Thomas Gerbasi
114 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Michael Conlan: I Just Want To Be Great For My Country
Two-time Olympian Michael Conlan may be living in Los Angeles and sporting a U.S. cell phone number now, but don?t start fitting him for red, white and blue trunks just yet. He?s…
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Ray Beltran Fighting Hard To Move Away From B-Side Label
Lightweight contender Ray Beltran was told at an early age that he needed to be content with where he was in life. But the Los Mochis, Mexico native didn?t buy in to…
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Shakur Stevenson: I want to be somebody that’s great in my sport
To any other 19-year-old, the Instagram post could have been just another picture. For Shakur Stevenson, his post 22 weeks ago was a mission statement. ?It was just a regular picture of…
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Chavez Jr. Promises To Live Up To His Potential in Canelo Bout
The shoes were always going to be too big to fill. Maybe Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. knew it from the start, but if he didn?t, the rest of the boxing world certainly…
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30 years later, Tim Ryan on Leonard-Hagler and the Golden Age
It may have been one of the few things Tim Ryan and Gil Clancy ever disagreed on, but unlike some fans and pundits over the years, the dynamic duo that was synonymous…
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Izenberg Reveals Fascinating Tidbits in ‘Once There Were Giants’
When talking about the 1980 bout between Larry Holmes and Muhammad Ali, Jerry Izenberg is quick to say, ?I disgraced myself that night.? Far from it. As Ali took a frightful beating…
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Lomachenko Makes History, Knocks Martinez Out For WBO Belt
NEW YORK - The night before the Puerto Rican Day Parade, Vasyl Lomachenko made Madison Square Garden?s Theater a mini-Ukraine, thrilling a crowd of 4,545 with a master class against Rocky Martinez…
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It?s More Than a Fight For Teddy Atlas
Teddy Atlas hasn?t even been asked a question, but he?s already started talking. He chuckles, but there?s nothing light-hearted about the words that come out of his mouth as he discusses the…
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Chris Algieri Eager To Send a Statement To 147 Ranks
Chris Algieri may not have seen the win column since the night of June 14, 2014, but that?s not to say he didn?t learn anything from his subsequent defeats against Manny Pacquiao…
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Commentary: Holm?s upset of Rousey is her victory, not boxing?s
Friday, the question was asked whether Holly Holm was Buster Douglas or Buster Mathis Jr. when facing mixed martial arts? version of a prime Mike Tyson, UFC women?s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.…
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Can former boxing champ Holly Holm upset Ronda Rousey?
Boxers have had a checkered past in the world of mixed martial arts, one that often doesn?t end up well. Of course that?s never stopped sweet scientists from attempting to put their…
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Kalae McShane ? A Fighter?s Biggest Fight
Kalae McShane may have left Hawaii to pursue glory in the boxing ring, but he hasn?t stopped representing his island, and the folks back home have responded in kind, gathering together for…
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Khan Tested, Decisions Game Algieri – Floyd Next?
BROOKLYN - ? British welterweight contender Amir Khan kept his hopes of a fight with Floyd Mayweather alive Friday night at Barclays Center, but he had to hold off the charge of…
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Chris Algieri: Time To Prove I Belong at The Elite Level
If the last year of Chris Algieri?s career has been a prime case of too much too soon, the New Yorker isn?t toning things down or taking that idea to heart as…
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With Manny Mania Going On, Don?t Forget Mercito Gesta
It can?t be easy to be a Filipino boxer fighting two days before Manny Pacquiao meets Floyd Mayweather this Saturday in Las Vegas, and no one knows that better than Mercito Gesta,…
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Sergey Kovalev’s Big Moment Has Finally Arrived
?We are a different breed,? Sergey Kovalev said. The question asked of the WBO light heavyweight champion was about the current popularity of fighters like himself, Ruslan Providnikov, and Gennady Golovkin. The…
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Dave Galera: The Philippines’ MMA Hope
Led by Manny Pacquiao, there?s no question that boxing is king in the Philippines when it comes to combat sports. But if Baguio City?s Dave Galera has his way, the sweet science…
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Nonito Donaire: The Fire Returns
For a while there, Nonito Donaire was assumed to be the next Manny Pacquiao. He had the titles, the style, and the charisma to pick up the mantle of Filipino icon once…
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Mike Alvarado: Nothing Left To Prove
If fate made a different turn, WBO junior welterweight champion Mike Alvarado might have been on this Saturday?s UFC 166 card in Houston, and not headlining the HBO boxing event in Denver…
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Building Mayweather Promotions
No one likes to get booed, especially in their hometown, but when Leonard Ellerbe took to the microphone for the Washington D.C. stop of the press tour for the Floyd Mayweather-Saul Alvarez…