Charles Saunders
208 articles · Boxscorenews.com
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Kovalev klouts Caparello, Hopkins next
SONAHR: August 3, 2014 - For eight seconds on Saturday, it looked as though boxing?s Upset of the Year was in the making. Underdog Blake Caparello had just decked defending WBO light-heavyweight…
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Canelo wins, but fails to impress
SONAHR: July 13, 2014 - On Saturday night, budding superstar Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez notched his second straight victory since his humiliating defeat at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr. last year. This…
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Pound for Pound: Five up, five down at boxing’s mid-year
SONAHR: July 6, 2014 - Thus far, 2014 has been a good year for boxing. No superfights as yet, but established stars like Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have kept on…
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Terence Crawford steps up
June 29, 2014 - Terence Crawford may not be the most highly touted fighter of the new, mid-2010s generation of boxers. He?s basically a low-key kind of guy, not given to the…
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Cotto crushes Martinez
SONAHR: June 8, 2014 - ?Miguel Cotto ? middleweight champion.? Not too long ago, that phrase would have sounded as unlikely as ?Floyd Mayweather Jr. ? diplomat? or ?Paulie Malinaggi ? slugger.?…
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Froch rocks Groves
SONAHR: MANCHESTER, UK - June 1, 2014 - With his emphatic rematch win over George Groves yesterday, IBF/WBA super-middleweight champion Carl Froch proved without a doubt that he is still the second-best…
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Stevenson wins a war
SONAHR: May 25, 2014 - WBC and Ring light-heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson was Fighter of the Year for 2013, based on his stoppage wins over Darnell Boone, Chad Dawson, Tavoris Cloud, and…
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Marquez-Pacquiao V, anyone?
SONAHR: May 18, 2014 - At 40, Juan Manuel ?JMM? Marquez is nearly a decade younger than the ageless light-heavyweight guru Bernard Hopkins. Even so, Marquez plays a similar role among the…
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Stiverne shakes up the Heavies
SONAHR: May 11, 2014 - For the first time in a long time, a fighter whose last name is not Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko, and is not of Eastern European origin (i.e.,…
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Guts but no glory for Maidana
SONAHR: May 4, 2014 - When he went into the ring at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday, Marcos Maidana may well have believed that…
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No Sweat For Klitschko
SONAHR April 27, 2014 - If Alex Leapai had somehow managed to defeat WBA-IBF-WBO-Ring Magazine heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday, it would have been the biggest upset in the division since…
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Father Time no match for boxing’s Bernard Hopkins
April 20, 2014 - On Saturday, a 30-year-old went up against a 49-year-old in a boxing match. Under ordinary circumstances, the promoters would face criticism or even censure for allowing such a…
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A Manny For All Seasons
SONAHR: April 13, 2014 - Included in my huge collection of boxing magazines is the Summer 2006 issue of World Boxing, a publication that sadly disappeared from the newsstands only a few…
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Pacquiao-Bradley II: Redemption or Revenge?
SONAHR: April 6, 2014 - When Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao step into the squared circle at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 12, both fighters will be looking for…
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New boxing book celebrates Spinks brothers
SONAHR: March 30, 2014 - When one thinks of famous heavyweight boxing brothers, the first name to come to mind is Klitschko. Vitali and Wladimir are the first brothers to simultaneously hold…
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Garcia passes unexpected test
SONAHR: March 16, 2014 - WBA/WBC/Ring Magazine junior-welterweight champion Danny ?Swift? Garcia is a Philadelphia fighter of Puerto Rican heritage, combining two outstanding boxing traditions. On Saturday, he ventured to his parents?…
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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’ comeback proves little
SONAHR: March 9, 2014 - In his last fight before his bout with Alfredo ?Perro? Angulo at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday, Mexican idol Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez was taken…
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Boxing’s March Madness Begins!
SONAHR: Halifax, Nova Scotia - March 2, 2014 - ?March Madness? is usually the domain of the massive NCAA U.S. college basketball tournament. This year, though, boxing can also stake a claim…
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Glen Johnson is not Bernard Hopkins
the surface, former two-time light-heavyweight champion Glengoffe Johnson?s recent four-round knockout win over on Jaime Velasquez looks impressive. Johnson is, after all, 45 ? only a few years younger than his fellow…
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In days of old, Sullivan set the mold
SONAHR: February 9, 2014 - John L. Sullivan is a name that conjures dim memories from boxing?s distant past, when years began with the number ?18? rather than ?20.? He is renowned…