Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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I?m Betting on Brandon Rios
By Paul Magno
Sometimes disparity in desire and a perfect matching of strength to weakness, even if it?s on just one night, on one occasion, is enough to flip a script? Back in December, I…
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Roy Jones and The Worst PPV Ever
By Paul Magno
Boos, as thick as the Pensacola humidity, buzzed the air as both groups of fans showed their distaste for what they were seeing? On the occasion of Roy Jones Jr.?s alleged farewell…
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Wasting Time on ESPN
By Paul Magno
If this one-sided mugging leads to a more competitive encounter next time out, then all will be forgiven. However, that?s not usually how things work in boxing? This may be of some…
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So, When Does Canelo Alvarez Get His Credit?
By Paul Magno
When, exactly, does Saul Alvarez get the credit he deserves for a pretty damn solid career and r?sum?, already at the young age of 27? In case you didn?t know, I?m the…
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The Price for Flipping the Script
By Paul Magno
What one learns from REALLY being around boxing is that the only Rocky stories are those in the movies and those reserved for fighters with the right connections? Last Saturday night at…
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Digesting Errol Spence?s Poor TV Ratings
By Paul Magno
If we define a ?star? as someone with crossover potential to the mainstream, then we may not have that with Errol Spence Jr., at least not yet? As boxing fans, we tend…
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Adrien Broner: The Art Of The Jackass
By Paul Magno
Broner being back in the business of making dumb headlines means yet another comeback is in the works? ?Hey, I want the coolest monkey in the jungle shirt! Where it?s at!? I…
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5 fights you didn?t know you wanted?until I mentioned them
By Paul Magno
When was the last time that fans were buzzing over a high stakes heavyweight bout pitting two American fighters against one another? There are some really obvious big fights out there?ones that…
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?This Fat Girl is Fernando Vargas:? A Tribute to Ricardo Mayorga?s Best Trash Talk
By Paul Magno
Nobody could talk trash like the former welterweight and junior middleweight champ and it?s pretty safe to say that there?ll never be anyone like him again? Forty-four-year-old former two-division world champ Ricardo…
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Floyd Mayweather: ?Sexual Abuse Not Cool At All?
By Paul Magno
I?m not against calling the ghouls to the carpet, but once you start, you better be ready to carpet bomb the sport?s whole damn history? As boxing fans, I?d hope that we?re…
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Is Garcia-Lomachenko the Next Barrera-Hamed?
By Paul Magno
WBC lightweight champ Mikey Garcia may be the only soul in Lomachenko?s weight range capable of not only handling, but flat-out beating him? Back in 2001, Marco Antonio Barrera went up against…
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Boxing, 2017: Grading Greatness on a Curve
By Paul Magno
People are not seeking truth anymore, as much as they are looking to affirm their own personal prejudices. Boxing may be caught up in that same mentality? There was a time in…
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Of Course Anthony Joshua is Fighter of the Year
By Paul Magno
If one-sided romps against stylistically ill-suited foes make a case for awards and heavy praise, then, yeah, Lomachenko has the edge over Joshua? I don?t follow too many boxing media ?experts? or…
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Failing HBO Boxing Arranges For Another Kovalev Soft Touch
By Paul Magno
Executive vice president of HBO Sports, Peter Nelson, even after what should?ve been a humbling 2017, still assumes that he?s the smartest man in the room? One would like to think that…
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Lollipops and BJs
By Paul Magno
Having around a fully actualized Billy Joe Saunders could add some real intrigue and depth to the middleweight division? Billy Joe Saunders has arrived?or so say the marks who constitute the vocal…
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Lomachenko, Rigondeaux, and Why The Jackal Quit
By Paul Magno
A great fighter can handle being beaten in the ring, but it?s humiliating to be duped into a bad spot by politics and business? I tried to be a diplomat and ambassador…
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Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux: Super Man vs. Superman
By Paul Magno
It would take a superman to walk into an unlevel playing field like this against a true elite like Lomachenko and walk away with the win? Born of a social media beef,…
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Sadam Ali?and now what?
By Paul Magno
Who can Ali be matched against so as to ensure that he not only builds his star power, but also stays champion? That?s a tough one? Now that Sadam Ali has registered…
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What if Floyd Mayweather DID Come Back? Who Would He Fight?
By Paul Magno
The list of realistic possible opponents may be so small as to discourage Mayweather from bothering to come back at all? It?s hard to imagine that Floyd Mayweather would be content with…
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Tyson Fury: Clown Prince or Rightful King?
By Paul Magno
Maybe he?s like the Donald Trump of boxing?someone whose success has less to do with mastery of a craft than with titillation and playing to his base? There are two schools of…