Rick Folstad
31 articles · IBOPBoxing.com
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Sergey Kovalev Has a Chip on his Shoulder. Is that an Asset or a Liability?
Sergey ?Krusher? Kovalev is like the young kid who saves his allowance all year to go to the state fair only to get his pocket picked before he reaches the midway. I?m…
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Bet Against Hopkins At Your Own Peril
I don?t bet against the phases of the moon, the rise and fall of the tides, a mother?s love or the Green Bay Packers. And I don?t bet against Bernard Hopkins. OK.…
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For Andre Berto, Another Shot At Another Shot
It?s another shot at another shot. And that might not be enough. If Andre Berto can look good - look very good ? against Mexico?s Jesus Soto-Karass (27-8-3, 17 KO?s; pictured above,…
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“Making Those Fights Never Seemed To Be That Tough”…
It wasn?t long ago when the best fighters in the world sought out the other best fighters in the world to find out who was the best of the best. It was…
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Khan Says Sparring Partners Probably Tougher Than Peterson
Amir ?King? Khan says he?ll fight anyone they put in front of him. Of course, they all say that. Still, you get the feeling you can believe Khan, that reputations and big…
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Mosley Admits He Got This Fight Because His Last Two Weren’t Stellar Outings
?Sugar? Shane Mosley is pretty much the forgotten man in this media circus. After all, this is the Manny Pacquiao Hour, a one-man act that doesn?t have room for a sidekick. Mosley…
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Gamboa Says He Isn’t Fixated On JuanMa
He isn?t Juan Manuel Lopez or Chris John, but Jorge Solis did put up a pretty good fight against Manny Pacquiao four years ago. Sure, he was stopped in the eighth, but…
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Mayorga Says Cotto, Steward Are Clowns
Fighting Ricardo Mayorga is like fighting an octopus. His punches are wide and undisciplined and they seem to come from out of nowhere and land just about everywhere. He doesn?t come at…
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50 Years Ago, Pacquiao And Mayweather Would’ve Fought 3 Times Already
Somebody find this guy a fight. I?m not talking about a rematch with someone he?s already beaten, or a fight against some pug past his prime. No lightweights pretending to be welterweights.…
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Alexander “the (Not so) Great”
IB- August 10, 2010 - Hold off on the plaque engraving. Don?t dust off any pedestals, don?t send out invitations and don?t tell the company sculptor to sharpen his tools and start…
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What Sort Of Fight Will The Cotto/Foreman Styles Make?
Miguel Cotto looks like a guy who could rip your liver out, stomp on it and smile. Tattooed and cut, you wouldn?t mistake him for an accountant or a guy who sells…
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If His Story Is To Be Believed, Margarito’s Ignorance Is At a Criminal Level
Unless you were standing over Antonio Margarito with a professional eye, watching him get his hands wrapped, it?s hard to say whether Margarito was part of the plot to commit a crime…
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Business Heavyweights Bob Arum And Jerry Jones Band Together
They’re saying this fight is good for Las Vegas. It’s good for the fight game, the state of Texas, Manny Pacquiao, the NFL, beer vendors, parking lot attendants and Jerry Jones, the…
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Everyone Wasn’t All Good In The Good Old Days
As we get older, some of us curmudgeons have a tendency to look back in time and come to the stubborn conclusion that the old times were the best of times. Forty…
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COTTO: “I’m Completely Recovered From The Margarito
After so many press conferences, there‘s not much left to say. All the good questions have been asked and answered. And asked again and answered again. So what else is there? It’s…
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Cotto Trainer Santiago’s Point: The Fighters Will Do The Fighting
Joe Santiago looks like a guy who might sell you insurance or do your taxes or fix your car. There are no serious scars on his face or wrinkles under his eyes,…
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Cotto Getting Ready In Florida; Arum Says Pacquiao’s Trainer Gives Edge
TAMPA - Interesting tattoos. They spread out across the arms and torso of Miguel Cotto like a creeping vine, growing upward, closer and closer to his cheek and chin, toward that crazy…
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Floyd’s Layoff: A Time To Mend And Mature
You?ve got to love the nickname. Floyd ?Money? Mayweather Jr., doesn?t hide what inspires him to fight. It?s a measurement, a figure, the guy with the most commas and zeros on his…
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Donaire Happy To Be Part Of Pinoy Power
He’s that other top-rated fighter from the Philippines, the one with the catchy nickname, the perfect English and the left hook that can drop an elephant. It dropped Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan…
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Carving Turkey, The Darchinyan Way
The big talker with the big ego is predicting he'll win the big fight. He?s telling everyone how he?s going to ?demolish, destroy and knock out? the guy he?s scheduled to fight…
