Avi "Shoefly" Korine
50 articles · SportingNews.com
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Manny Prepares To Attack The Body
I've often said that I prefer watching Manny Pacquiao shadowbox to tuning in to certain fights; I can say the same thing about watching him hit the mitts. Manny looks primed and…
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Clottey’s Advantages
Fight week has arrived, but it seems a lot of the excitement over Pacquiao-Clottey has been subsumed by the interest in Mayweather-Mosley. Part of that - as Rumble writer Anthony Wilson points…
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What Clottey-Judah Teaches Us About Pacquiao-Clottey
There is not another fighter in the sport like Manny Pacquiao. His stamina, power, speed, southpaw style, and sheer vitality are impossible to match. Still, if one were to pick a fighter…
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A Look At Pacquiao’s Partners
reports coming out of the Wild Card Gym indicate that Manny Pacquiao is getting in some excellent work. I always find it interesting to look at the sparring partners elite fighters choose…
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Clottey’s Problems
I keep finding it strange that if you had proposed a Pacquiao-Clottey fight two years ago people would have thought you were a lunatic. They would have thought that Clottey would crush…
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Manny, Michael, and Kobe: What Basketball Reveals About Pacquiao
Forgive all the basketball talk but with the trade deadline only hours ago I've had my second favorite sport on the brain (I like the Jamison trade but am distraught over no…
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Still Fighting
Freddie Roach doesn't have much of a filter, but when the man speaks it's best to listen. Roach has been on an incredible string of correct predictions. Talking to ontheropes Freddie Roach…
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Tyson-Douglas: An Education
It's an amazing thing when you realize your father doesn't know everything. Or that your doctor is just another human being who went to school for a long time. Or that your…
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Let Floyd Be Floyd
While I have often found Floyd Mayweather crass and tasteless in the past I've always found him entertaining. He is a natural villain and good at it. The role brought him to…
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Mayweather/Golden Boy Rift?
What to make of this one? ESPN's Dan Rafael is reporting serious concern from Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer about Floyd Mayweather's hesitance in signing for a fight with Shane Mosley. The…
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Activity Is Achievement
In the fallout of the Pacquiao-Mayweather negotiations there has been a lot of talk on how the two fighters are perceived. We don't need to go into who was to blame for…
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Pacquiao’s Weights vs. The Greats
A few weeks ago I argued that the basis for charges that Manny Pacquiao is using steroids - his success moving from super featherweight to welterweight in only 18 months - was…
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A Slow Education
During his campaign for the presidency Barack Obama frequently said, "cynicism is a sorry sort of wisdom." I've been thinking of that quote often lately in relation to Floyd Mayweather, who fancies…
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Handicapping The Field
Golden Boy Promotions has narrowed the choice on potential opponents for Floyd Mayweather's next fight. Mercifully, it will not be Mathew Hatton, the lesser Hatton brother. Despite rumors to the contrary Richard…
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Perspective: Why This Could Be a Good Thing
I'm as disappointed as anyone that Pacquiao/Mayweather looks to be off for March, but let's keep this in perspective. Boxing has survived events like this before. It's unlike any other sport in…
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Why Mayweather Has More To Lose
Floyd Mayweather needs to fight Manny Pacquiao. Manny Pacquiao needs to fight Floyd Mayweather, but not quite as much. It's not fair, but that's how it is. As we anxiously await news…
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Cultural Differences
When I read this piece by Gregg Doyel on CBSsports.com I was unbelievably irritated. It strikes me as the worst sort of journalism, the type of awful partisan political hit piece you'd…
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Is Pacquiao Impossible? Why Steroid Accusations Are Baseless
Bonds was my favorite baseball player and I haven't watched a game since he was run out of the game. Furthermore, if I wanted to write about steroids I would be a…
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Pac/May – Psychological Warfare – 10 Million Dollar Penalty For Weight?
Fightnews is reporting that Manny Pacquiao wants a ten million dollar penalty per pound over the 147 pound welterweight limit for his March 13 fight with Floyd Mayweather. While the penalty would…
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Pacquiao/Mayweather Undercard: Roach vs. Roger?
It's clear things are going to heat up between the Mayweather and Pacquiao camps as the New Fight of the Century approaches (I'm thinking about just calling in NFOTC). While Pacquiao doesn't…
