Joseph Santoliquito
94 articles · The Ring
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Keith Thurman Hands Philly?s Danny Garcia His First Loss
BROOKLYN, NY (CBS) ? There is a difference between fighters that use every ounce of talent that they have to succeed, like Philadelphia?s Danny Garcia, compared to the fighters that possess overwhelming…
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Santoliquito: It Seems Philly Has Lost Its Punch
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) ? There was a time when Philadelphia was one of the premier fight towns in the world. It had Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali living in the area together at…
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Mayweather-McGregor Would Be The Biggest Sports Event Of 2017
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) ?They?re talking and gesturing to one another as always happens with circus sports stunts like this?and this would climax all box office records in combat sports and break every pay-per-view…
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In final bout, Bernard Hopkins knocked out of ring by Joe Smith Jr.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. ? It always tends to end this way in boxing, and it doesn?t matter who it is. Boxing and age tend to eat its greats. It happened to Joe Louis.…
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Williams carries memory of ?real hunger? into Charlo showdown
Julian Williams doesn?t like to talk about his past. He prefers to keep it in a dark, folded away corner of his memory. His usual reaction is to shrug it off and…
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Hopkins accepts ?old man? role but says he can beat Smith and Father Time
PHILADELPHIA ? They gathered there with their cameras, digital tape recorders, camcorders and cell phone extension rods, all waiting for the ?old man? to walk through the back door of Joe Hand?s…
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Not everyone opposes AIBA decision to let pros compete
It was coming. It was the least-secretive secret in boxing. On Wednesday, The International Boxing Association (AIBA), the recognized international amateur governing body of the sport, chose to abolish Article 13 (J)…
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Boxing: Canelo Alvarez Stops Khan in Devastating Fashion
It seemed a matter of time. Each second, each minute, each round, Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez kept getting closer and closer to his prey. Amir Khan?s time was winding down?and slam!?just like that…
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Boxing: ?Canelo? Alvarez Has Some Work Ahead of Him
Boxing rarely lives in the moment. It?s a sport -- and a media covering the sport -- that likes to venture into all of the possibilities ahead. But it?s Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez…
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Badou Jack Gets Screw Job in Majority Draw to Bute
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- All Badou Jack could do was raise his hands in frustration -- and in disbelief. Fans wore stunned looks throughout the Armory, in Washington, D.C. on Saturday night on…
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Boxing: Gennady Golovkin Still Has Some Proving to Do
The steam machine is back again this week -- in the process of turning out stories, podcasts, video streams, tweets, Instagrams and various other social media gadgets or apps that are out…
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Manny Pacquiao Shows Vintage Form in Dominant Performance Against Tim Bradley
He was bouncing again on his toes and the soles of his feet, popping up and down like a kangaroo. Manny Pacquiao was slamming his gloves together again, too, another tell that…
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Manny Pacquiao Shows Vintage Form in Dominant Performance Against Tim Bradley
He was bouncing again on his toes and the soles of his feet, popping up and down like a kangaroo. Manny Pacquiao was slamming his gloves together again, too, another tell that…
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Boxing: Does Anyone Care Manny Pacquiao is About to Fight?
There was a time, not really that long ago, when a Manny Pacquiao fight would generate all kinds of buzz. Media and fans would descend on Las Vegas, or wherever ?Pac-Man? was…
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Andre Ward Looks Sharp in Dominating Sullivan Barrera
Andre Ward did what he was supposed to do -- even coming off a nine-month layoff. He chopped up the terribly overmatched Sullivan Barrera (17-1, 12 KOs) Saturday night from the Oracle…
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Terence Crawford Puts on a Fistic Show in Shutting Up Hank Lundy
NEW YORK, NY -- Their crews went at each other throwing verbal invective, along with a few other things like bottles, hours earlier in the lobby of the same hotel where they…
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Danny Garcia says fatherhood has brought new focus, motivation
PHILADELPHIA ? Danny Garcia is a different man with a different attitude these days. And it?s all because of ?Philly.? No, not his hometown of Philadelphia, but something ? someone ? even…
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Deontay Wilder Defends Against Artur Szpilka, Spews Against Tyson Fury
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- It was perfect, blunt, short and devastating. In a blink, the game, courageous Artur Szpilka was on his back?and WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder kept his belt with a…
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Boxing: Luis Ortiz Takes Offense to Bryant Jennings? PED Comments
Luis Ortiz?s responses were measured, even and devoid of emotion when it comes to his upcoming fight against Bryant Jennings, a scheduled 12-rounder on HBO this Saturday at the Turning Stone Resort…
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Tyson Fury Pulls Off Shocking Upset of Wladimir Klitschko
The new heavyweight champion of the world is flamboyant, unpredictable, iconoclastic, biting, endearing in certain ways, and apparently has a good singing voice. Not many thought Tyson Fury could beat reigning heavyweight…