Mark Ortega
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TQBR Roundtable: Lucian Bute vs. Carl Froch
By Mark Ortega
Saturday, Lucian Bute meets Carl Froch in an important super middleweight clash that hopes to clear room for more important fights down the line. The Queensberry Rules staff takes a look at…
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Obscure Offerings: Alternatives To Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto Edition
By Mark Ortega
This weekend, as with two or three weekends of the calendar year, boxing will be king. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is back in the ring, on the cover of ESPN the Magazine, and…
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Richard Abril Looks To Avoid Becoming A Punchline
By Mark Ortega
There was a collective sigh heard across the boxing community when it became evident that Yuriorkis Gamboa would not be fighting Brandon Rios in a legitimate dream fight on April 14 at…
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Main Events Gambles Big
By Mark Ortega
Immediately following this Saturday?s telecast of the NCAA men?s basketball regional finals will be the second round of Main Events' NBC Sports ?Fight Night? aired simultaneously with a solid HBO doubleheader. Despite…
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Eloy Perez: ?The Prince? Vies for His Crown
By Mark Ortega
Though they both share Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions as their promoter, junior lightweights Adrien Broner and Eloy Perez have taken considerably different routes to Saturday night's destination: a 12-round…
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Twenty-Five Favorites For The Future, Part II
By Mark Ortega
Though not as well known as American heavyweights of the future Seth Mitchell and Deontay Wilder, Hanks has quietly put together a respectable career in four years as an American heavyweight hopeful.…
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Twenty-Five Favorites For The Future, Part I
By Mark Ortega
Don't mistake this list as one to bank future successes of any of these fighters on, though I have faith that more than a handful of them will break through to the…
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Pac Should
By Mark Ortega
Saturday, May 1st, 2010, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., for all but one round, beat Shane Mosley like he was Arturo Gatti or Carlos Baldomir. Mayweather remained undefeated with a decisive unanimous shellacking over…