Joseph Santoliquito
94 articles · The Ring
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Cotto vs. Canelo: A Common Bond Speaks
Though Miguel Cotto is 10 years older, his body wears more mileage, he is two inches shorter and gives up three and a half inches in reach, he will have some things…
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A Not-So-Fond Farewell for Floyd Mayweather Jr.
This war of words, this ongoing feud between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr., goes back a ways. I know. I saw it, heard it and witnessed it firsthand. I…
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Floyd Mayweather Gets by Andre Berto in a Ho-Hum Career Finale
It was if the posturing and preening was interrupting the ringside conversations; that?s how into Floyd Mayweather-Andre Berto fight the crowd seemed to be at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas,…
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Danny Garcia beats ? and probably retires ? Paulie Malignaggi
BROOKLYN ? Danny Garcia pushed his record to 31-0, (18 knockouts) with a dominating ninth-round stoppage of Paulie Malignaggi on the Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN show Saturday night in Brooklyn. It…
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Nicholas Walters looks ahead, not behind, when it comes to Marriaga
NEW YORK, N.Y. ? Deep down you know he still harbors the memory, like the high-level business exec who once used to be the fat kid at recess everyone mocked in another…
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Arum: Mayweather-Pacquiao 4.4 million PPV buys is a conservative start
Bob Arum sounded downright happy. Who could blame the Hall of Fame promoter after just hearing the news that the May 2 Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao mega-fight established a new record for…
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Showtime Exec: Social Media Made Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Buy Records Possible
It took nine weeks. It?s hard to conceive now, in retrospect, that in 63 days the biggest fight in boxing history was somehow pieced together and came to a historic conclusion. But…
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Secretly Pulling for Pacquiao, Boxing Community Thinks Mayweather Jr. Will Win
The old adage, ?There?s no cheering in the press box? or, in boxing?s case, ?press row,? does not always apply to the fight game. Oftentimes foreign press has been known to root…
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Santoliquito: Is Floyd Mayweather Better Than Muhammad Ali?
LAS VEGAS, NV (CBS) ? Floyd Mayweather Jr. proudly wears a hat that brandishes ?TBE? across the front. It means ?The Best Ever,? and in the mind of the 38-year-old undefeated future…
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May 2nd: ?Sports Armageddon?
LAS VEGAS, NV (CBS) ? Back before TV, the internet, social media, and anything else with connecting wires, back when it seemed the sports world spun in black-and-white, there was boxing, horse…
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Why Floyd Mayweather Will Crush Manny Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS, NV (CBS) ? Floyd Mayweather was being a pest. He nervously paced the suburban Detroit hotel lobby that bright October morning, a rising star at the time, looking for a…
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Stephen Espinoza: Showtime boss traces journey to Mayweather-Pacquiao
Stephen Espinoza, the Showtime Sports executive vice president and general manager, has been a busy man the last five months. He?s been instrumental in orchestrating what will likely be the biggest fight…
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Floyd Mayweather Needs To Accept Pacquiao Fight This Time ? Or Else
PHILADELPHIA, PA (CBS) ? The date is set. The venue is set. Manny Pacquaio is set. The purse split is set. The drug testing is set. Even the types of gloves each…
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Can Chris Algieri Shock the World?
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Some walked by him without even noticing. Others stopped, looked on briefly as if they should recognize him, did a double-take and then moved on. Others did know…
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Boxing: Bernard Hopkins Dislikes Being Cast in Favorite?s Role against Sergey Kovalev
PHILADELPHIA -- He cringed for a moment. Bernard Hopkins, a future first-ballot hall of famer and current all-time great, did not like the word. It was as alien to him as the…
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Bernard Hopkins: After I beat Kovalev they?ll say he was never dangerous
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania ? Out of the gloom of Joe Hand?s Gym, someone playfully called out ?Hey old man!? to Bernard Hopkins before anyone arrived to his media day workout on Tuesday. Hopkins…
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Boxing: Mayweather?s Risk-Reward Conundrum
For most fighters, generating 925,000 pay-per-view buys would be a glowing achievement. However, as sports fans have found over the last five years, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is no ordinary fighter. He is…
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Boxing: Nothing but a Number, Right?
The scars are there if you look close enough. They traverse the corners of his eyebrows in short lines, and his face, though barely touched, is weathered from more than 30 years…
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Oscar De La Hoya remains a fighter during Golden Boy transition
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. ? Oscar De La Hoya knows about the heavy doubts that surrounded him. He heard the hovering speculation that his promotional company would implode once CEO Richard Schaefer resigned in…
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?GGG? on Verge of Crossover Stardom
Despite the huge, glittering billboard behind Gennady Golovkin -- it bears his face and scrolls his name across in blinking neon letters -- some walk by him with a few curious head…