Barry Horn
21 articles · DallasNews.com
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Boxing Champion Errol Spence Jr. In Intensive Care After Single-Car Crash
By Barry Horn
In the ring, undefeated welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. has proven invincible. But early Thursday morning, behind the wheel of a Ferrari, he proved mortal. Driving at what Dallas police reported was…
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Errol Spence Shows He Is a Terrific Fighter And A Big Draw
By Barry Horn
That 47,525 fans attended undefeated IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr.?s mugging of over-matched but highly-decorated and previously undefeated lightweight champion Mikey Garcia on Saturday night at the Cowboys cavernous AT&T Stadium…
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Dallas Can’t Offer Championship Pro Teams But Here Come Title Fights
By Barry Horn
Word out of the Cowboys headquarters at the team's practice facility in suburban Frisco is that competitive professional boxing finally may be coming to the Dallas area. Looks like Cowboys bosses Jerry…
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Horn: After storied, controversial career, Mike Tyson finds himself in unexpected vocation
By Barry Horn
Mike Tyson is ticketed to head to Monaco for a royal performance of his one-man show Undisputed Truth. He is in talks with Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese, who directed Raging Bull,…
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Dominant win, eighth title make Manny Pacquiao’s case as boxing’s all-time best
By Barry Horn
Perhaps the five kind souls on the California athletic commission were doing Antonio Margarito a favor when they refused to license him to fight Manny Pacquiao. Here in Texas, boxing's regulatory body…
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Little big man: Pacquiao throws 1,069 punches in dominating decision over Margarito
By Barry Horn
ARLINGTON ? The fly did the swatting. Manny Pacquiao gave away 17 pounds, 4 ? inches in height and six inches in reach to Antonio Margarito at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday night…
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The people’s champ: Boxer Manny Pacquiao a winner in political ring, too
By Barry Horn
ARLINGTON ? In boxing, distractions typically come from government's judicial branch, not its legislative. The likes of assault, breach of contract, possession, DUI and bankruptcy litter the sentences spoken and written about…
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito notebook: Fighter denies mocking trainer
By Barry Horn
ARLINGTON ? The relative civility of Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito fight week was disrupted Wednesday with the circulation of a YouTube video showing Margarito and Brandon Rios, an undercard fighter from Lubbock, apparently…
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Jerry Jones takes low-key approach to fight
By Barry Horn
GRAPEVINE, Texas Jerry Jones, who was heavily involved in March's promotion of the first-ever big fight at Cowboys Stadium, told promoter Bob Arum via telephone Tuesday morning that he won't be seen…
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Manny Pacquiao’s entourage in Dallas…200 strong
By Barry Horn
GRAPEVINE ? Just as he did for his March fight, Manny Pacquiao arrived via chartered jet Monday night from Los Angeles, five days early for Saturday's Cowboys Stadium bout against Antonio Margarito.…
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Manny Pacquiao needs jumbo jet just to fly in his entourage
By Barry Horn
GRAPEVINE ? Just as he did for his March fight, Manny Pacquiao arrived via chartered jet Monday night from Los Angeles , five days early for Saturday's Cowboys Stadium bout against Antonio…
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Margarito applies for Texas boxing license
By Barry Horn
Denied a boxing license Wednesday in California , Antonio Margarito has wasted little time applying for a license in Texas so he can fight in a planned Nov. 13 bout against Manny…
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Cowboys Stadium isn’t a contender for next Manny Pacquiao bout
By Barry Horn
Looks like the fight circus won?t be coming back to town after all. Promoter Bob Arum says he has found an opponent and a date for Manny Pacquiao?s next fight and although…
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Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight was a dud, but crowd of 50,994 was another triumph for Cowboys Stadium
By Barry Horn
ARLINGTON – Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey was a lousy fight gift wrapped in magnificent packaging. First the lousy: That's what happens when one boxer, Pacquiao, comes to fight and the other, Clottey, shows…
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Size not such a big edge for Clottey
By Barry Horn
ARLINGTON – Joshua Clottey is bigger and stronger than Manny Pacquiao. He won his first minor 147-pound title back in 1999 when Pacquaio was still a 122-pounder dabbling in the super bantamweight…
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Pay-per-view is latest heavyweight in boxing
By Barry Horn
Here's an absolutely free 12-round pay-per-view primer in advance of Saturday night's Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey welterweight title fight at Cowboys Stadium, available on HBO Pay-Per-View at the suggested retail price of $49.95:…
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Pacquiao’s at the head of his sport, in the heart of his nation
By Barry Horn
ARLINGTON – Here is as good a starting point as any in trying to explain the size of the shadow Manny Pacquiao casts over his native Philippines: Back in March 2008, his…
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Pacquiao, Clottey keep final news conference downright civilized
By Barry Horn
ARLINGTON – Love bloomed inside Cowboys Stadium on Wednesday afternoon as Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey exchanged verbal bouquets three days before they are scheduled to trade punches in their welterweight title…
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Jerry Jones had a shot at investing in career of boxer Manny Pacquiao
By Barry Horn
GRAPEVINE – Soon after word trickled down to South Florida earlier this year that Jerry Jones would be getting into the boxing business with a Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight at Cowboys Stadium,…
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Jerry Jones says he’s a true contender
By Barry Horn
It started with a chance question back in September. Jerry Jones had gassed up his private jet and flown to New York to appear on Joe Buck's talk show on HBO. The…