Tom Pedulla
9 articles · USA Today
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Chris Algieri, a Boxer from Long Island, Says He?s Set for Manny Pacquiao
By Tom Pedulla
Chris Algieri?s rise from unknown boxer to a champion worthy of fighting the superstar Manny Pacquiao on Saturday in Macau began when he saw another boxer beaten nearly to death. Algieri, a…
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Long Island Boxer Chris Algieri Says He?s Set for Manny Pacquiao
By Tom Pedulla
Chris Algieri?s rise from unknown boxer to a champion worthy of fighting the superstar Manny Pacquiao on Saturday in Macau began when he saw another boxer beaten nearly to death. Algieri, a…
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Ring Tactician Will Try to Separate Brawling Champion From His Title
By Tom Pedulla
Backgrounds help shape boxing styles, and contrasting styles are said to make fights. Ruslan Provodnikov, the World Boxing Organization?s junior welterweight champion, could not be any more different from Chris Algieri, the…
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Manny Pacquiao hopes ‘Money’ match follows Timothy Bradley battle
By Tom Pedulla
NEW YORK ? Wherever Manny Pacquiao goes, he hears about the need for him to fight Floyd "Money" Mayweather. Even when he is at home talking to one of his children. Manny…
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Pacquiao hopes ‘Money’ match follows Bradley battle
By Tom Pedulla
NEW YORK - Wherever Manny Pacquiao goes, he hears about the need for him to fight Floyd "Money" Mayweather. Even when he is at home talking to one of his children. Manny…
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New HBO series examines Roach’s battle against Parkinson’s
By Tom Pedulla
NEW YORK ? Freddie Roach, the preeminent boxing trainer of this generation, admitted it was uncomfortable for him to watch a recent preview of the six-episode cinema-verit? series HBO has done on…
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Roach says he wants Pacquiao-Mayweather as much as fans do
By Tom Pedulla
NEW YORK ? Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, in town Wednesday for the screening of his new HBO series, On Freddie Roach, says he wants to see his fighter, Manny Pacquiao,…
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Pacquiao faces Marquez, but talk turns to Mayweather
By Tom Pedulla
NEW YORK ? First, boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao gently sang Sometimes When We Touch as part of a duet with recording star Dan Hill. Then he mentioned the scintillating prospect of an…
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Mayweather vs. Ortiz: talk turns to Pacquiao
By Tom Pedulla
NEW YORK ? At a news conference intended to kick off a promotional tour for the Sept.17 bout between undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. and newly crowned WBC welterweight champ Victor Ortiz, the…