Greg Logan
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Manny Pacquiao calls on Floyd Mayweather Jr. to set up fight
By Greg Logan
MACAU - The sand is slipping out of the hourglass of Manny Pacquiao's career as he approaches his 36th birthday next month, so with no more time to waste, Pacquiao and Top…
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Manny Pacquiao scores unanimous decision over Chris Algieri
By Greg Logan
MACAU - The improbable dream turned out to be just that for Greenlawn's Chris Algieri. He traveled halfway around the world to the Venetian Macau resort telling anyone who would listen that…
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Even bigger bucks in future for Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri winner
By Greg Logan
MACAU - For a matchup that critics loudly have decried as unworthy of a pay-per-view event, the stakes will be enormous for Manny Pacquiao and Greenlawn's Chris Algieri when they step into…
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Freddie Roach: Manny Pacquiao said he’ll beat Chris Algieri in ‘one round’
By Greg Logan
MACAU, China -- Manny Pacquiao was gloved up and warming in the ring for his training session Tuesday as the crowd of writers around trainer Freddie Roach dwindled to a couple of…
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Chris Algieri, brimming with confidence, expects to ‘control’ Manny Pacquiao
By Greg Logan
MACAU, China - Chris Algieri and his support team are scary confident as the fight week countdown begins for Saturday night's WBO welterweight title battle with legendary eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao at…
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Matchmaker Ron Katz thinks Chris Algieri has strong shot to beat Manny Pacquiao
By Greg Logan
Matchmaker Ron Katz has a Rolodex of boxing connections, knowledge and memories few can match. His career spans 38 years, including 16 with Top Rank Promotions, and includes associations with the likes…
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Long Island’s Chris Algieri likes his title chances against Manny Pacquiao
By Greg Logan
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the unquestioned pound-for-pound king of the current generation of boxers, yet he has balked at climbing into the ring with Manny Pacquiao despite the enormous financial windfall that…
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Huntington’s Chris Algieri battles his way onto the world stage
By Greg Logan
It was just nine months ago that Chris Algieri was a household name only on Long Island. He was fighting at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, which always was packed because his…
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Manny Pacquiao is great, but Macau market is for Zou Shiming
By Greg Logan
When Chris Algieri steps into the ring on Nov. 22 at 15,000-seat Cotai Arena at the Venetian Macao resort hotel in Macau, China, it's safe to say he will be in hostile…
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Chris Algieri, Tim Lane and Keith Trimble form Team Algieri
By Greg Logan
It was a quixotic quest that Chris Algieri and trainers Tim Lane and Keith Trimble set out upon six years ago. They were aliens from the martial arts world with designs on…
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An inside look at the rise of boxer Chris Algieri
By Greg Logan
'Raging Bull" Chris Algieri is not. The WBO light welterweight champion of the world wasn't bred on the "mean streets" unless you find a bucolic cul-de-sac in a North Shore suburb on…
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Chris Algieri’s road to Macau to fight Manny Pacquiao
By Greg Logan
The evolution of Huntington's Chris Algieri from obscure kickboxer into WBO world light welterweight boxing champion and challenger to WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao followed a long and improbable path. Here's a…
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Manny Pacquiao, with eye on Mayweather, knows to take Chris Algieri seriously
By Greg Logan
The carrot on the stick -- a mega-millions fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. -- still is dangling just beyond Manny Pacquiao's grasp. Now that Pacquiao is closing in on his 36th birthday…
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Manny Pacquiao’s trainer disrespects Huntington’s Chris Algieri
By Greg Logan
When WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao broke training camp recently to play for the professional basketball team he owns in the Philippines, it raised questions about how seriously he was preparing for…
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Chris Algieri works on new weapons to face Manny Pacquiao
By Greg Logan
With 63 fights in his illustrious career, including 19 for a world title, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has a vast store of top-class boxing experience to draw upon when he faces…
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Stony Brook honors Chris Algieri before game
By Greg Logan
Chris Algieri wasn't the only Stony Brook alum visiting campus Saturday for the first time since his graduation during "Wolfstock" Homecoming festivities before the Seawolves faced William & Mary at LaValle Stadium.…
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LI’s Chris Algieri enjoys world tour with Manny Pacquiao
By Greg Logan
For the past week and a half, Chris Algieri, the local boy from Huntington who made good, has shared the same air space with Manny Pacquiao, a boxing hero of truly global…
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Chris Algieri believes his style will be problem for Manny Pacquiao
By Greg Logan
Chris Algieri scoffs at the notion that he's an "overnight sensation," knowing the years of work and training that went into his recent upset of Ruslan Provodnikov for the WBO junior welterweight…
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Chris Algieri believes he can make Manny Pacquiao fight a good sell
By Greg Logan
When the time comes to sell little-known Chris Algieri's improbable challenge to WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and HBO, which will produce the pay-per-view telecast on Nov.…
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Huntington’s Chris Algieri agrees to big money fight against Manny Pacquiao
By Greg Logan
Chris Algieri's ship has come in. The WBO junior welterweight champion from Huntington Tuesday night agreed to terms for a pay-per-view fight against Manny Pacquiao for his WBO welterweight title on Nov.…