Ivan G. Goldman
196 articles · Boxing Insider
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Floyd Mayweather Considered Too Undesirable for Strip Clubs?
Floyd Mayweather, according to a usually reliable source, is on the Las Vegas vice squad?s list of unsavory characters, thanks to his behavior in strip clubs around town. In fact, according to…
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Floyd Mayweather Flirts with Slandering Manny Pacquiao Again
When it comes to fighting Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather is like a boomerang that always comes back to the same place. Not a chance, says Floyd. And now he?s said it again.…
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Gennady Golovkin-Marco Antonio Rubio Earns Sold-Out Banner
The middleweight bout between cement-fisted Gennady Golovkin and his latest challenger, Marco Antonio Rubio, is completely sold out, says the promoter. That sets a record for the venue, the StubHub Center in…
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Will Floyd Mayweather Go for $64 Million More or Finally Pack It In?
Floyd Mayweather has already gone past that place where he must measure his love of money and adulation against the slow draining of his skills inside the ring. That was evident long…
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Did Floyd Mayweather Finally Miscalculate? Marcos Maidana Thinks So
Okay, the weights are in from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. No surprises there ? Floyd Mayweather 146 and 1/2 and Marcos Maidana 146. They both look poised and ready on…
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Women-Beaters Ray Rice, Floyd Mayweather Share Spotlight This Week
The very same week that Baltimore Raven running back Ray Rice was kicked off the team and possibly out of the NFL for life because he knocked his fianc?e (now his wife)…
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Ever Wonder about Ethics of Certain Boxing Writers & Analysts? Good for You
A well-known boxing writer took money from one of the big promoters for years. It wasn?t hard to spot, and lots of other fight scribes knew about it. The economics of boxing…
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Arum Dreams of 2 Fights with Floyd Mayweather as Manny Pacquiao Watches, Waits
Manny Pacquiao casts just one vote out of 250 in the lower house of the Philippines Congress. To get things done he?s had to study his colleagues and try to determine why…
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NY Commission Should Dissolve Itself & Call in Experts to Regulate Fights
Tyson Bruce wrote an article on this site, ?Boxing in 2014: A Waste of Time, Talent and Money,? that is, I think, a fair assessment of some of the disappointments we?ve endured…
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3 of 4 Major Alphabet Groups Embrace Instant Replay
Word comes from the WBC that instant replay will now be available to review some calls in WBC, WBA, and IBF championship fights. The WBC said the three sanctioning groups agreed to…
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Manny-Pacquiao-Chris Algieri, another PPV Swindle, Hits Publicity Trail
The publicity tour for the Nov. 22 Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri contest kicks off early, Monday August 25, with a press conference in upstart casino capital Macau. The event is another example of…
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Showtime, Al Haymon?s $3 Whore, Lies Back, Televises Danny Garcia-Rod Salka
Not even the alphabet gangs would sanction Danny Garcia?s match with low-level, too-small Rod Salka Saturday night. When those guys can?t stand the stench, you know you?re peddling a dead skunk. Shortly…
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Floyd Mayweather Aiming for Manny Pacquiao in May, Says Floyd?s Father
The Red Sea will part and allow the super-fight the whole world craves to enter the pay-per-view Promised Land. So says Floyd Mayweather, Sr. Floyd Junior?s father, trainer, and close advisor told…
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Chris Algieri-Ruslan Provodnikov Debate: Do You Prefer Sock from Pillow or Wrench?
The split decision for Chris Algieri over Ruslan Provodnikov wasn?t awful enough to merit a full-fledged investigation, but it wasn?t terribly defensible either. Algieri came armed for a pillow fight against a…
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Bob ?Pollyana? Arum Expects Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao Match in 2016
Although many of us lost hope of ever seeing a Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao superfight, promoter Bob Arum recently told Reuters he believes the contest will probably take place sometime before the end…
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Last Nail Hammered into Coffin of Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao Match
In the popular welterweight division, the plot sickens. Manny Pacquiao extended his promotional contract with Bob Arum, and Floyd Mayweather sent out word that he?ll fight again on Sept. 13. He hasn?t…
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Suspicious Max Kellerman Asks Why Juan Manuel Marquez Looks Quicker at 40
Max Kellerman didn?t truly assess Juan Manuel Marquez?s hard-fought victory over Mike Alvarado until the HBO cameras were turned off. ?I?m always highly cynical when I see a guy who gets faster…
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Bob Arum Reaches into Rusty HBO Bucket for Manny Pacquiao?s Next Outing
I?ve been remonstrated by fans hot to see Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao go at it a fifth time. They?re upset I suggested, rather mildly, I thought, that we?ve seen enough…
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Save Us from Trip Back to Future with Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez 5
Has it really come to this? That Floyd Mayweather is making better fights than Manny Pacquiao? We now have Bob Arum, who promotes Pacquiao, saying he?ll offer the winner of Saturday?s Juan…
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Floyd ?Money? Mayweather ? Still the Best Welterweight
Lot of fans, including writers and analysts, are giving Marcos Maidana more credit than he deserves, although he deserves plenty. Floyd Mayweather beat him fair and square, and until somebody proves otherwise…