Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Showtime Goes From Shrewd to Stupid; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
Showtime?s calculated gamble in 2013 of signing Floyd Mayweather to what could end up being the richest deal in sports history is on the brink of being labeled a costly mistake. Realistically,…
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Guillermo Rigondeaux: The Loneliness of Being Jackal
By Paul Magno
If only Guillermo Rigondeaux weren?t quite so good. If only his own promoter hadn?t made him a matchmaking pariah. If only that same promoter hadn?t been so eager to pen the forward…
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Rafael Garcia Walking Into the Sunset, Away from Team Mayweather
By Paul Magno
85-year-old cutman and handwrap virtuoso Rafael Garcia has spent more than seven decades in the sport he loves and has worked with the likes of Lupe Pintor, Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello, Erik…
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Don?t Laugh? A Victor Ortiz Comeback is Good for Boxing
By Paul Magno
Last week, when Victor Ortiz announced via social media that he would be making a comeback, the internet was buzzing in unison: ?Who the hell cares?? But, really, a returning Victor Ortiz…
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Unfortunate Truths About Floyd Mayweather; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
The days after a Floyd Mayweather victory are sobering moments for Mayweather?s dedicated legion of detractors, critics, and full-time anti-fans. Yes, he?s cruised to victory again and the catcalls and agenda-fueled shouts…
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Why We Care About Floyd Mayweather
By Paul Magno
There?s a reason that Floyd Mayweather is front and center on just about every boxing-related website and blog. People care about him. They care about what he thinks. They care about what…
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Mayhem May Suck; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
Mayweather-Maidana Fight Week is upon us and all the good media lemmings will take a break from posting Pacquiao-Algieri photo-ops as front page news stories in order to run photo-ops of Mayweather…
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Selling Pacquiao-Algieri; Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
If there has been one central theme running through nearly five years of Monday Rants, it?s that when the chips are down and you need a heaping dose of truth in the…
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Mayweather Can?t Read?And? Magno?s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno
On a slow news week, a story like the latest flare-up between 50 Cent and former bestie Floyd Mayweather becomes an actual big deal. For those few that may not know, ?Fiddy?…
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Garcia-Salka Highlights Boxing?s Bizarre Bazaar at Barclays
By Paul Magno
Only in boxing?s completely dysfunctional world of today can someone proudly promote a fight where the top junior welterweight in the world moves up to welterweight in order to take on the…
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Is Timothy Bradley Being Set Up to Lose to Manny Pacquiao?
By Paul Magno
There's a feeling among some observers that there's absolutely no way Timothy Bradley will walk away with the win and the WBO welterweight belt against Manny Pacquiao when the two meet on…
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Has Manny Pacquiao Abandoned PEDs Testing Fervor for Rematch with Tim Bradley?
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | When eight-division former world champ Manny Pacquiao finally decided to enter the age of voluntary performance enhancing drug (PED) testing prior to last November's bout with Brandon Rios, it was…
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Erislandy Lara Calls Gennady Golovkin?s Bluff, Gets Turned Down Flat
By Paul Magno
WBA middleweight champ, Gennady Golovkin is one of boxing's best offensive fighters and a joy to watch for those who enjoy the manly art of clinical and thorough boxing destruction. Also true…
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Is Floyd Mayweather?s No-Arum Demand for Manny Pacquiao Over the Line?
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | Nobody outside of Team Mayweather and Team Khan feels all the good that Floyd Mayweather's next opponent will likely be Amir Khan. Making the situation especially bad for fans is…
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Fans Deserve Better Than Floyd Mayweather vs. Amir Khan
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | I guess it could be worse. Floyd Mayweather could be scheduled to fight a Kardashian sister or George Zimmerman. For those who don't know, Amir Khan has beaten Marcos Maidana…
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Boxing?s 10 Biggest Questions for 2014 (Not Involving Mayweather and Pacquiao)
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are boxing's two biggest stars and are guaranteed attention-grabbers for writers and websites wanting to reach the greatest amount of possible readers. There's no doubt…
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Two Mismatches Await Floyd Mayweather, but Only One Makes Sense
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | Imagine the audacity of trying to sell Amir Khan as a main stage opponent for the best fighter in the world in the biggest boxing event of the year. Pitching…
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Manny Pacquiao, Timothy Bradley and the Return of Killer Instinct
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | Can a fighter regain his killer instinct? Can a boxer learn to fight with urgency again, despite being good enough to sleepwalk his way through most victories? Can hunger be…
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Manny Pacquiao PPV Undercards Are an Insult to True Fight Fans
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | There's no fighter in the sport who mentions respect for the fans more than Manny Pacquiao. Almost from the very moment he became a main stage star, the eight-division former…
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Ruslan Provodnikov: Juan Manuel Marquez is Afraid of Me
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | It should be obvious that Juan Manuel Marquez is in the final stretch of a legendary career. Marquez has even made it known that, in a best case scenario, there…