Thomas Gerbasi
114 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Cotto, Margarito stop foes in AC, clear way for showdown
Alfonso Gomez? challenge of WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto was expected to be negatively one-sided, and it was, but with Cotto?s fifth round stoppage of the former ?Contender? star Saturday night, now…
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Money Player ? Calzaghe Brilliant in Win over Kessler
For a fighter criticized over his ten year reign atop the super middleweight division for not always fighting top opposition, when WBO champion Joe Calzaghe has stepped it up against those perceived…
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Baby Bull Gores Another Foe, earns Third Title
Julio Diaz learned a painful lesson Saturday night at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois ? you don?t try to keep up with Juan ?The Baby Bull? Diaz, because in the…
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Pac-Man KOs Solis in Eight; Arce, Viloria lose in Texas
Manny Pacquaio, the world’s toughest politician, took a break from campaigning for a congressional slot in the Philippines and got back to his day job at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas,…
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Floyd puts the World on Blast
Oscar De La Hoya. Shane Mosley. Golden Boy Promotions. Bob Arum. Don King. Even the nosy media. No one was safe from the vitriol of four-division world champ Floyd Mayweather during a…
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The Gerrymandering of Gerry Penalosa
Sam Soliman whipped Winky Wright; Carlos Baldomir outhustled Floyd Mayweather Jr.; Oscar De La Hoya wisely danced the last four rounds against Felix Trinidad. And Evander Holyfield was jobbed when he drew…
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For Oscar, it?s Freddie
It was probably the worst-kept secret in the boxing business, but before 140 media members on an international conference call, Oscar De La Hoya made it official that Freddie Roach will train…
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Marquez takes circuitous path to prominence
It takes a lot to silence a Mexican fight fan and cause his flag to waver ever so slightly. But that was the case after Manny Pacquiao sent one of Mexico's finest…
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Rematches, dream matches on this wish list
Well, 12 out of 50 ain't bad. When a little more than 25 percent of your 50 "wish list" fights for any given year are either made or will take place before…
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Joe Frazier – Still A Champ
Back on 11th Avenue in Brooklyn in the late 70’s and early 80’s, every night was the ‘Thrilla in Manila’. My mother probably still goes to bed at night with the sound…
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Brian Viloria – The Waiting Game
According to Brian Viloria, tonight’s slate of activities is going to consist of “the same old thing.” For him, that means some time in the gym, some dinner, and maybe hanging out…
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With the Weight of A Country on His Shoulders?
I think it?s safe to say that the United States of America wasn?t praying for Bernard Hopkins to beat Howard Eastman on February 19; and that?s not a knock on the undisputed…
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What If? Ruben Olivares vs Manny Pacquiao
Bombs away! Hide the women and children; it?s two of the featherweight division?s biggest bangers throwing hands for your entertainment thanks to the wonders of technology and Title Bout Championship Boxing. ?Rockabye?…
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Pacquiao TKO Marquez in Computer Fight Simulation
It?s a bout that has split the boxing world, this Saturday?s featherweight unification battle between Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao. Half of the people are picking Marquez, the other half Pacquiao,…
