Allan Scotto
17 articles · SecondsOut.com
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Ask Gerry Cooney ? December 5th, 2014
Hey, fans! Welcome to ?Ask Gerry Cooney,? where you get to ask former heavyweight contender ?Gentleman? Gerry Cooney any boxing-related question you?d like. Your questions for Gerry?s review will be featured at…
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Does Algieri slay the Dragon?
When Joe DeGuardia, the President and CEO of Star Boxing signed Chris Algieri to meet Ruslan Providnikov in the ring at the Barclay?s Center in Brooklyn, New York on June 14th, 2014,…
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The Barbershop- Nov. 13, 2012
Happy Tuesday, fans! Welcome to this week?s edition of ?The Barbershop,? a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question(s) of the week or any boxing-related…
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The Barbershop- Aug. 29, 2012
Welcome to this week?s edition of ?The Barbershop,? a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question(s) of the week or any boxing-related issue you would…
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Huh?! (or Duane Ford Attempts to Justify His Scoring of Bradley-Pacquiao)
As we all know by now, the split decision rendered in the Timothy Bradley-Manny Pacquiao fight has sent shockwaves throughout the boxing community. Once again the cries of ?Boxing is dead!? are…
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Azad Championship Report – I?ll Go with Cotto
A soothsayer once told Julius Caesar to ?beware the ides of March.? Someone should have told Floyd Mayweather to beware Cinco De Mayo. Now, there?s no denying that Floyd Mayweather is one…
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Catching up with Gerry Cooney
In the late ?70s, if you lived anywhere around or near Long Island, New York and were a boxing fan, you were probably catching Cooney Fever. For the residents of Long Island,…
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The Old Man and the ?C?
My lady has been doing her best to learn the sport of boxing but usually falls asleep on the couch by about 10:30 and misses most of it. Saturday was no exception.…
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The Barbershop- Apr. 19, 2011
Happy Tuesday, fans, and welcome to this week?s edition of ?The Barbershop,? a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question(s) of the week or any…
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The Barbershop- March 1, 2011
Welcome to this week?s edition of ?The Barbershop,? a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question of the week or any boxing-related issue that you…
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Wow! What a Month!
On November 13th, when Manny Pacquiao stepped into the ring to face Antonio Margarito, there were many people, this writer included, who thought that Margarito would prove to be just too big…
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Why “The Tornado” Gobbles Up “Pac-Man”
In ?Rocky III,? after Mickey loudly insists that Rocky can not beat Clubber Lang, he offers a very sound philosophy as to why (insert Mickey?s voice). ?Da wurst ting dat can happen…
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Melodrama?s So Much Fun (in Black and White for All to See)!
For those of you who actually believed that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao were actually going to fight on November 13th, there?s a lovely bridge for sale in Brooklyn. After the first…
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Olympic-Style Drug Testing (Is Floyd Mayweather Right?)
When the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight fell apart (after the two camps couldn?t come to an agreement over Mayweather?s insistence that he and Pacquiao undergo Olympic-style drug testing), Manny went on to…
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Better Than Ali?
Zzzzzzziiiipppppp! That was the sound the zippers made, this past Saturday night, on the mouths of all of Floyd Mayweather?s detractors, this writer included. Floyd ?Money? Mayweather answered just about every question…
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Why Mosley Wins?
Not since the prime days of Muhammad Ali has a fighter had the unique ability to draw fans by the boatload to a fight. They came for one of two reasons: some…
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So…Does Joshua Clottey Win?
Manny Pacquiao is such a nice guy that even thinking he might lose makes you feel like you’ve somehow betrayed a friend. How does one look at that smiling face singing love…
