Greg Bishop
93 articles · The New York Times
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Boxing’s Ballet Dancer, Vasyl Lomachenko Continues Quest to Become Sport’s Next Great Star
By Greg Bishop
The case for Vasyl Lomachenko as boxing?s next big superstar starts before his first professional fight. It begins, actually, in the office of Bob Arum, founder of Top Rank Boxing, promoter of…
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Undefeated Boxer Jose Ramirez Fights as Hard for Farmers as He Does Inside Ring
By Greg Bishop
Before the Olympics and the activism, before the fights inside the ring and out, Jose Ramirez spent his summers at home in Avenal, Calif. He divided his days between the life he…
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Canelo Alvarez Stopping Traffic Amidst Preparation for GGG Clash
By Greg Bishop
SAN DIEGO ? A day in camp with Canelo Alvarez starts just before dawn, in a gravel parking lot about 25 miles north of downtown here. It?s 5:20 a.m. on July 31,…
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Farce vs. Fight: Is Mayweather-McGregor Risking Boxing’s Best Chance at Resurgence?
By Greg Bishop
The Bombardier Global 6000 nears its cruising altitude, and Conor McGregor sinks into an oversized white leather chair between the cockpit and a stack of Dolce & Gabbana shopping bags. It's almost…
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Top Rank Is Changing How Viewers Watch Boxing
By Greg Bishop
For years, Todd DuBoef and his stepfather, Bob Arum, ran Top Rank Boxing under the traditional business model they helped create. They put their best fights on Pay-Per-View, scheduled their next-best bouts…
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Conor McGregor is flying high as he jousts with Floyd Mayweather on publicity tour
By Greg Bishop
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HAMILTON, ONTARIO AND NEW JERSEY AT 30-SOMETHING-THOUSAND FEET ? Conor McGregor reclines in a white leather easy chair as the Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft turns southeast. He?s calm now, zoned…
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Trainer Freddie Roach can’t get a good glimpse of Manny Pacquiao, let alone his future
By Greg Bishop
LOS ANGELES ? On July 2, inside a locker room at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, the boxing trainer Freddie Roach found his prot?g? in the bathroom. Manny Pacquiao stood there, at…
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Boxing continues to knock itself out with bewildering, incorrect decisions
By Greg Bishop
Here was boxing living down to its crooked reputation again late Saturday. Here were three judges who sat ringside and watched an aged Manny Pacquiao fight someone named Jeff Horn in Australia…
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Boxing is dead? Not hardly, and the coming months will be proof
By Greg Bishop
Maybe you loved boxing in the 1960s, 70s, ?80s or 90s, from Muhammad Ali to Mike Tyson, with the golden age of welterweights sandwiched in between. Maybe you got sick of all…
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Renaissance men: Current crop may make heavyweights boxing’s kings again
By Greg Bishop
It wasn?t that long ago when the most important, famous and celebrated athletes on the planet threw no touchdowns and dunked no basketballs. These men were heavyweight boxers, champions of champions, and…
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Bob Arum again shepherding the next generation of boxers
By Greg Bishop
LAS VEGAS ? From behind his desk at the offices of Top Rank Boxing, near the Louis Vuitton heavy bag and the framed pictures with the late Muhammad Ali hanging from the…
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Freddie Roach prepares for the end of Pacquiao?s career?and his own
By Greg Bishop
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. ? The boxing lifer Freddie Roach settled into the corner booth at Musso and Frank Grill and ordered a New York strip steak, medium. He was talking about The End…
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Nearing the end of his career, Manny Pacquiao reflects on the beginning
By Greg Bishop
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. ? To ready himself for his third encounter with Tim Bradley, set for April 9, Manny Pacquiao decamped last month to the Wild Card Boxing Club, same as always. His…
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SI.com’s 2015 Boxing Awards: Triple G’s Abel Sanchez is Trainer of the Year
By Greg Bishop
This year, 2015, felt like a pivot point in boxing, a shift away from two welterweights who defined an era and toward the next generation of stars. About those welterweights: Floyd Mayweather…
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Mayweather, boxing, fans unable to find inspiration in one another
By Greg Bishop
CHICAGO ? Inside the ShowPlace ICON Theater on Saturday, hundreds scrambled toward their seats, buckets of popcorn in hand, the anticipation high. At first, it seemed like we were headed toward the…
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Pacquiao’s greatest friend: The only man who’s witnessed his entire career
By Greg Bishop
LOS ANGELES ? The boxer and his best friend settle into the back booth at their favorite Thai restaurant, same as hundreds, even thousands, of nights before. They?re watching funny YouTube videos…
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For Floyd Mayweather, fight vs. Manny Pacquiao puts titanic legacy at stake
By Greg Bishop
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has never lost. We know that because he?s reminded everyone for years now. Forty-seven professional fights. Forty-seven victories. All from the boxer who rarely ventures into public without a…
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Despite his win, Floyd Mayweather remains a controversial champion
By Greg Bishop
LAS VEGAS -- In victory on Saturday, Floyd Mayweather Jr. overcame international backlash, calls for a boycott, clinches, low blows, head-butts, a tackle, a crowd that booed loudly and often him at…
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With three fights left in Floyd Mayweather’s career, a father reflects
By Greg Bishop
LAS VEGAS -- The fighter sat atop another stage, surrounded by so many people it seemed possible it might collapse. The usual ring of chaos closed in tight: reporters, cameras, boom mics,…
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Double standard: We condemn Ray Rice; but what about Mayweather?
By Greg Bishop
LAS VEGAS ? Here are two star athletes embroiled in the same issue: domestic violence. One plays football. Or played football, anyway. A video released this week shows him striking his then-fianc?e,…