Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Pacquiao?s Loose Lips Could Sink Mayweather Mega-Fight
By Paul Magno
Loose lips sink ships. Suddenly, the quiet Filipino star, who has let trainer Freddie Roach assume the burden of being the flapping gums behind the Pacquiao phenomenon, can?t seem to shut up.…
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Why Jose Sulaiman is Pushing Sergio Martinez Out The Door
By Paul Magno
You can?t think of a fighter more worthy of respect than Sergio Martinez. He?s come up the hard way, earning each half-step up the ladder and suffering through the injustices that befall…
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Stacking the Deck on Boxing Pay-Per-Views?Why Doesn?t it Happen?
By Paul Magno
In the wake of the Floyd Mayweather Jr-Shane Mosley bout, a glaring negative regarding boxing pay-per-views stands out: the poor quality of the undercard. For a price ranging from $50 to $65,…
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Random Thoughts on Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley
By Paul Magno
* I?m sorry? if you don?t appreciate Floyd Mayweather?s in-ring work and the supreme old school professionalism that he exhibits fight after fight, boxing is obviously not for you. May I suggest…
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How to Beat a Mayweather
By Paul Magno
As Shane Mosley and Naazim Richardson prepare for the daunting task of trying to beat one of boxing?s modern day masters, I?ve set out to aid the duo and help establish the…
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Save Our Heroes: Take Legends on the Road and Away from the Main Stage
By Paul Magno
A few years ago I had the honor of co-promoting an event which featured a comeback of sorts for Mexican legend, Ruben ?El Puas? Olivares. Actually, it was more of a quick…
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Pacquiao Has His Way With Clottey
By Paul Magno
Arlington, Texas- 51,000 attendees at Dallas Cowboys Stadium and those watching via pay per view almost had to check if there wasn’t a chain hanging from behind Joshua Clottey’s back as he…
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Allegations of Mayweather Racism Are Irresponsible and Juvenile
By Paul Magno
Filipino journalist and commentator, Chino Trinidad, has found himself at the center of a manufactured controversy surrounding claims that Floyd Mayweather Jr’s publicist, Kelly Swanson, intentionally snubbed the Filipino media during the…
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Margarito, Forgiven?
By Paul Magno
If you look around cyberspace these days, there has been a subtle shift in the public wind as it pertains to Antonio Margarito and his indefinite suspension from boxing. Margarito’s attempted use…
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A War, A Bore, and A Robbery: A Day in the Life of Boxing
By Paul Magno
As Floyd Mayweather Jr and Shane Mosley get closer to signing on the dotted line and Manny Pacquiao continues to sell thousands of tickets in Cowboys stadium, the actual business of boxing…
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Move Over Pacquiao and Mayweather, These Guys DO Want to Fight
By Paul Magno
The implosion of the “Fight of the Millennium” between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. has left a mass of disappointed and angry fans, but it just may have opened the door…
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You do know, Manny’s really to blame for this, right?
By Paul Magno
Ok, at the risk of irritating all those who would blindly believe that Manny Pacquiao sits on a throne of benevolent love and spends his free time curing kids of cancer while…
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The Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Debacle: Setting the Record Straight
By Paul Magno
Today, Manny Pacquiao ended the debate as to whether the Fight of the Millennium between him and Floyd Mayweather Jr. would ever take place. Pacquiao officially filed a lawsuit in the Nevada…
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The Return of American Swagger
By Paul Magno
At the beginning of ‘09, the big story among the boxing media was the apparent downfall of the American fighter. Floyd Mayweather Jr. was still retired, Oscar De la Hoya had been…
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Pacquiao vs. Cotto: Is The Fix In?
By Paul Magno
With Cotto-Pacquiao staring us in the face, I can’t shake this cynical feeling that the fix may be in. I’m not talking about the fight being fixed, pro-wrestling style. There won’t be…
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Sorry Dana, America’s Not Ready to Bury Boxing Yet
By Paul Magno
The recent confirmation that last Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather Jr-Juan Manuel Marquez pay-per-view reached one million buys once again proves that the five hundred monthly “Boxing is Dead” articles that originate from MMA…