Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Forget Joshua and Wilder Until Joshua vs. Wilder
By Paul Magno
Lord knows boxing doesn?t need its heavyweight champs in another run of wallet-stuffers against no-hopers? Enough with the BS and public teasing. Enough with the excessive marinade that threatens to drown the…
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Hearn Already Teaching US Promoters A Lesson
By Paul Magno
The American version of Hearn?s wildly successful UK based promotional company, Matchroom Boxing, kicks off Saturday night? Eddie Hearn is already showing American boxing promoters a thing or two about how to…
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The Benevolence of Canelo Alvarez
By Paul Magno
Being realistic, there was no driving force behind making Canelo fight Golovkin, beyond Canelo?s own drive to answer a challenge? It?s about time we acknowledge the generous benevolence of Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez.…
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HBO Boxing is Bottoming Out
By Paul Magno
When Peter Nelson, a former boxing writer, was named Executive Vice President of HBO Sports in 2015, it was hailed as the dawning of a new day for the down-trending boxing department…
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How to Kill Friends and Influence Very Few People
By Paul Magno
Soto Karass was a veteran pug destined to second and third-tier status until Oscar De la Hoya?s promotional outfit resurrected the corpse of his career? Jesus Soto Karass (28-12-4, 18 KOs) hasn?t…
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Rebuilding Krusher Kovalev
By Paul Magno
Only in fairy tales and in cheesy monster movies do slain beasts rise to terrorize the world once again? Once upon a time, the boxing media fawned over Sergey ?Krusher? Kovalev and…
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Deontay Wilder Must Humble Himself Before The Church of Anthony Joshua
By Paul Magno
At this point, the legion of Anthony Joshua true believers has advanced past cult-like status to the level of a full-blown religion? At this point, the legion of Anthony Joshua true believers…
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Keith Thurman is NOT that good
By Paul Magno
Fast, but not elusive?strong, but not powerful?brave, but not fearless, Thurman is less than the sum of his parts? Listen to the boxing experts and you might think that the welterweight division…
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Errol Spence Jr.: Wasting Time on Cloud Nine
By Paul Magno
To go from thrilling peak to a long stretch of nothingness to a half-assed time-filler before another long stretch of nothingness is total buzzkill? If anyone in the Errol Spence Jr. business…
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De la Hoya: Canelo Alvarez is the only superstar in boxing; everybody else is almost irrelevant
By Paul Magno
When push comes to shove, boxing is?and always has been?more about showbiz than sport? Boxing has always been a star-driven sport, no matter how much we?d like to think that it?s all…
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Miguel Cotto vs. Sadam Ali? Where?s HBO Quality Control?
By Paul Magno
HBO needs to deliver premium boxing content all the time and not the occasional war sandwiched between all-star squashes and/or showcases? If what Team Cotto told RingTV.com is accurate, they had no…
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Eddie Hearn to Lead Boxing?s British Invasion
By Paul Magno
UK promoter Eddie Hearn made his first move into the American market last week by signing former middleweight titlist Daniel Jacobs? In the early 60?s, the American rock and roll scene had…
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Sad-Eyed WBC to Canelo Alvarez: ?Where Did Our Love Go??
By Paul Magno
In the background plays the Supremes? ?Where did our love go?? A single tear rolls down the second-generation bureaucrat?s fleshy face? WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman looks out the window of his Mexico…
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Boxing?s MVP Fighters
By Paul Magno
Who draws the most interest, generates the most sales, and creates the most crossover attention? Who powers the engine of boxing with their ring choices? Who are the most important fighters in…
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Is Golovkin Getting Old Fast?
By Paul Magno
Move a little, get in his head, keep him from comfortably plowing forward?and the beast is less beast-like? If you value the acumen of boxing?s media experts, then you, too, are alarmed…
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Not so Fast or Furious
By Paul Magno
Defending champ Parker was like a North Korean nuclear warhead?capable of a big bang, but lacking any real delivery system? We may not know what happens when an unstoppable force meets an…
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Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz: Is The Fix In?
By Paul Magno
Maybe this is all on the level. Fighting the Cuban craftsman could be a play by Team Wilder at turning back the tide of negative public opinion? Upon hearing that Deontay Wilder…
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Canelo, Golovkin, and The Truth
By Paul Magno
The entire system is flawed to the point of being inherently corrupt?and very few boxing businessmen would have it any other way? Last Saturday?s middleweight bout between Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin…
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Gennady Golovkin: Questions Remain
By Paul Magno
Nobody really knows what to expect from this encounter, primarily because nobody can really know what to expect from Golovkin? It would be great to say that we had all the pertinent…
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Golovkin and Canelo: Two Ducks from Different Ponds
By Paul Magno
The winner of the September 16 middleweight clash will absolutely not be volunteering to jump at a challenge from Jermall Charlo? Most boxing fans cannot wait for the September 16 middleweight showdown…