Jerry Izenberg
98 articles · The Star- Ledger
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Pacquiao is fired up by Bradley’s disrespect
LAS VEGAS ? The Loyal Order of the General Santos City Manny Pacquiao Marching and Chowder Society sat down for a light snack in their hero?s suite at the MGM Hotel yesterday…
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Izenberg: Meeting Mandela a heavyweight memory to last a lifetime
The old welterweight sat alone near the top rows of the balcony, a silver-haired man in a gray business suit ? without retinue ? without security people ? in truth, without anyone…
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Manny Pacquiao’s overconfidence led to his knockout
LAS VEGAS ? His face was a crimson mask. Tributaries of blood trickled down from abrasions grown into full-blown cuts. Both eyes were lumped above and below. The corner thought his nose…
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Izenberg: Manny Pacquiao turns up intensity in preparation for fourth fight against Juan Manuel Marquez
LAS VEGAS ? He hadn?t seen his fighter since early June, when Manny Pacquiao had lost a ridiculous decision to Tim Bradley. Those score cards read as though each one had been…
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Izenberg: Juan Manuel Marquez faces Manny Pacquiao for fourth time, in search of victory and vindication
LAS VEGAS -- He arrived here in Gomorrah-by-the-Desert this week as a kind of battle-scarred version of Capt. Ahab in boxing gloves, committed to chase the white whale that he believes is…
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Izenberg: The death of Emanuel Steward ends an era in Detroit
Emanuel Steward died Thursday morning at age 68. His champions included fighters like Thomas Hearns, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya, Julio Cesar Chavez, Miguel Cotto and Wladimir Klitschko, to…
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Izenberg: Floyd Mayweather Jr. casts a shadow over Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight
LAS VEGAS -- Well, as the old prospector liked to remind the tenderfoot, "You never know how much you appreciate the quiet until the jackass starts to bray." Here we are at…
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Izenberg: Manny Pacquiao talks like politician, but his punches are profound
LAS VEGAS ? There is an intensity about Manny Pacquiao that makes you think this one is very different. He has been in the ring 58 times. He has won 29 title…
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Izenberg: In Amir Khan-Zab Judah fight, only low blow was to the fans
LAS VEGAS ? You knew the kind of night it was going to be Saturday when the guy from HBO went into the nosebleed seats at the Mandalay Hotel and Casino Events…
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Izenberg: Floyd Mayweather, uncle steal limelight from Amir Khan, Zab Judah
LAS VEGAS ? Well, what kind of week has it been here in Gomorrah-by-the-Desert? Not exactly what you might figure. This is after all Las Vegas. So here comes Amir Khan, the…
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Izenberg: Floyd Mayweather Jr. has officially crossed line from fool to jerk
??You never appreciate the silence along the trail until the ass stops braying.?? Old prospector?s words to live by We now know that Floyd Mayweather Jr. could make a sentimental favorite out…
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By beating Yuri Foreman at Yankee Stadium, Miguel Cotto may have resurrected career
NEW YORK ? This was in April. Emanuel Steward was in the San Juan airport and running late. Miguel Cotto was already in Tampa, Fla., waiting for his trainer. Now Manny was…
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Sinatra, Mancini, and how Bob Arum discovered the Latino market
NEW YORK -- If it weren't for Boom Boom Mancini's bad shoulder, Frank Sinatra's feeling for Italian-American boxers, a posh casino in Bophuthatswana, Africa, and Nelson Mandela's vision, who is to say…
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Izenberg: Miguel Cotto is fighting for all of Puerto Rico
NEW YORK -- Last year, a week before Miguel Cotto's challenge to what has become Manny Pacquiao's incredible march through a half-dozen weight divisions, Miguel Cotto Sr. sat in the lobby of…
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Finally, sounds of silence from Floyd Mayweather camp as fight against Manny Pacquiao appears to be off
"Sentence first — verdict afterwards.’’ “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll ‘‘This is all coming from Floyd Mayweather Sr. Just because he’s a convicted drug dealer doesn’t make him a drug expert.”…
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In taking down a bigger opponent, Manny Pacquiao morphs from Mighty Mouse into Godzilla
LAS VEGAS — So what did Manny Pacquiao achieve on Saturday night beyond winning his seventh title in seven different weight classes to catapult himself to a place where no fighter had…
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Pacquiao-Cotto is the fight Las Vegas has been waiting for
LAS VEGAS —— The one constant here in Gomorrah-by-the-Desert is that nothing changes. Well, almost nothing. The dice roll, the roulette wheels spin, the players at the blackjack tables try to stare…
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Miguel Cotto Jr. facing fight of his life against Manny Pacquiao
"We like the combat sports, the action sports. That’s what runs in the minds and the blood and culture of Puerto Ricans.’’ ?…Miguel Cotto Sr., when asked why, after Roberto Clemente, all…
