Robert Morales
415 articles · L.A. Daily News
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Bradley: I Beat Roach’s Top Dog, He Can’t Help Ruslan
It's only been eight months since Timothy Bradley's highly controversial victory over Manny Pacquiao in a welterweight title fight on June 9 in Las Vegas. Everyone - except two of the so-called…
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Sugar Shane’s return far from sweet
When it was announced a couple of weeks ago that Bernard Hopkins would challenge Tavoris Cloud for his light heavyweight title March 9 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., nary an eyebrow…
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Insider Notebook: Mosley; Donaire vs. Mares; Arreola
Flash back about eight months. "Sugar" Shane Mosley is preparing to challenge Saul "Canelo" Alvarez for his super welterweight title on May 5 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. A reporter wanted…
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Golovkin feels KO in his best interest
It was Friday, about 9 a.m., and middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin was on the telephone. He was about to weigh in for his title defense tonight against Gabriel Rosado at Madison Square…
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Abner Mares-Nonito Donaire battle is outside ring
Frank Espinoza has been racking his brain for months now, trying to figure out a way to get his highly respected super bantamweight champion - Abner Mares - into the ring with…
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Insider Notebook: Donaire-Mares Stalled, Valdez, More
Super bantamweight champions Nonito Donaire and Abner Mares have made no bones about wanting to fight each other. But since Donaire is promoted by Top Rank Inc. and Mares by rival Golden…
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Demise of this sport in 2012 greatly exaggerated
Boxing in 2012 had its typical handful of poor decisions, as well as a handful of dirty performance-enhancing drug tests. It contained sorrow, with the loss of several famous figures. Through it…
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ROBERT MORALES on BOXING: There are no clean answers to questions about Juan Manuel Marquez
Much has been written about the way in which Juan Manuel Marquez laid out Manny Pacquiao with one vicious sixth-round punch in their fight in Las Vegas two weeks ago. Some of…
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Juan Manuel Marquez’s victory over Manny Pacquiao is a knockout
LAS VEGAS - Timber! After the third fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez ended in controversy 13 months ago, promoter Bob Arum said he was determined to get a clear-cut…
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Bitter Juan Marquez determined to get ‘official’ win over Manny Pacquiao
BOXING: Future Hall of Famer is sure he was robbed all three times they met. By Robert MoralesStaff Writer Juan Manuel Marquez was asked to recall his thoughts when the scorecards were…
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Insider Notebook: Pacquiao-Marquez, Canelo-Cotto, More
Manny Pacquiao recently told BoxingScene.com that he never beefed about his controversial decision loss to Timothy Bradley this past June in Las Vegas. Specifically, here is part of what Pacquiao said in…
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Insider Notebook: Broner’s Shine, Thurman, Mitchell
We have all heard the phrase, "A star is born." One was Saturday. His name is Adrien Broner. Broner, the ultra-brash former junior lightweight champion from Cincinnati, moved up in weight and…
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Insider Notebook: Donaire-Mares Stuck in The Cold War
Frank Espinoza does not have the reputation of a trouble-making manager. He's not the type who goes around making promoters miserable for no good reason. But judging by the conversation we had…
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Boxing: Amir Khan is confident he can revive career
Amir Khan on Tuesday stood in a large hallway inside the Sports Arena, where on Dec. 15 the former super lightweight champion from England will try to get his career back on…
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Insider Notebook: Molina; No Quillin-Golovkin, Barclays
Lightweight contender John Molina confirmed this week what was recently reported by BoxingScene.com, that he is now being trained by Robert Garcia, one of today's top trainers. Molina was being trained by…
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Donaire makes case, defends titles
fight between champion Nonito Donaire and former champion Toshiaki Nishioka was that Donaire had not had a knockout in his past three fights after having knocked out nine of his past 10…
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Donaire-Nishioka could be a knockout
The more spectacular Nonito Donaire looks every time he fights, the better. That makes future potential fights against the likes of fellow super bantamweight champions Abner Mares or Guillermo Rigondeaux even more…
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Robert Garcia: Khan Made The Right Move To Hire Hunter
Robert Garcia has become one of the top trainers in the game. He will be in Nonito Donaire's corner Saturday, when the Filipino star faces Toshiaki Nishioka - as well as Brandon…
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Notebook: Bradley Fight in Doubt; Arum Rips Schaefer
It appears there is a good chance welterweight champion Timothy Bradley will not be fighting after all Dec. 15 in Miami, promoter Bob Arum said Wednesday. "Bradley may not fight this year,…
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Mares is Eager For Moreno’s Challenge, Wants Donaire
If we had a dime for every time a fighter said he wants to fight only the best opponents, we'd be rich. The problem is, few follow through on that kind of…
