Nick Tylwalk
32 articles · Opposing Views
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley: 5 Worst Things About Fight, Decision
By Nick Tylwalk
Now that we've had a few days to digest the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley decision, some of the initial outrage has subsided. Note that the operative word in that sentence is some. The…
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley: Complete Fight Preview
By Nick Tylwalk
For what seems like forever, a vocal contingent of boxing fans and scribes have been calling for Manny Pacquiao to fight a quick, shifty boxer with good defense, thinking that someone with…
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2012 Summer Boxing Preview: Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan, Nonito Donaire and More
By Nick Tylwalk
Thanks to those pesky PED tests, a couple of really good bouts have fallen by the wayside. For a couple of weeks, the summer boxing schedule, which usually isn't the busiest time…
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Pacquiao-Bradley 24/7 Recap: Identifying Differences
By Nick Tylwalk
This special edition of 24/7 begins by contrasting Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, both in location and the trappings of their day-to-day lives. We flash back to the official announcement of the…
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Manny Pacquiao’s New Nike Air Trainer 1.3 Max Dropping on May 18
By Nick Tylwalk
If it's almost time for Manny Pacquiao to fight again, that must mean it's almost time for him to get another cool pair of trainers from Nike. At least that's how it's…
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto Complete Preview and Analysis
By Nick Tylwalk
Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan Resides: Las Vegas, Nevada Age: 35 Height: 5' 8" Reach: 72" Current World Titles Held: WBC Welterweight (147 lbs.) Former World Titles Held: WBC…
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Will All of These Distractions Bring Down Manny Pacquiao?
By Nick Tylwalk
Thanks to the presence of Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao's status as the best boxer on the planet is always up for debate. What can't be questioned is that he's the busiest fighter…
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Boxing Power Rankings: Donaire, Alvarez, Bute, Martinez, Klitschko, Khan, Pacquiao and More
By Nick Tylwalk
It's time once again for the most interesting "not a pound-for-pound list" rankings in the business. But first, I'd like to say a few words about a boxer who was once the…
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Boxer Power Rankings: Bute, Klitschko, Donaire, Khan, Martinez, Pacquiao and More
By Nick Tylwalk
Yeah, so this list is a few days delinquent. I'd like to say it was because I was so dazzled by the action in the Wladimir Klitschko-Jean-Marc Mormeck fight this weekend that…
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Floyd Mayweather Battles Jeremy Lin and Manny Pacquiao
By Nick Tylwalk
I generally try to keep posts on this blog limited to what's going on inside the ring, what fights might be coming down the road and things related to those two themes.…
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Boxing Power Rankings: Bute, Donaire, Khan, Pacquiao, Ward, Mayweather and More
By Nick Tylwalk
There was boxing during the past month, but not much of it, if any, involved anyone in the top 10 of any weight class. The year in the sweet science is off…
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Not Happening Would be Great for Miguel Cotto
By Nick Tylwalk
That's how it looks right now, anyway. Lem Satterfield of RingTV.com had a chance to speak to Cotto advisor Gaby Penagaricano, who said that he has spoken to the handlers for both…
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao Update: Mayweather Not Going to Jail
By Nick Tylwalk
After all of the times we've seen Floyd Mayweather escape punishment in the ring, should we really be surprised that he danced his way out of reporting to jail at the last…
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Boxer Power Rankings: Bute, Donaire, Khan, Martinez, Pacquiao and More
By Nick Tylwalk
Welcome everyone, to the slowest time of the year for boxing fans. I'm talking about the period from mid-December to early January when the sport essentially shuts down, at least at the…
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Top 10 Boxers at End of 2011: Mayweather 1, Manny Pacquiao 2
By Nick Tylwalk
With another year of in-ring action in the books, it was once again time for the Boxing Watchers to put their heads together to formulate some kind of consensus on the top…
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Boxing Power Rankings: Donaire, Klitschko, Khan, Pacquiao and Mayweather
By Nick Tylwalk
Well, here we are, at the end of another year. Actually, that's not quite true in the great sport of boxing, because there are unusually good fights still to come over the…
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24/7 Cotto/Margarito: Episode 2 Recap
By Nick Tylwalk
On the first episode of 24/7: Cotto/Margarito, we delved into the history between the two fighters and what is driving them to be the best they can be when they meet for…
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What Have We Learned About Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez?
By Nick Tylwalk
For disclosure purposes, I scored Saturday's third and supposedly final chapter of the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez trilogy for Marquez. I scored the second fight in 2008 for Pacquiao, and I wasn't…
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Boxing News: Manny Pacquiao, Lucian Bute, Angulo vs. Kirkland and More
By Nick Tylwalk
It figures that on a night when work prevented me from doing a live round-by-round blog for the Alfredo Angulo-James Kirkland fight, I missed out on covering what was possibly the most…
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How Realistic is Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather in May 2012?
By Nick Tylwalk
The media is partially to blame for all this, as it dredges up the potential mega-fight any time either man is about to fight someone else. Since Manny Pacquiao is preparing for…