Mike Colapietro
33 articles · Boxing Dispatch
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Donaire and Ward: Friends in the Fight
That both Nonito Donaire and Ward Andre would both become elite, pound-for-pound bests in boxing was improbable; that they would help each other obtain prestige in the sport is exemplary. If you…
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Lunch with Lou DiBella
New York--- Lou DiBella is sitting at a table in Vezzo, a pizzeria in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan, enjoying a large thin-crust cheese pie and a glass of pinot noir…
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Bernard Hopkins Sells Fights in and Out of the Ring
Press conference brawling, loquacious threats, steroid accusations, national pride. Sounds like a lot for a fighter to take in when building up a fight. Such grandstanding is commonplace for Bernard Hopkins. There…
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Manny Pacquiao ? Sergio Martinez Showdown Implausible, But Not Impossible
After his flashy disposal of previously undefeated Sergiy Dzinziruk at Foxwoods Resort and Casino on Saturday night, Sergio Martinez made his intentions clear. ?I want Mayweather, I want Pacquiao. I want them…
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Nonito Donaire: The Killer Instinct, The Fear Factor and the Pacman
Nonito Donaire fights with a killer instinct. No fear. Donaire is not only flash in the ring, but superior fistic ability. Rewatching Donaire?s second round knockout of Fernando Montiel on February 19,…
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Nonito Donaire?s New Love Affair With Boxing
The victory brought Donaire the IBF and IBO World Flyweight Title and brought him to the top of the sport, but it wasn?t enough, in Donaire?s opinion, to meet the expectations of…
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Nonito Donaire ? Fernando Montiel: End of the Road Part 1
Nonito Donaire. Some are calling him the next Manny Pacquiao. The comparison would be daunting to any boxer. To know Donaire though is to know a boxer who has just begun to…
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Options Abound for Timothy Bradley, Pacquiao Not One of Them
Following his fight with Devon Alexander, Timothy Bradley was quick to roll out his wish list. Not surprisingly the names at the top were Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan. Manny Pacquiao can…
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Pacquiao-Mosley: Boxing?s Remaining Fans Get Shaken Down: News Roundup
I know a couple who are big fans of hockey and more specifically a regional hockey team. They are the definition of loyalty: season ticket holders for ten years running, always decked…
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Bernard Hopkins and the Fountain of Youth ? Weekly Dispatch
* One of the joys of watching a Golden Boy Promotions fight is that Bernard Hopkins is usually sitting ringside, sometimes in the company of Oscar De La Hoya. On many occasions…
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Size Matters? Excuse for Not Pairing Manny Pacquiao and Sergio Martinez Not Valid
Following pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao?s brutally one-sided victory over Antonio Margarito two weeks ago, focus has shifted to Pacquiao?s next opponent. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0) is the fight that the boxing world…
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Victor Conte: ?I?m Glad Shane Made The Decision He Did.?
BALCO founder Victor Conte is sympathetic of ?Sugar? Shane Mosley?s denial of using steroids. Conte realizes that, among other things, athletes have a life to protect. ? I understand that an athlete…
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Weekly Dispatch: Pacquiao-Margarito, Williams-Martinez, Mosley-Conte, Hopkins-Pascal: A Beatdown, A Showdown, A Throwdown and An Execution
*If you winced in pain every time Antonio Margarito was hit by Manny Pacquiao on his swollen mess of a face, how much do you think it hurt Margarito? *Who wouldn?t have…
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Dear Floyd Mayweather:
Dear Floyd Mayweather: There is a passage towards the end of ?The Great Gatsby?. Jay Gatsby, who worked meticulously to create his character and accumulate his vast wealth sees all he worked…
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Weekly Dispatch: Weighing in on Manny Pacquiao, Antonio Margarito and Brandon Rios
*Have you ever seen so much smiling at a weigh in from two fighters a day away from beating the snot out of each other? *That being said, both fighters looked in…
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Concrete Fists and Supermen: Antonio Margarito, Steroids and Scandal
Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. ? Oscar Wilde As November 13 fast approaches, the boxing world readies itself for the most anticipated…
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito: Updated Fight Predictions: News Roundup
It has been two months since our initial compilation of predictions for the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito fight and now with the most anticipated fight of the year less than a week away…
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Weekly Dispatch: Manny Pacquiao, Glen Johnson, Zab Judah and End of the Year Boxing
* Quote of the Week is a flashback from veteran referee Arthur Mercante Jr. to Zab Judah in the 2007 bout between Judah and Miguel Cotto: ?You were the champ at one…
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The Manny Pacquiao Experience
There is something special about a Manny Pacquiao fight. Outside the ring, his renaissance man-like life covering politics, sports and entertainment is followed intensely and documented with meticulous focus. It is not…
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Weekly Dispatch: Super Six, Big Time Wrestling, Pacmania and Mel Gibson
*R.I.P Super Six ? It was more than head trauma that did in the ambitious collaboration between Showtime and various promoters. From the end of a very promising first round (Arthur Abraham…