Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Boxing?s End Is Really The Beginning; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
Is Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao the last dying gasp of an increasingly irrelevant sport or is it the billboard advertising greater things to come? Well, that all depends on who you…
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The Future?s So Bright?Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
Well, break out the champagne glasses and the motherf*ckin? condoms, we got ourselves a mega-fight! Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao is finally signed, sealed, and ready to be delivered May 2 in…
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Khan-stipated: Amir Khan?s Fruitless Search for the BIG Fight
By Paul Magno
Amir Khan is tired of waiting around. He wants someone, somewhere to fork over a high seven-figure or low eight-figure payday for his ring efforts? and he wants it now. Could it…
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Miguel Cotto: The Boricua Diva
By Paul Magno
For the majority of his career, Cotto has been the perfect boxing fall guy. Bringing with him major drawing power as the heir to the Puerto Rican boxing throne, but saddled with…
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Arum: Cock-Block King; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
For the first time since I?ve been covering the sport, the media? kinda, sorta? has worked as it?s supposed to work. Not entirely, though, but just enough to corral some of the…
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Mayweather, Pacquiao, HBO, Showtime? Somebody?s Lying to You
By Paul Magno
If you?ve been following all the recent Mayweather-Pacquiao drama, you?re probably perplexed as to what the hell is going on when it comes to the mega-fight. Promoter Bob Arum started the year…
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The Great Pacquiao Swindle; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
It was fight week for Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri, November 2014, when Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum began telling the world about secret Mayweather-Pacquiao negotiations taking place. Was the claim true or merely a…
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The Only Real Mayweather-Pacquiao Article; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
At this point, I?d almost prefer that Mayweather and Pacquiao not fight and that the massive failure in putting together what should?ve been a slam dunk mega-event stand as a perpetual reminder…
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Who?s Trying to Kill Mayweather-Pacquiao? Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
Rumors of Mayweather-Pacquiao have again emerged, along with yet another round of ?leaks? regarding high-end negotiations, alleged demands from Mayweather, and a host of mysterious foreign investors looking to dump bags of…
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Fans Hustled Again in Pacquiao-Algieri Farce; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
Manny Pacquiao is too much of a sportsman and gentleman to say it, but it was clear on Saturday night in Macau that he had zero respect for Chris Algieri as a…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao Closer Than Ever or Fishing for Suckers Part IX ?
By Paul Magno
According to various media sources, insiders from both camps and people with power are working seriously behind the scenes to finally put together the long-awaited Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao mega-bout. Anonymous sources are…
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Pacquiao-Algieri: A New Type of Hustle; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
Bob Arum is the undisputed king of promotional chicanery and matchmaking sleight of hand, but he is trying to top himself with the upcoming November 22 bout between Manny Pacquiao and Chris…
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After the Conquest: What?s Next for ?Krusher? Kovalev?
By Paul Magno
The fun, glorious stuff has already taken place? Sergey Kovalev scored a one-sided shutout of Bernard Hopkins using his size, strength, and most importantly, unflappable will and focus. He has added Hopkins?…
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Bernard Hopkins: Last Ride for Boxing?s Last Old Pro? Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
Once upon a time, boxers fought within the framework of the sport. Even with the corrupt sanctioning bodies getting involved and mucking up the narrative, the real professionals found a way to…
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Floyd Mayweather Vs. Jermain Taylor? WTF?
By Paul Magno
In the Olympics of sucky match-ups, the rumored Floyd Mayweather vs. Jermain Taylor bout would easily take the Gold (right ahead of Pacquiao-Algieri, which, sadly, is NOT just a rumor). Yet, Mayweather-Taylor…
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Why ?Axe Man? Walters Is Indeed A Rare Breed
By Paul Magno
As chief support to the farcical middleweight title bout between Gennady Golovkin and Mexican fall guy Marco Antonio Rubio last Saturday night at the StubHub Center, there was a real fight. Nicholas…
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Golovkin: Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
?Ever get the feeling you?ve been cheated? Good night!? ? Johnny Rotten, 1978, Winterland Theater, San Francisco, California, after an abbreviated set at the end of the last Sex Pistols concert on…
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Siege on Cinco de Mayo; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
Often, the animosity between fighters or rival promoters is part of the show, a psychological ploy to get over on the other guy and/or the creation of an us vs. them dynamic…
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The Sanctimonious Are Turning Boxing Into a Cesspool; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
This can?t be emphasized enough? The boxing media controls the narrative of the sport and is the essential buffer between what happens and what we?re allowed to know; It?s the link between…
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: Career In Limbo
By Paul Magno
Volumes have been written about Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and the personality and motivational issues that keep him from becoming a true superstar in the sport. From his infamous battles with weight…