Cliff Rold
427 articles · Hard Core Boxing
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Mayweather-Marquez 24/7: Pt. 1 Reviewed
It was a busy few days for one Money Mayweather. A time at the roller rink, a little resuming his ?feud? with the Big Show on Monday Night Raw, and a little…
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The Top 25 Bantamweights of All-Time – 11 to 25
The Eight, Pt. 2 For any new boxing fan, the time is not long before a fellow fan points out a magic number which grows more mythologized with time: eight. As in…
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Nonito Donaire: Follow the Bouncing Belts
This Saturday night, the man viewed by most as the best of the current Flyweights, IBF titlist Nonito Donaire (21-1, 14 KO) of the Philippines, ventures up the scale three pounds to…
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The Top 25 Flyweights of All-Time – 11 to 25
The Eight, Pt. 1 For any new boxing fan, the time is not long before a fellow fan points out a magic number which grows more mythologized with time: eight. As in…
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Bradley Sends a Statement To Pacquiao, Even With The Cut
For three rounds on Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, 25-year old WBO Jr. Welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley (26-0, 12 KO) of nearby Palm Springs was the…
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Floyd Mayweather and the World Welterweight Crown
In the most recent display of what is becoming an almost Ali-Cosell relationship, ESPN’s Brian Kenny and Floyd Mayweather briefly touched on the topic of the Welterweight championship. Mayweather went after a…
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Agbeko-Darchinyan: The Post-Fight Report Card
Ghana’s finest fighters have suffered some rough nights, and occasionally odd scoring in the U.S. since the retirement of the great Azumah Nelson. Ike Quartey may or may not have earned the…
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Pulse of the Game Gets Stronger: 2009 Mid-Year Review
In 2009 so far, TV has been the thing. After ?not enough paid?-per-view bombs like Joe Calzaghe-Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins-Kelly Pavlik in the second half of 2008, premium cable giant HBO…
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Pulse of the Game Gets Stronger: 2009 Mid-Year Review
In 2009 so far, TV has been the thing. After ?not enough paid?-per-view bombs like Joe Calzaghe-Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins-Kelly Pavlik in the second half of 2008, premium cable giant HBO…
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At Heavyweight, None is the Loneliest Number
It used to be the grandest prize in all of sport. One day, it might be again. The right fighter, the right style, and the stature of boxing?s Heavyweight champion of the…
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Pacquiao?s Choice Should Be a Real “Welterweight” Fight
Scanning the headlines around the boxing news wires, the impact of last Saturday?s Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey fight is vibrant in the rhetoric. The victor, Cotto (34-1, 27 KO), retained his WBO belt…
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Pacquiao, Mayweather Dominate May: Month in Review
One did it in the ring, the other simply by announcing an imminent return to the squared circle. Together, they began what most assume is the buzz for the first real mega-fight…
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Pacquiao GETS Four (and Six): Real History in Our Time
Many a fan has asked the question: what would it take for a modern fighter to make a run at Sugar Ray Robinson?s hold on the mythical top of the sport?s all-time…
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Any Questions? – BoxingScene?s New Pound for Pound Top Ten
Since the retirement of Joe Calzaghe, there had been little reason to revisit the sport?s ten best fighters but a series of events and milestones have shaken up the picture in ways…
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Pacquiao Aims for Four (and Six): Real History – Thoughts
The old timers are right of course. They look around at the fighters in recent times collecting belts in an assortment of weight classes and say, ?It?s not the same as it…
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Pacquiao Aims for Four (and Six): Real History Part VIII
In this series, culminating with the May 2nd showdown between Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KO) and World Junior Welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KO) now only days away, Pacquiao?s previous title…
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Pacquiao Aims for Four (and Six): Real History Part VII
In this series, designed to culminate the week of the May 2nd showdown between Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KO) and World Junior Welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KO), Pacquiao?s previous title…
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Pacquiao Aims for Four (and Six): Real History Part VI
In this series, designed to culminate the week of the May 2nd showdown between Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KO) and World Junior Welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KO), Pacquiao?s previous title…
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Pacquiao Aims for Four (and Six): Real History Part V
In this series, designed to culminate the week of the May 2nd showdown between Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KO) and World Junior Welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KO), Pacquiao?s previous title…
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Pacquiao Aims for Four (and Six): Real History Part IV
In this series, designed to culminate the week of the May 2nd showdown between Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KO) and World Junior Welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KO), Pacquiao?s previous title…
