Joseph Santoliquito
94 articles · The Ring
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Floyd Mayweather: Facing Marcos Maidana is Like Battling an MMA Fighter
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Floyd Mayweather?s antennas are up. He won?t admit it. He never does. This time, however, it appears he did -- in a sense. He heard the calls for…
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Marquez-Alvarado has Chance to be a War
There will be no getting out of the way. Juan Manuel Marquez simply doesn?t have the reflexes anymore to skirt the salvos of world-class fighters, and Mike Alvarado may be willing to…
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Short on Time
Floyd Mayweather sat there, elbows on knees, dressed in a sharp black T-shirt, and cast a childlike gaze at the circus of humanity in front of him. They came in all shapes…
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Mayweather Should Consider Hopkins Next
Philadelphia, PA (CBS) ? Bernard Hopkins wants it known he?s not chasing Floyd Mayweather, just that there is a viable option out there for a huge pay-per-view fight if the best pound-for-pound…
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Santoliquito: Mayweather Would Make Easier Work Of Pacquiao
Philadelphia, PA (CBS) ? Once it was over, the temptation was easy to go there: Manny Pacquiao was proclaimed ?back? by his multitude of minions after he vanquished the game, though out-skilled…
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Is this James Kirkland?s last resurrection?
You would like to believe James Kirkland can see them coming these days; that the trapped doors that have always ensnared him -- the ones he constantly saw, yet opted to walk…
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Santoliquito: Mayweather Would Crush Pacquiao
Philadelphia, PA (CBS) ? The sell-by date has long since expired. By now, it?s been stale for at least five years. Yet, there are many that still await and clamor for a…
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Legendary Hopkins still delivers
PHILADELPHIA ? The crowds still spill in to see him, catch a glimpse of someone rare, still doing what he?s been doing at the age he?s still doing it. Every once a…
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Mayweather-Canelo: Who Will Win And Why
LAS VEGAS, NV (CBS) ? The oldtimers like to say no one is unbeatable. Floyd Mayweather is. At least he has been so far. The flashy ?Money? is 44-0 (26 KOs), keeps…
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Floyd Mayweather Is Not The Greatest Of All-Time
Las Vegas, NV (CBS) ? He?d like you to believe it. He may even induce a few out there into thinking that he?s right, those that have no sense of boxing history.…
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Porter looks strong on Peterson-Matthysse undercard
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ?On paper, it looked intriguing. Then again, two undefeated young fighters on a major stage should lure anyone into expecting something special to happen. It didn?t. Shawn Porter made sure…
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Angel Garcia knows his son is ready to rage on Judah
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. ? Angel Garcia knows his son Danny better than anyone. The two have been everywhere together, crisscrossing the country during Danny?s amateur days to today, where THE RING, WBA and…
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Scott out to prove he?s one of America?s best heavyweights
Malik Scott, not that long ago, was at a weird station in his life. Inactive because of nagging biceps and calf ruptures, complicated by managerial entanglements, Scott was a bloated, round-belly-hanging-over-the-belt, jolly…
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Hopkins just keeps going, and going, and ?
PHILADELPHIA -- The TV lights still seem attracted to him each time Bernard Hopkins speaks or holds an open workout. To the media horde in Philadelphia, he?s still the eye of boxing…
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Broner’s road to the top started off bumpy
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.?Adrien Broner can be pretty tough to take for some. The WBC lightweight champion has a swagger, a sense of achievement, that he proudly displays along with his stylish sunglasses…
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Garcia-Judah fight is off
RING junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia and his team are expected to announce on Monday that his Feb. 9 title defense against Zab Judah at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., will be…
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Gabriel Rosado Q&A: “I made fans Saturday night”
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. ? Somehow through the bloody shroud that covered his face Saturday night, Gabriel Rosado fought back every time powerful WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin connected with his damaging hands. Golovkin…
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Cloud can?t wait to shut up Hopkins
BROOKLYN, NY?Tavoris Cloud sat there with a stoic expression as the hyperbole flew on Tuesday at the press conference announcing his IBF light heavyweight championship defense against Bernard Hopkins on March 9…
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48-year-old Hopkins vows to put King out of business
BROOKLYN, N.Y. ? Bernard Hopkins can still hear the warden telling him he?s coming back. It?s an indistinguishable, omnipresent voice that reminds the two-time former world light heavyweight champion and future Hall…
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Remembering boxing?s departed
They come at us now in indelible images, indelible names, and indelible faces we can?t forget, and shouldn?t forget. The year 2012 took away some of the best in boxing. Some went…