Nigel Collins
51 articles · Ringtv.com
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Manny Pacquiao’s longevity in boxing a rare feat
Joe Brown sat on the edge of his bed at the Days Inn in Canastota, New York, the sunlight illuminating the normally unseen dust drifting through the ether like the sands of…
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Manny Pacquiao’s thrill factor has declined, but he remains forever golden
Manny Pacquiao looked as if he'd had a close call with a machete. There was blood running down his face and onto his chest. As he squinted at the Aussie schoolteacher bullying…
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Vasiliy Lomachenko could change career trajectory with big win over Rigondeaux
The hotel was full of hard-looking men in black leather jackets and pouty women wearing slinky outfits. Not the friendliest looking lot, but if you knew the magic word, instant camaraderie and…
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Canelo Alvarez, Golden Boy Promotions a perfect combination
As the Citation X jet streaked through the azure sky at more than 600 mph, Oscar De La Hoya reflected on his career as a boxer and his transition to full-time promoter.…
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Manny Pacquiao is no longer the dominant fighter of his prime
Those who have followed Manny Pacquiao's career closely should have known he was in trouble as early as the first round, when he backed into the ropes and covered up. That's not…
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Will Saturday’s fight be the end of line or a new beginning for Manny Pacquiao?
"Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate." -- Emily Dickinson If you hold your breath and listen closely you might be able to discern the faint heartbeat of a new…
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Terence Crawford defends titles with 10th-round TKO of Felix Diaz
NEW YORK -- Undefeated Terence Crawford dominated Felix Diaz on Saturday night to retain his WBO and WBC junior welterweight titles via TKO at the end of the 10th round at Madison…
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Canelo vs. Chavez: Nothing quite like a showdown between two Mexican boxers
It started around 1918 in the bordellos of Tampico and other port cities along the Gulf of Mexico. Sailors and fishermen would set up improvised rings, where men would fight for drinking…
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Unified middleweight world titlist Gennady Golovkin is a must-see fighter
We've all heard it, the ebb and flow of the crowd noise at a boxing match, the volume and intensity rising and falling in harmony with the action. It's the soundtrack of…
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Miguel Berchelt beats Francisco Vargas to take super featherweight belt
INDIO, Calif. -- In a terrific super featherweight title bout between two Mexican warriors, underdog Miguel Berchelt upset Francisco Vargas in the 11th round to win the belt at Fantasy Spring Resort…
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The unnerving politics of Senator Manny Pacquiao
I?VE always been an ardent admirer of Manny Pacquiao, but his alliance with Rodrigo Duterte, the recently elected president of the Philippines, has unnerved me. We all know boxing is a dirty…
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Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev: A good start to better things
Forget the extravagant claims of greatness and fight-of-the-year talk. Last Saturday's Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev bout was boxing's version of a beggar's banquet -- nothing epic, just a decent meal after a steady…
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Manny Pacquiao-Jessie Vargas could be the entertaining bout boxing needs
Boxing is currently caught up in a frenzy of frustration and fans are in a mutinous mood. Attractive matches are sinking in a morass of greed and incompetence, while pretenders looking for…
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Does Kell Brook have any chance against Gennady Golovkin?
Ever since the Gennady Golovkin-Kell Brook match was announced, pundits and fans alike have been figuratively digging the Englishman's grave. A suicide mission, you say? Well, not quite but GGG, the unified…
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Is Terence Crawford a superstar? Not quite yet
In the classic film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," greenhorns Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt think they have discovered gold. They are set straight by grizzled prospector Walter Huston, who informs…
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Denis Shafikov defeats previously unbeaten Jamel Herring by TKO
READING, Penn. -- Denis Shafikov handed Jamel Herring his first pro defeat, stopping him at the 0:36 mark of the 10th round at the Santander Arena on Saturday. Shafikov scored a knockdown…
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Nigel Collins: Was Ali really ‘The Greatest’?
Muhammad Ali told us he was "The Greatest" before he was Muhammad Ali, back when he was still Cassius Clay and few people took him seriously. That all changed, of course, but…
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Time is of the essence for an Alvarez-Golovkin fight
"Atonement is the lock on the door you closed against the past." -- Stephen King The right hand that flattened Amir Khan on Saturday was a thing of beauty, a masterpiece of…
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Amir Khan no longer the golden boy of British boxing
You could see it from miles away, an enormous image of Amir Khan projected on the 26-story Shell Building, located on the banks of the Thames River. It was New Year's Eve…
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Sergey Kovalev against the best light heavyweights in history
Nothing could save Jean Pascal. Freddie Roach couldn't save him. His anger couldn't save him. And in the end, the best thing he had going for him, his fighting heart, only made…