closed its doors to boxing after a 45-year relationship, a handful of high-end stars affiliated with the network suddenly found themselves shoved out into the open market. Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez…
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Wilder vs. Fury: The Phoniest Real Fight
By Paul Magno
Monday?s kick-off press conference in London for the Wilder-Fury Las Vegas spectacle was predictably cheesy and full of fake bravado? Monday?s kick-off press conference in London for the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury Las…
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HBO Boxing is Dead (And Peter Nelson Dug The Grave)
By Paul Magno
They fed their hand-picked superstar candidates soft touches and sold them aggressively as true superstars doing superstar things? Peter Nelson, executive vice president of HBO Sports, didn?t kill HBO Boxing all by…
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When is a Success a Flop? Canelo-GGG 2 PPV Numbers Impress and Disappoint
By Paul Magno
The year between the two bouts did nothing to spread the enthusiasm for the fight beyond the already-piqued fan base? In the business world, just like in politics, any story can be…
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Anthony Joshua vs. The World
By Paul Magno
Imagine the rabid, angry comments left under this article if it was suggested that Anthony Joshua was not so much the champion of the world as the champion of a fairly small…
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Oh yeah, Anthony Joshua?s Fighting This Weekend
By Paul Magno
Fans aren?t caring about Anthony Joshua this Saturday because of who he?s fighting and how this fight came into existence? If you weren?t keeping a keen eye on the boxing schedule and…
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Was Golovkin Robbed? Depends on Your Definition of ?Robbery?
By Paul Magno
Seriously, are these people new to boxing? Have they not been paying attention to, well, EVERYTHING they?ve seen in the sport? Following last Saturday?s Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin pay-per-view clash, the online Universo…
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Canelo vs. GGG 2: Musings, Potshots, and Pinpricks
By Paul Magno
At the end of the day, the fight was a good, competitive scrap with everything boxing fans claim to want from a main stage prizefight? In the wake of Saturday?s big Canelo-Golovkin…
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HBO Going Out with a Bang? Canelo, Golovkin Contracts End After PPV Clash
By Paul Magno
Saturday?s pay-per-view clash will mark the end of both Alvarez?s and Golovkin?s contracts with HBO and may be the last hurrah for HBO Boxing? While Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin are…
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Days of Whine and Hosejobs: Canelo vs. GGG 2 is Here
By Paul Magno
Forget the facts behind what?s really what, the story painted eventually becomes the accepted reality? Most people watching the first Canelo-Golovkin bout were entertained, acknowledging that the fight, after two tedious years…