Joe Habeeb
141 articles · Rope-A-Dope Radio
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THE WBA HANDS OVER THE BELT BACK TO KHAN
By Joe Habeeb
In an incredulous move Amir Khan has been recently reinstated by the WBA as their super world champion at light welterweight. Khan lost the title to Lamont Peterson via controversial split decision…
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WILL MOSLEY/ALVAREZ STEAL THE SHOW ON THE MAYWEATHER/COTTO UNDERCARD?
By Joe Habeeb
When it was announced that former three division world champion and future Hall of Famer Shane Mosley would be taking on the young Mexican star and current WBC Super Welterweight Champion Saul…
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IF MAYWEATHER IS FIGHTING COTTO THEN WHY IS HE TALKING ABOUT PACQUIAO?
By Joe Habeeb
The press conference on Tuesday at the Apollo Theater in New York was being held to announce the WBA 154-pound championship match between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto scheduled in Las Vegason…
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WILL BRADLEY HAVE PACQUIAO?S NUMBER JUST LIKE MARQUEZ?
By Joe Habeeb
Pacquiao?s last performance against Marquez made it abundantly clear that he will always have problems with that counterpunching type style. Although Tim Bradley may be able to employ some of the same…
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WHAT?S WITH DANA WHITE?S BEEF WITH MAYWEATHER?
By Joe Habeeb
Never one to ever be lost for words, UFC President Dana White has had a history of calling people out. One person who seems to be in his line of fire a…
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ALEXANDER SILENCES THE CRITICS; WINS WIDE DECISION OVER MAIDANA
By Joe Habeeb
Going in to tonight?s fight against the hard punching Argentine Marcos Maidana, Alexander had a lot of questions to answer. He was coming of a string of unimpressive performances against Andriy Kotelnyk,…
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WHAT IF PACQUIAO OR MAYWEATHER LOSE?
By Joe Habeeb
Even though we have a very promising fight schedule ahead of us in the next coming months, the majority of news and articles are still centered on Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.…
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PACQUIAO WILL HAVE TO BE MEANER AGAINST BRADLEY THAN HE’S BEEN IN THE PAST
By Joe Habeeb
Much has been said about Manny Pacquaio being a nice guy in and out of the ring. Even when his opponents have gotten rough and used illegal tactics against him, he has…
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JOSE SULAIMAN: “I HOPE CHAVEZ JR. FIGHTS MARTINEZ AND THEY CAN ERASE ALL DOUBT”
By Joe Habeeb
?If you don?t defend the title mandatorily as the ruling by the WBC, you have to lose the tile. I hope that this does not happen, that Julio who has been a…
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IS MAYWEATHER LOOKING PAST COTTO?
By Joe Habeeb
Not long after it was decided that Floyd Mayweather will be facing Miguel Cotto on May 5, a deal was put in place for him to face Saul Alvarez next, pending Alvarez…
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WILLIAMS REDEEMS HIMSELF, OUTWORKS ISHIDA
By Joe Habeeb
After his disputed majority decision last July against Cuban Erislandy Lara, suddenly Paul Williams had a lot of detractors. Because of the amount of clean blows landed by Lara and also the…
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CHISORA GAME BUT FALLS SHORT AGAINST KLITSCHKO
By Joe Habeeb
In front of a sold out crowd at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany Dereck Chisora put on a spirited effort, but he just wasn?t able to land enough clean shots on Vitali…
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SHOULD ARUM PUT DONAIRE ON THE PACQUIAO – BRADLEY UNDERCARD?
By Joe Habeeb
Top Rank Inc. will have its work cut out for them in the next couple months as they try to drum up interest for the upcoming Manny Pacquiao ? Timothy Bradley fight…
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IS ARIZA SENDING PACQUIAO THE WRONG MESSAGE?
By Joe Habeeb
Manny Pacquiao has never been one to trash talk or disrespect his opponents, but it seems like nowadays his strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza does more than enough of it for…
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ARE MAYWEATHER AND ALVAREZ ON A COLLISSION COURSE FOR NEXT YEAR?
By Joe Habeeb
After successfully defending his WBC Super Welterweight Title last November against Kermit Cintron, the young, Mexican Champion Saul Alvarez boldly called out the current WBC Welterweight Champion and top pound for pound…
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WILL ALEXANDER PASS THE TEST AT WELTERWEIGHT AGAINST MAIDANA?
By Joe Habeeb
After back to back impressive victories over Junior Witter in 2009 and Juan Urango in 2010, Devon Alexander appeared to be sitting on top of the boxing world. He won the WBC…
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HAS MANNY PACQUIAO LOST HIS KILLER INSTINCT?
By Joe Habeeb
It?s not an easy thing to do to inflict physical harm onto another human being. It takes a certain type of person with a special kind of mindset to be able to…
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SHOULD MARQUEZ AND GUERRERO FIGHT EACH OTHER NEXT?
By Joe Habeeb
For the last month or so, Juan Manuel Marquez and Robert Guerrero have had a carrot dangled in front of them, only to have it snatched away at the last minute, just…
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WHICH PACQUIAO WILL SHOW UP AGAINST BRADLEY?
By Joe Habeeb
Since 2005 we?ve been told by Freddie Roach that this is a brand new Manny Pacquiao. We were told that the new and improved version of Pacquiao has a much more developed…
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CAN MOSLEY TURN BACK THE CLOCK AGAINST CANELO?
By Joe Habeeb
The May 5 Mayweather - Cotto PPV event just got a lot more interesting with the addition of young Mexican star and WBC Super Weterweight Champion Saul ?Canelo? Alavarez, who will be…