Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Floyd Mayweather Continues Victory Tour, Takes More Swipes at Pacquiao
By Paul Magno
We have yet to see how gracious Floyd Mayweather is in defeat, but we're absolutely sure that the five-division world champ is not the most gracious of victors. Since fans and media…
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Arce: Pacquiao is Using PEDs, ‘That’s for Sure’
By Paul Magno
In a lot of ways, the era of serious PED (Performance Enhancing Drug) talk in boxing began in late 2009 when a proposed mega-bout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather completely fell…
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Floyd Mayweather and the Real Reason Behind the Drive to Bury Him
By Paul Magno
As Floyd Mayweather nears his thirty-sixth birthday on February 24, many will dwell on the career that "could've been" rather than the career that actually happened. Looking up and down his 17-year…
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Juan Manuel Marquez Undecided on Fifth Pacquiao Bout: “There’s No Point”
By Paul Magno
If Top Rank's Bob Arum wants Manny Pacquiao to get a shot at redemption against Juan Manuel Marquez, it's going to cost him dearly. Or, maybe, it won't happen at all, at…
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Mayweather, ‘Big’ Fights, and a Knack for Giving Whacked-Out Interviews
By Paul Magno
Sometimes, listening to the Mayweathers speak is like watching an episode of The History Channel's Ancient Aliens, the program dedicated to oddball conspiracy theories regarding extraterrestrials and their relationship with mankind's history.…
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Timothy Bradley: Six Realistic Fights for Desert Storm’s Ring Return
By Paul Magno
Since beating Manny Pacquiao via controversial split decision in June of last year, nothing has worked out well for Timothy Bradley. The former consensus junior welterweight champ and current WBO welterweight titlist…
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Donaire, Gamboa, and Garcia: When Bad Press Happens to Good Fighters
By Paul Magno
It was a bad span of ninety-six hours for three outstanding and otherwise well-regarded world class fighters. Yuriorkis Gamboa, Nonito Donaire, and Danny Garcia all suffered virtual public relations Pacquiao-like faceplants during…
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Forcing Donaire Vs. Mares: What Golden Boy Learned from the Mayweather-Pacquiao Fiasco
By Paul Magno
It's debatable as to who would've won the dream fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, but there's no question as to who won the public relations war between the two superstars.…
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Ode to a Deceased Dream Fight: Mayweather Vs. Pacquiao is Now Officially Dead
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | Yes, I do understand the irony of writing a Mayweather vs. Pacquiao article about not caring to see another Mayweather vs. Pacquiao article, but it's important to get this out…
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Donaire-Rigondeaux in April or Will Nonito Become Top Rank’s Hothouse Flower?
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | Hothouse Flower: A flower that isn't hardy enough to grow under natural conditions. It has to be pampered and grown in a greenhouse or hothouse...In regard to people it's used…
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Juan Manuel Marquez’s Future: Retirement or April Tune-up for Fifth Pacquiao Clash
By Paul Magno
Juan Manuel Marquez will be 40 years old in August of next year and is entering into his twentieth year as a professional fighter. After scoring the victory of his career via…
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Who Will Be Boxing’s Next Cash Cow Superstar?
By Paul Magno
Floyd Mayweather is 35-years-old and, for all intents and purposes, a semi-retired fighter with a once-a-year fight schedule. Manny Pacquiao is 33 years of age, winless in 2012, and coming off a…
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Pacquiao and Parkinson’s, Austin Trout’s Taco Bender– No News is Good News on Slow Boxing News Day
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | Following the bizarre world of boxing can be equal parts frustrating and amusing. The never-ending ebb and flow of internet boxing news and the pathological need by some to report…
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Mayweather and Pacquiao Vs. The Greatest of the Last 30 Years
By Paul Magno
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are this generation's best welterweights and, like it or not, they will forever be linked together. Whether they ever actually fight one another, and despite Pacquiao's recent…
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Marquez or Donaire? the Debate for Fighter of the Year
By Paul Magno
As writers and boxing websites release their year-end awards, there seems to be only one area of dispute. Experts seem split on who deserves Fighter of the Year honors. Some have pegged…
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The Welterweights: What to Expect in 2013
By Paul Magno
Other than the heavyweight division, the welterweights have been, historically, boxing's best and most significant weight class. 2012 was somewhat of a down year for the 147 lb. class with one of…
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After the KO, Can Manny Pacquiao Ever Be the Same?
By Paul Magno
COMMENTARY | To many fans, the image of Manny Pacquiao falling face-first to the canvas and staying there, motionless, for an uncomfortably long period of time was quite jarring. To see a…
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Five Fights for Nonito Donaire
By Paul Magno
Nonito Donaire has finished up a solid 2012 and very well could win Fighter of the Year honors. Over the course of the year, the 30-year-old talent has scored victories over Wilfredo…
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Five Fights to Make at Welterweight
By Paul Magno
The welterweight division has been traditionally known as one of boxing's glamor divisions and that's still very much the case these days. Containing the sport's two biggest cash cows and at least…
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Andre Berto, Seth Mitchell, Antonio DeMarco: What Now?
By Paul Magno
A loss is never easy in boxing. Especially in this day and age when boxers fight so infrequently and every single bout result is instantly transmitted to every corner of the world…