Ivan G. Goldman
196 articles · Boxing Insider
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Does Canelo Alvarez Have More than Puncher?s Chance against Floyd Mayweather?
The Floyd Mayweather team boasts of all the world champions its fighter has defeated. The number fluctuates, sometimes a dozen, sometimes 15. Chief trainer Floyd Senior recently said 18. The confusion is…
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To Derail Floyd Mayweather, Canelo Alvarez Must Stay on Course No Matter What
The best thing the Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez card has going for it is the junior welterweight co-feature of Danny Garcia versus Lucas Matthysse. Even if the main event is a snoozer, Garcia-Matthysse…
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Oscar?s Disgust with Floyd Mayweather Spills Out as He Praises Canelo Alvarez
As the Canelo Alvarez-Floyd Mayweather superfight looms ever so close, the depth of Oscar De La Hoya?s hostility toward Mayweather has gradually been revealed. It doesn?t look like any marketing gimmick either.…
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Do Stars Favor Floyd Mayweather Against Canelo Alvarez? Or Will He See Stars?
Mexicans have been very kind to Floyd Mayweather. First, Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez kayoed Manny Pacquiao last year in the 6th round of the last of their four-bout series. The brutal, one-punch…
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Blackout Persists as Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez Pay-Per-View Date Looms
When Showtime lured Floyd Mayweather, Jr. from HBO earlier this year, the network bragged about giving him the fattest boxing contract in history. We were encouraged to celebrate this daring network move.…
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Showtime Set to Fiercely Sell Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez
Showtime will begin the hard sell of its Sept. 14 pay-per-view card led by Floyd Mayweather-versus-Canelo Alvarez with its All Access behind-the-scenes show, premiering Aug. 24. Part 1 of ?All Access? will…
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Boxing and Its Fans Suffer as Pay-Per-View Shows Multiply
The death of boxing has been predicted many times, and the predictors were always wrong. They?re still wrong, but it?s in a bad way and sinking. Here are some indicators. * The…
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Corporate Ax Still Poised Over Showtime Boxing, Including Mayweather-Alvarez Card
With the blackout standoff between CBS and Time Warner Cable extending into its fourth day, the possibility grows that for three million cable subscribers a blank screen will substitute for the Showtime…
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Brandon Rios Bout New Test for Manny Pacquiao?s Pay-Per View Cred in U.S.
Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao and Brandon ?Bam Bam? Rios, after spending much of Monday doing publicity on ESPN for their Nov. 23 bout in Macau, China, appear in their first U.S. press conference…
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Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez Card Threatened by Cable Rights Dispute
When elephants fight, ants get trampled. That?s an African proverb that may become all too true for boxing fans, because the latest conflict between Time Warner Cable and CBS threatens to black…
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Are We ?Morally Obligated? to Buy $75 Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez Telecast?
Schemers in tailored suits are still beating their chests over rounding up an excellent junior welterweight match, Lucas Matthysse-versus-Danny Garcia, on the Sept. 14 Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez undercard. Stephen Espinoza, maharajah of…
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Vitali Klitschko, Like Rodney Dangerfield, Can?t Get No Respect
Vitali Klitschko, who turns 42 next Friday, is the Rodney Dangerfield of the fight world ? he can?t get no respect. Some U.S. boxing writers proudly announce that they hate the way…
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Floyd Mayweather May Earn $90 Million or More against Canelo Alvarez
Estimates of how much Floyd Mayweather will earn for his Sept. 14 showdown against Canelo Alvarez are bouncing all over the place. When I saw a prediction of $90 million, I assumed…
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Feared Gennady Golovkin?s Alphabet Title Makes Him Easier to Duck
A long list of folks keeps saying Gennady Golovkin, who tore through tough Matthew Macklin Saturday night like he was a wet newspaper, hasn?t fought any noteworthy middleweights. They repeat that assessment…
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Beating Paulie Malignaggi Not Enough for Adrien Broner, Who Seeks To Eat His Heart Too
When I saw Adrien Broner interviewed on Showtime after winning a split decision over Paul Malignaggi I was reminded of Abu Sakkar, the Syrian rebel commander who last month cut the heart…
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Beating Paulie Malignaggi Not Enough for Adrien Broner, Who Seeks To Eat His Heart Too
When I saw Adrien Broner interviewed on Showtime after winning a split decision over Paul Malignaggi I was reminded of Abu Sakkar, the Syrian rebel commander who last month cut the heart…
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Quick-Tongued Adrien Broner Set for Test against Paulie Malignaggi
This June has been a fine month for fight fans, and the entertaining shows may keep coming as Showtime and archrival HBO press on with their dazzling game of one-upmanship. Next Saturday,…
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Jim Gray Wonders Why Referee Stopped Fight ? Josesito Lopez Was Still Breathing
When Showtime?s Jim Gray can?t find a controversy he has an ugly habit of inventing one. Saturday night, after watching Marcos Maidana knock Josesito Lopez senseless in the sixth round of their…
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Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao ? a Fight They Don?t Want Us to Want
Is Floyd Mayweather-Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez a better action fight than Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao, a pairing that used to make the whole world salivate? Maybe. Mayweather deserves all the credit in the…
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Richest Fight Ever Set for Sept. 14 ? Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez
Bombshell of a tweet from Floyd Mayweather Wednesday night: ?I chose my opponent for September 14th and it?s Canelo Alvarez. I?m giving the fans what they want. It will be at the…